Film
Lightning Over Water
1980 · 1h 31m · Documentary
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- 6.7
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 67%
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Overview
Director 'Nicholas Ray' is eager to complete a final film before his imminent death from cancer. Wim Wenders is working on his own film Hammett (1983) in Hollywood, but flies to New York to help Ray realize his final wish. Ray's original intent is to make a fiction film about a dying painter who sails to China to find a cure for his disease. He and Wenders discuss this idea, but it is obviously unrealistic given Ray's state of health.
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Cast
Wim Wenders
Self
Nicholas Ray
Self
Susan Ray
Self
Tom Farrell
Self
Ronee Blakley
Self
Gerry Bamman
Self
Pierre Cottrell
Self
Stefan Czapsky
Self
Mitch Dubin
Self
Becky Johnston
Self
Tom Kaufman
Self
Pat Kirck
Self
Edward Lachman
Self
Martin Müller
Self
Craig Nelson
Self
Timothy Ray
Self
Crew
- Nicholas RayDirector · Writer
- Wim WendersWriter · Director · Producer · Editor
- Pierre CottrellProducer
- Chris SievernichProducer
- Renée GundelachExecutive Producer
- Martin SchäferDirector of Photography
- Edward LachmanDirector of Photography
- Peter PrzygoddaEditor
Media
Details
- Release date
- October 1, 1980
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 1h 31m
- Genres
- Documentary
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