Lightning Over Water
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.
Synopsis
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
Directed by Wim Wenders, Nicholas Ray
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
Production
The details
Release
1980
Runtime
91 min
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