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.
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Cast
20 people
Wim Wenders
Self
Known for
Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet
Nicholas Ray
Self
Known for
The American Friend
Hair
Susan Ray
Self
Tom Farrell
Self
Known for
Paris, Texas
Ronee Blakley
Self
Known for
A Nightmare on Elm Street
The Driver
Gerry Bamman
Self
Known for
Home Alone
The Bodyguard
Pierre Cottrell
Self
Also in
Out 1
Le Juif de Lascaux
Stefan Czapsky
Self
Also in
The Making of 'Last Exit to Brooklyn'
Mitch Dubin
Self
Becky Johnston
Self
Known for
Born in Flames
Tom Kaufman
Self
Pat Kirck
Self
Wim Wenders Director · Nicholas Ray Director Edward Lachman Cinematographer
United States release October 1, 1980 · Produced in Germany, Sweden · Languages English, French, German
Production
Basis-Film-Verleih GmbH
Production
Germany · Sweden
Produced in
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · French · German
Release dates
Canada · September 11, 1980
Premiere · Toronto Film Festival
United States · October 1, 1980
Theatrical
Greece
April 8, 2010 · Theatrical
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