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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.
Where to watch Lightning Over Water
Lightning Over Water is streaming in the US on Criterion Channel.
Cast
- Wim Wenders as Self
- Nicholas Ray as Self
- Susan Ray as Self
- Tom Farrell as Self
- Ronee Blakley as Self
- Gerry Bamman as Self
- Pierre Cottrell as Self
- Stefan Czapsky as Self
- Mitch Dubin as Self
- Becky Johnston as Self
- Tom Kaufman as Self
- Pat Kirck as Self
Details
- Director
- Nicholas Ray and Wim Wenders
- Released
- October 1, 1980
- Runtime
- 1h 31m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Studio
- Basis-Film-Verleih GmbH
- Status
- Released
- TMDB score
- 6.6 / 10 from 33 votes
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