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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.

Release Date

1980-10-01

Year

1980

Duration

1h 31m

Status

Released

Score

6.60

Cast

Wim Wenders

Wim Wenders

Nicholas Ray

Nicholas Ray

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Susan Ray

Tom Farrell

Tom Farrell

Ronee Blakley

Ronee Blakley

Gerry Bamman

Gerry Bamman

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Pierre Cottrell

Stefan Czapsky

Stefan Czapsky

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Mitch Dubin

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Becky Johnston