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Cast

Wim Wenders

Wim Wenders

Self

Nicholas Ray

Nicholas Ray

Self

Susan Ray

Susan Ray

Self

Tom Farrell

Tom Farrell

Self

Ronee Blakley

Ronee Blakley

Self

Gerry Bamman

Gerry Bamman

Self

Pierre Cottrell

Pierre Cottrell

Self

Stefan Czapsky

Stefan Czapsky

Self

Mitch Dubin

Mitch Dubin

Self

Becky Johnston

Becky Johnston

Self

Tom Kaufman

Tom Kaufman

Self

Pat Kirck

Pat Kirck

Self

Edward Lachman

Edward Lachman

Self

Martin Müller

Martin Müller

Self

Craig Nelson

Craig Nelson

Self

Timothy Ray

Timothy Ray

Self

Martin Schäfer

Martin Schäfer

Self

Chris Sievernich

Chris Sievernich

Self

Jim Jarmusch

Jim Jarmusch

Self (uncredited)

Peter Przygodda

Peter Przygodda

Self (uncredited)

Crew

Nicholas Ray

Nicholas Ray

Director

Wim Wenders

Wim Wenders

Writer

Nicholas Ray

Nicholas Ray

Writer

Wim Wenders

Wim Wenders

Director

Martin Schäfer

Martin Schäfer

Director of Photography

Hiroaki 'Zom' Yamamoto

Hiroaki 'Zom' Yamamoto

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Edward Lachman

Edward Lachman

Director of Photography

Wim Wenders

Wim Wenders

Producer

Stefan Czapsky

Stefan Czapsky

Gaffer

Pierre Cottrell

Pierre Cottrell

Producer

Ronee Blakley

Ronee Blakley

Music

Maryte Kavaliauskas

Maryte Kavaliauskas

Sound Designer

Martin Müller

Martin Müller

Sound Designer

Chris Sievernich

Chris Sievernich

Producer

Peter Przygodda

Peter Przygodda

Editor

Wim Wenders

Wim Wenders

Editor

Gary Steele

Gary Steele

Sound Designer

Renée Gundelach

Renée Gundelach

Executive Producer

Martin Schäfer

Martin Schäfer

Camera Operator

Timothy Ray

Timothy Ray

Assistant Camera

Pat Kirck

Pat Kirck

Assistant Director

Mitch Dubin

Mitch Dubin

Assistant Camera

Jack Higgins

Jack Higgins

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

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Lightning Over Water

19806.6 / 1091 min
Documentary

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.