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.

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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.

Cast

Wim Wenders
Wim Wenders
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Nicholas Ray
Nicholas Ray
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Susan Ray
Susan Ray
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Tom Farrell
Tom Farrell
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Ronee Blakley
Ronee Blakley
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Gerry Bamman
Gerry Bamman
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Pierre Cottrell
Pierre Cottrell
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Stefan Czapsky
Stefan Czapsky
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Mitch Dubin
Mitch Dubin
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Becky Johnston
Becky Johnston
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Tom Kaufman
Tom Kaufman
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Pat Kirck
Pat Kirck
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