Lightning Over Water

Lightning Over Water (1980)

Documentary

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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  • Release Date: 1980-10-01
  • Runtime: 1h 31min
  • Directors: Nicholas Ray, Wim Wenders.

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    • Cast

    • Wim Wenders

      Self

    • Nicholas Ray

      Self

    • Susan Ray

      Self

    • Tom Farrell

      Self

    • Ronee Blakley

      Self

    • Gerry Bamman

      Self

    • Pierre Cottrell

      Self

    • Stefan Czapsky

      Self

    • Mitch Dubin

      Self

    • Becky Johnston

      Self

    • Tom Kaufman

      Self

    • Pat Kirck

      Self

    • Edward Lachman

      Self

    • Martin Müller

      Self

    • Craig Nelson

      Self

    • Timothy Ray

      Self

    • Martin Schäfer

      Self

    • Chris Sievernich

      Self

    • Jim Jarmusch

      Self (uncredited)

    • Peter Przygodda

      Self (uncredited)