Lightning Over Water
1980 | 91m | English
Popularity: 0.5 (history)
| Director: | Nicholas Ray, Wim Wenders |
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| Writer: | Nicholas Ray, Wim Wenders |
| Staring: |
| 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: | Oct 01, 1980 |
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| Director: | Nicholas Ray, Wim Wenders |
| Writer: | Nicholas Ray, Wim Wenders |
| Genres: | Documentary |
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| Production Companies | Basis-Film-Verleih GmbH |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 29, 2026 Entered: Apr 27, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Martin Schäfer | Director of Photography, Camera Operator |
| Peter Przygodda | Editor |
| Maryte Kavaliauskas | Sound Designer |
| Martin Müller | Sound Designer |
| Gary Steele | Sound Designer |
| Hiroaki 'Zom' Yamamoto | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Nicholas Ray | Writer, Director |
| Wim Wenders | Editor, Writer, Director |
| Ronee Blakley | Music |
| Edward Lachman | Director of Photography |
| Stefan Czapsky | Gaffer |
| Timothy Ray | Assistant Camera |
| Pat Kirck | Assistant Director |
| Mitch Dubin | Assistant Camera |
| Jack Higgins | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Pierre Cottrell | Producer |
| Chris Sievernich | Producer |
| Wim Wenders | Producer |
| Renée Gundelach | Executive Producer |
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