Summary
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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- Thought-provoking
- Adults
- Partner watch
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- You need an uplifting mood
- You want fast pacing
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Critics vs audiences
Critics and audiences agree
Critics 70Audiences 68GoodWatch 69
Tomatometer70%
Audience score69%
IMDb6.6
Running time
1 h 31 min
A typical length for documentaries, −5 min on the typical 96
typical 9691Half of all documentaries run 89–107 min.
Reach
Streams in 11 countries, rent or buy in 4 more
+1Released
1980
October 1, 1980
46 years ago
Genre
DocumentaryLanguage
English
Original language
Also spoken
FrenchGermanMade in
- Germany
and 6 more20 people
- Wim WendersSelf
- Nicholas RaySelf
- SRSusan RaySelf
- Tom FarrellSelf
- Ronee BlakleySelf
- Gerry BammanSelf
- PCPierre CottrellSelf
- Stefan CzapskySelf
- MDMitch DubinSelf
- BJBecky JohnstonSelf
- TKTom KaufmanSelf
- PKPat KirckSelf
- Edward LachmanSelf
- MMMartin MüllerSelf
- CNCraig NelsonSelf
- TRTimothy RaySelf
- MSMartin SchäferSelf
- Chris SievernichSelf
Jim JarmuschSelf (uncredited)- PPPeter PrzygoddaSelf (uncredited)
Directing · 3
- Wim Wenders Director, Writer, Producer, Editor
- Nicholas Ray Director, Writer
- Pat Kirck Assistant Director
Production · 3
- Renée Gundelach Executive Producer
- Pierre Cottrell Producer
- Chris Sievernich Producer
Camera · 4
- Edward Lachman Director of Photography
- Martin Schäfer Director of Photography, Camera Operator
- Mitch Dubin Assistant Camera
- Timothy Ray Assistant Camera
Editing · 1
- Peter Przygodda Editor
Sound · 6
- Ronee Blakley Music
- Martin Müller Sound Designer
- Gary Steele Sound Designer
- Maryte Kavaliauskas Sound Designer
- Hiroaki 'Zom' Yamamoto Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- Jack Higgins Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Lighting · 1
- Stefan Czapsky Gaffer
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