Lightning Over Water

Lightning Over Water (1980)

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. 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.

Lightning Over Water

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Wim Wenders
as Self

Nicholas Ray
as Self

Susan Ray
as Self

Tom Farrell
as Self

Ronee Blakley
as Self

Gerry Bamman
as Self

Pierre Cottrell

Pierre Cottrell
as Self

Stefan Czapsky
as Self

Mitch Dubin
as Self

Becky Johnston
as Self

Tom Kaufman
as Self

Pat Kirck
as Self

Edward Lachman
as Self

Martin Müller
as Self

Craig Nelson
as Self

Timothy Ray
as Self

Martin Schäfer
as Self

Chris Sievernich

Chris Sievernich
as Self

Jim Jarmusch
as Self (uncredited)

Peter Przygodda

Peter Przygodda
as Self (uncredited)

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Nicholas Ray
Director

Wim Wenders
Director

Nicholas Ray
Writer

Wim Wenders
Writer

Pierre Cottrell

Pierre Cottrell
Producer

Chris Sievernich

Chris Sievernich
Producer

Wim Wenders
Producer

Ronee Blakley
Music

Edward Lachman
Director of Photography

Martin Schäfer
Director of Photography

Peter Przygodda

Peter Przygodda
Editor

Wim Wenders
Editor

Maryte Kavaliauskas

Maryte Kavaliauskas
Sound Designer

Martin Müller
Sound Designer

Gary Steele
Sound Designer

Hiroaki 'Zom' Yamamoto

Hiroaki 'Zom' Yamamoto
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Stefan Czapsky
Gaffer

Renée Gundelach

Renée Gundelach
Executive Producer

Pat Kirck
Assistant Director

Jack Higgins
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Mitch Dubin
Assistant Camera

Timothy Ray
Assistant Camera

Martin Schäfer
Camera Operator

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