
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.
Director: Wim Wenders
Director: Nicholas Ray
Writers: Wim Wenders, Nicholas Ray
The 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)
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