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6.7/10   467 votes
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Writers:
Nicholas Ray (writer)
Wim Wenders (writer)
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Release Date:
13 February 1981 (West Germany) more
Plot:
Director Nicholas Ray is eager to complete a final film before his imminent death from cancer. Wim Wenders... more | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win more
User Comments:
not a simple film more (7 total)

Cast

  (Complete credited cast)
Gerry Bamman ... Himself
Ronee Blakley ... Herself
Pierre Cottrell ... Himself
Stefan Czapsky ... Himself

Mitch Dubin ... Himself

Tom Farrell ... Himself
Becky Johnston ... Herself
Tom Kaufman ... Himself
Pat Kirck ... Himself
Edward Lachman ... Himself
Martin Müller ... Himself
Craig Nelson ... Himself
Nicholas Ray ... Himself
Susan Ray ... Herself
Timothy Ray ... Himself
Martin Schäfer ... Himself
Chris Sievernich ... Himself

Wim Wenders ... Himself
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Nick's Film - Lightning Over Water (West Germany)
Nicks Movie (West Germany)
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Runtime:
91 min | USA:116 min (original version)
Language:
Color:
Color (Eastmancolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1 more
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Features We Can't Go Home Again (1976) more
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8 out of 14 people found the following comment useful.
not a simple film, 3 June 2002
9/10
Author: pyamada from United States

Wenders gives the viewer the impression that this is a simple movie, but it is not. Fans of Wenders will recognize director Nicholas Ray's apartment as a location for the film, American Friend. But not only is Ray simply dying, he dies, and the "documentary" has to change, and so it does, with grace, pain, uncertainty, and a host of other emotions and observations. The music, much of it featuring Ronee Blakley, doing what sounds like an attempt at light punk rock and country-folk rock, with a definite Patti Smith influence, is very effective. Like every film I have seen by Wenders, it looks beautiful and often unusual, and the pacing is leisurely, and by Hollywood standards, slow. However, anyone who likes Wenders and likes Ray--and let's face it, if you say you are a fan of American film, and you neither like nor know Nicholas Ray, you are an ignorant piker, poser--will benefit from screening this movie, and probably be moved like hell by it.

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