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Bis ans Ende der Welt (1991)
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Release Date:
25 December 1991 (USA)
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Tagline:
It's 1999. The government will kill for his invention. One woman will do anything for his love. Together they share an adventure that circles the globe - And invades the mind. more
Plot:
Set in 1999, a woman (Dommartin) has a car accident with some bank robbers, who befriend and enlist her help to take the money to a drop in Paris...
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1 win
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A Movie With A Clear View of the World
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Solveig Dommartin | ... | Claire Tourneur | |
| Pietro Falcone | ... | Mario | |
| Enzo Turrin | ... | Doctor | |
| Chick Ortega | ... | Chico Remy | |
| Eddy Mitchell | ... | Raymond Monnet | |
| William Hurt | ... | Sam Farber, alias Trevor McPhee | |
| Adelle Lutz | ... | Makiko | |
| Ernie Dingo | ... | Burt | |
| Jean-Charles Dumay | ... | Mechanic | |
| Sam Neill | ... | Eugene Fitzpatrick | |
| Ernest Berk | ... | Anton Farber | |
| Christine Osterlein | ... | Irina Farber | |
| Rüdiger Vogler | ... | Phillip Winter | |
| Diogo Dória | ... | Receptionist | |
| Amália Rodrigues | ... | Woman in Street Car |
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Runtime:
280 min (director's cut) | Germany:179 min | Spain:179 min | Sweden:158 min | USA:158 min | Argentina:179 min
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Color (Eastmancolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Dolby |
LC-Concept Digital Sound (France)
Certification:
Iceland:L |
Argentina:13 |
Australia:PG |
Finland:S |
France:U |
Germany:12 |
Spain:T |
Sweden:11 |
UK:15 |
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Wenders sent out a call to his favorite musicians for original compositions for the film and received so much good music he decided not to choose a winner but to use it all. Wenders later admitted without a hint of regret that it was a decision that locked him into epic length.
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Continuity: When many of the European characters leave the Mbantua settlement and take a group photo, believing the adventure to be over, the voice-over mentions that it is February, 2000. Yet shortly after we see Henry Farber trying a new series of experiments on recording dream imagery, and a computer display for the current experiment says January 21.
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Eugene Fitzpatrick:
1999 was the year that the Indian nuclear satellite went out of control.
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Soundtrack:
Last Night Sleep
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| Theatre Cut vs Directors Cut | j99999 |
| thoughts | Gary_Allen |
| 280 min. version DVD | H-Riedler |
| spooky | Gary_Allen |
| 6.6 out of 10? WTF? | Egghead7 |
| is it worthy to watch the directors cut?? | and-por |
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I agree with the comments made earlier concerning the denouement but that's only a disappointment if you look at the movie literally instead of figuratively. As in his other movies like Paris, Texas, the backdrops become another character in the film. Just like the title entails, Wenders was challenged to get the WHOLE world into his movie. He has succeeded. At the end of "The End of The World", we finally see it as we should all see the Earth.
The characters represent different ideologies of the different countries they're from and Wenders uses this to develop the plot.
These "countries" are trying to seize control of one man's vision and a source of power. However, they soon find out that not one of them can control the outcome of the movie.
The movie is Wender's commentary on global politics and socioeconomics. He portrays the world in a flurry of action from a European car chase to a U.S.A in recession, to a dichotomized Japan, and to an isolated Australia. It is an accurate depiction of the world we are living in now because that is how the movie was filmed - out in the streets of the real world circa the end of the 20th century which enhances the theme of the movie.
If you watch this movie you will believe you are living at "The End of the World". The movie is even better NOW then when it first came out. It's been 13 years since the first showing and I'm 28. Being a teenager, the sci-fi, action, fast-pace and the heroine's romance with William Hurt held my attention but to truly appreciate the WHOLE MOVIE you have to get past the juvenile/pop culture themes.
Being a woman, I identified with the heroine and the way she acts at the end of the movie and I think you will, too. The men will relate to the narrator because they tend to distance themselves from what's really going on in this movie and "cut to the chase". Overall, the movie is good for the whole family to watch except for one nude scene.
This "summary" took me awhile to write but as I went through the process of analyzing the movie from memory it became easier and easier as the film's key scenes flashed into my head. This only proves how powerful and clear Wenders' vision is as a director.