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13 February 1981 (West Germany) morePlot:
Director Nicholas Ray is eager to complete a final film before his imminent death from cancer. Wim Wenders... more | add synopsisAwards:
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still waiting for air moreCast
(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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91 min | USA:116 min (original version)Language:
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this is a film i forced myself to watch in order to complete a speech in german about wim wender's amerkiabild. it is all about the death of a cancer ridden man. that is about all of the plot i could figure out.
the images, as is usual with wender's films, are striking and pungent to the hollywood-movie-goer senses. the scenes in this movie are about the slowest i have ever seen. i did find a few rewarding scenes here and there scattered throughout the chaos. the graduate monkey, the speech at vassar college, and the alarm clock scene to mention a few.
that is about all i know on this one.
i give it two riders of the apocalypse.