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.
Credits
Lightning Over Water Cast
Name |
Character |
Ronee Blakley
She was 35, now 79 years old
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as Herself |
Nicholas Ray
He was 69, 67 years old when he died
|
as Himself |
Wim Wenders
He was 35, now 79 years old
|
as Himself |
Susan Ray
She was 33, now 78 years old
|
as Herself |
Tom Farrell
He was 36, now 81 years old
|
as Himself |
Lightning Over Water Crew