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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.
Theatrical
Oct 1, 1980
DVD / Blu-ray
Jan 7, 2003
Directors
Producers
Studio
Basis-Film-Verleih GmbH
Cast
Full credits →W
Wim Wenders
Self
N
Nicholas Ray
Self
S
Susan Ray
Self
T
Tom Farrell
Self
R
Ronee Blakley
Self
G
Gerry Bamman
Self
P
Pierre Cottrell
Self
S
Stefan Czapsky
Self
M
Mitch Dubin
Self
B
Becky Johnston
Self
T
Tom Kaufman
Self
E
Edward Lachman
Self
M
Martin Müller
Self
T
Timothy Ray
Self
M
Martin Schäfer
Self
C
Chris Sievernich
Self
J
Jim Jarmusch
Self (uncredited)
P
Peter Przygodda
Self (uncredited)
