Lightning Over Water
1h 31m·
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.
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
 Wim WendersSelf | Self |
 Nicholas RaySelf | Self |
| SSusan RaySelf | Self |
 Tom FarrellSelf | Self |
 Ronee BlakleySelf | Self |
 Gerry BammanSelf | Self |
| PPierre CottrellSelf | Self |
 Stefan CzapskySelf | Self |
| MMitch DubinSelf | Self |
| BBecky JohnstonSelf | Self |
| TTom KaufmanSelf | Self |
| PPat KirckSelf | Self |
 Edward LachmanSelf | Self |
| MMartin MüllerSelf | Self |
| CCraig NelsonSelf | Self |
| TTimothy RaySelf | Self |
| MMartin SchäferSelf | Self |
 Chris SievernichSelf | Self |
 Jim JarmuschSelf (uncredited) | Self (uncredited) |
| PPeter PrzygoddaSelf (uncredited) | Self (uncredited) |