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.
Cast
Wim Wenders
Self
Nicholas Ray
Self
Susan Ray
Self
Tom Farrell
Self
Ronee Blakley
Self
Gerry Bamman
Self
Pierre Cottrell
Self
Stefan Czapsky
Self
Mitch Dubin
Self
Becky Johnston
Self
Tom Kaufman
Self
Pat Kirck
Self
Edward Lachman
Self
Martin Müller
Self
Craig Nelson
Self
Timothy Ray
Self
Martin Schäfer
Self
Chris Sievernich
Self
Jim Jarmusch
Self (uncredited)
Peter Przygodda
Self (uncredited)
Crew
Wim Wenders
Director, Writer, Editor, Producer
Nicholas Ray
Director, Writer
Peter Przygodda
Editor
Martin Schäfer
Director of Photography, Camera Operator
Edward Lachman
Director of Photography
Pat Kirck
Assistant Director
Renée Gundelach
Executive Producer
Chris Sievernich
Producer
Pierre Cottrell
Producer
Timothy Ray
Assistant Camera
Mitch Dubin
Assistant Camera
Martin Müller
Sound Designer
Gary Steele
Sound Designer
Maryte Kavaliauskas
Sound Designer
Hiroaki 'Zom' Yamamoto
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Jack Higgins
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Ronee Blakley
Music
Stefan Czapsky
Gaffer
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