Lightning Over Water
1980
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Synopsis
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.
Key facts
Original language
English
Production companies
Road Movies Filmproduktion
Québec / French
Québec classification
General
Classification date
August 30, 1982
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Festival History
- São Paulo International Film Festival 2010 generic
- International Film Festival Rotterdam 1981 generic
- New York Film Festival 1981 generic
- Toronto International Film Festival 1980 generic
Titles
| Original title | Lightning Over Water | English |
| Alternate title | Nick's Movie - Lightning Over Water | |
| Alternate title | Nick's Film | |
| Alternate title | Nick's Movie |
Versions & editions
| Original version (English) |
Source: Cinémathèque québécoise, linked catalogue data (CC BY 4.0)
Source: Wikidata (CC0-1.0)
Source: Ministère de la Culture et des Communications du Québec (CC0-1.0)
