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An aging cowboy movie star deserts a film set and tries to reconnect with his mother, whom he hasn't seen in thirty years, only to learn that he has a child he never knew about.

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1st AD (as James Roday)
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2nd AD (as Jeff Parise)
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1st Girl
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2nd Girl
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Howard Spence
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Director
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Producer 2
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Producer 1
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Old Ranch Hand
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Sutter
Robin Twogood ...
Patrolman
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Earl
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Amber
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Businessman
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Sky
Rita Hutchison ...
Mexican Woman
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Starlet
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Howard's Mother
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Mr. Daily
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Cliff Ormsby (as Tom F. Farrell)
Yuri Elvin ...
Casino Bartender
Rachel Amondson ...
Cocktail Waitress
Jinny Lee Story ...
Drunken Girl (as Jinny Story)
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Security Guard
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Elko Policeman - Charlie (as Raymond O'Conner)
Carrie Mae Jones ...
Elko Waitress (as Carrie Jones)
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Desk Clerk
Kristina Lankford ...
Maid
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Doreen
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Waitress - M&M
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Boxing Video Game Announcer (uncredited)

Directed by

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Wim Wenders

Written by

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Sam Shepard ... (screenplay)
 
Sam Shepard ... (story) &
Wim Wenders ... (story)

Produced by

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Karsten Brünig ... producer
Rémi Burah ... associate producer
Reinhold Elschot ... associate producer
Frank Graf ... associate producer
In-Ah Lee ... producer
Carsten H.W. Lorenz ... co-producer (as Carsten Lorenz)
Stephan Mallmann ... associate producer
Samson Mucke ... executive producer (uncredited)
Peter Nadermann ... associate producer
Michel Reilhac ... associate producer
Andreas Schreitmüller ... associate producer
Peter Schwartzkopff ... producer
Jeremy Thomas ... executive producer
Wim Wenders ... executive producer (uncredited)
Manfred Zurhorst ... associate producer (uncredited)
Meinolf Zurhorst ... associate producer

Music by

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T Bone Burnett

Cinematography by

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Franz Lustig ... director of photography

Editing by

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Peter Przygodda
Oli Weiss

Editorial Department

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Veronika Auer ... negative cutter
Rebekka Garrido ... post-production assistant
Philipp Großmann ... editing support: Avid (as Philipp Grebmann)
Jochen Hermann ... assistant editor: avid
Simone Hofmann ... editor: making-of
Charly Huser ... color timer
Florian Martin ... supervising digital colorist (as Florian 'Utsi' Martin)
Gunnar Refardt ... editing support: Avid
Carola Schimpf ... post-production assistant
Bille Stellbrink ... post-production assistant

Casting By

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Heidi Levitt

Production Design by

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Nathan Amondson

Art Direction by

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William Budge
Nicole Lobart ... (as Nicole Loebart)

Set Decoration by

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David Storm

Costume Design by

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Caroline Eselin ... (as Caroline Eselin-Schaefer)

Makeup Department

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Courtney Buley ... hair intern
Sam Debree ... makeup artist (as Fredrich 'Sam' DeBree)
Bonita DeHaven ... makeup artist: Miss Lange
Barbara Lamelza ... key makeup artist
David Larson ... assistant hair stylist
D. Garen Tolkin ... key hair stylist (as Garen Tolkin)

Production Management

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Dominik Bollen ... post-production supervisor
Samson Mucke ... unit production manager (as Samson Mücke)
Niels Rinke ... post-production supervisor
Haley Sweet ... production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Josef Lieck ... first assistant director
Edward McGurn ... second assistant director
Josefine Schwartzkopff ... assistant director department intern
Michael Wenders ... assistant director department intern

Art Department

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Gunnar Ahmer ... art work
Gene Amondson ... art work
Isaac Amondson ... leadman
Rachel Amondson ... art department intern
Tony Ballew ... lead propmaker
Zach Bangma ... art department assistant
Angel Boyken ... lead scenic
Larry Bute ... art work
Denise Ciarcia ... assistant prop master
Michael A. Clark ... construction coordinator (as Mike Clark)
Katherine Craig-Lowe ... construction office manager (as Kathy Craig-Lowe)
Camden Draeger ... art department intern
Darius Ghanai ... campaign artwork
Craig Sherman Hall ... on-set dresser
Jeff Hill ... propmaker
Dixie Housel ... painter
Mary Keele ... labor (as Mary K. Keele)
E.J. Krisor ... art work
Jeffrey M. O'Brien ... property master (as Jeffrey O'Brien)
Fred Oldfield ... art work
Nolan Salix ... art work
David Van De Veere ... set dresser
Robb Webber ... scenic
Benjamin Pitts ... art department intern (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Andrew Amondson ... making-of-crew: sound
Manfred Arbter ... dubbing mixer
Michael Baird ... sound effects editor
Oliver Barth ... dialogue editor
Michael Fürstenberg ... technical support: sound
Hubert Henle ... consultant: Dolby
Eric Horstmann ... audio support
Rudi Jesenicnik ... dialogue premix assistant (as Rudolf Jesenicnik)
Bostjan Kacicnik ... dialogue looping editor
Manuel Laval ... foley editor
Claude Letessier ... sound designer
Sabrina Naumann-Reichow ... assistant foley editor (as Sabrina Naumann)
Donald Nelson ... boom operator (as Don Nelson)
Matthew Nicolay ... production sound mixer
Mike Stephan Parker ... assistant foley editor (as Mike Parker)
Carsten Richter ... foley artist
Walter Spencer ... supervising sound editor
Marcus Sujata ... foley mixer
Roman Volkholz ... assistant foley editor
Markus Braack ... dialogue editor (uncredited)
Alan Freedman ... adr mixer (uncredited)
Mark Kenna ... sound consultant: Dolby (uncredited)
Dominik Oppon ... dubbing mixer assistant (uncredited)
Ralph Thiekötter ... sound dubbing mixer (uncredited)
Roland Weers ... dubbing engineer (uncredited)

Special Effects by

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Lenny Dalrymple ... special effects
Steve Dearth ... special effects (as Steven Dearth)

Visual Effects by

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Sacha Bertram ... visual effects production manager
David Colclasure ... on-screen boxing game
Alex Klippe ... Lustre assistant
Teni Noravian ... compositing artist
Eva Rais ... opticals
Sandra Roach ... compositing artist
Dina Saleem ... compositing artist
Hari Schernthaner ... Lustre assistant
Benjamin Seide ... compositing artist
Juri Stanossek ... visual effects supervisor
Max Stummer ... tracker/matchmover
Dominik Trimborn ... visual effects supervisor
Robert Tucker ... compositing artist
Jan Adamczyk ... digital compositor (uncredited)
Frank Berbert ... digital compositor (uncredited)
Paul Dreisen ... digital compositor (uncredited)
David Laubsch ... digital compositor (uncredited)
Abraham Schneider ... digital compositor (uncredited)

Stunts

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Stan Barrett ... stunt coordinator: Moab
Hugh Aodh O'Brien ... stunt coordinator: Wendover (as Hugh O'Brien)
Casey O'Neill ... falling stuntman #2
Jesse Shepard ... stunt double: Sam Shepard
Casey O'Neill ... stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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Prarthna Arias ... video assist
Nick Arnds ... best boy grip
Douglas Arnold ... electrician (as Douglas A. Arnold)
Tim K. Bench ... grip (as Tim Bench)
Jeremy Brodbeck ... camera intern
Bobby Brown ... additional first assistant camera
Robert Bryan ... electrician
Michael Cruickshank ... second assistant camera
James Elton Davis ... chief lighting technician
Kenny Davis ... dolly grip
Bego Gerhart ... electrician (as Bego Gephart)
Christopher Glasgow ... company grip (as Chris Glasgow)
Tyler Greco ... grip
Randal Grimm ... company grip (as Randall Grimm)
Krist Hager ... electrician
David Hammett ... technician: techno crane (as Dave Hammer)
Jeff Hill ... grip
Jose H. Huete ... electrician (as Jose Huete)
Bengt Jonsson ... camera operator
Glenn Kaplan ... additional first assistant camera (as Glen Kaplan)
Michael Kelly ... company electrician
Kia Kiso ... camera loader (as Kia Dawson)
Tom Lembcke ... key grip (as Thomas Lembcke)
Jay Levy ... first assistant camera
Tommy Lohmann ... steadicam operator (as Thomas Hill Lohmann)
Jason McKnight ... company electrician
Chris Milani ... best boy electric
Kory Mills ... electrician
Loren Nebeker ... 24 frame video playback
Brian O'Grady ... grip
Timothy Reynolds ... electrician
Maromo Richmond ... grip
Robert F. Schumacher ... grip (as Robert Schumacher)
John Schweitzer ... electrician (as John P. Schweitzer)
H. Chris Sorensen ... grip
Chaz Taylor ... company grip
Lania Thomas ... grip
James 'Biff' Thomsen ... company electrician
Dave Thurlow ... company electrician (as David Thurlow)
Terry Tischmak ... grip
Sonja Umstätter ... making-of-crew: camera
Donata Wenders ... still photographer
Josh Gundling Williamson ... camera loader (as Josh Gunling Williamson)
Nicola Marsh ... assistant camera: second unit (uncredited)

Casting Department

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Tina Buckingham ... extras casting / local casting
Laura Corrin ... casting associate
Barbara Harris ... adr voice casting
Nicola Marsh ... extras casting coordinator (as Nicola B. Marsh)
Michele Short ... casting associate

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Shirley Kurata ... costumer
Cathy Smith ... set costumer
Jennifer Day Young ... costume supervisor
Amy J. Roberts ... costumer (uncredited)

Location Management

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Connie Kenney ... location liaison: Butte
David B. Lyons ... assistant location manager
Dennis Williams ... location manager

Music Department

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Paul Ackling ... music technical support
Carla Azar ... musician: drums
Carsten Bartholl ... music legal advisor: Lichte Rechtsanwälte
Jay Bellerose ... musician: drums
Fernand Bos ... supervising music editor
Stephen Bruton ... musician: manaicello
T Bone Burnett ... executive music producer / musician: guitar
Daphne Chen ... musician: violin
Keefus Ciancia ... musician: keyboards
Armando Compean ... musician: bass
Dennis Crouch ... musician: bass
J.D. Foster ... additional music production (as JD Foster)
Tony Gilkyson ... musician: guitar
Leah Katz ... musician: viola
Emile Kelman ... assistant music engineer / musician: cello
Jim Keltner ... musician: drums
David Klotz ... music editor (as Dave Klotz)
Curtis Laur ... music technical support
Debra MacCulloch ... music clearance: King, Holmes, Paterno & Berliner
Mike Piersante ... music engineer / music mixer
Marc Ribot ... musician: guitar
Ivy Skoff ... music production manager
Walter Spencer ... composer: additional music
Lisa Surber ... music production assistant
Andy Taub ... additional music engineer: New York
Patrick Warren ... composer: additional music / musician: keyboards / musician: pump organ
Jason Wormer ... assistant music engineer / music editor: ProTools

Script and Continuity Department

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Sophie Kluge ... script intern (as Sophia Kluge)
Ashley Kravitz ... script clearance
Sylvie Michel ... script supervisor (as Sylvie Michel-Casey)

Transportation Department

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Bart Allsup ... driver: wrangler
George Bolton ... transportation captain
Sandra Dickson ... transportation secretary (as Sandy Dickson)
Rodrigo Dorame ... driver
Wayne Flowers Jr. ... driver (as Wayne Flowers)
John Hagner ... driver
Kit Hendrickson ... driver (as Kit R. Hendrickson)
Philip Krysl ... driver
Rita Lundin ... driver
K.C. Peterson ... driver
Michael B. Russell ... driver
Abiff Salcedo ... driver
Tom Seiman ... driver
Andres Simon ... driver
Mario Simon ... transportation coordinator
Maritra Simon ... transportation production assistant
Joseph Sparks ... driver: grip
Jimmie K. Turner ... driver (as Jimmy Turner)
Robin Twogood ... driver
Raymond Van Holtan ... driver (as Ray Van Holten)
Sean Walby ... driver
Mike Welch ... driver
John M. Woodward ... transportation co-captain (as John Woodward)

Additional Crew

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Tobin Adams ... production coordinator
Luis Ambris ... craft service (as Luis Ambriz)
Patricia Bauermeister ... public relations
Dave Bennett ... completion bond: Film Finances
Christina Born ... insurance consultant
Amber Brown ... production assistant: Elko
Alan M. Brunswick ... legal advisor: USA, Manatt Phelps Phillips (as Alan Brunswick)
Nicola Campiotti ... intern
Norma Damköhler ... assistant: Darius Ghanai
Shona Donaldson ... intern
Willem Droste ... making-of crew: director / making-of crew: writer
Dominique During ... intern
Tom Edgar ... website developer
Yuri Elvin ... set production assistant
Simon Guy Fässler ... intern (as Simon Guy Faessler)
Darius Ghanai ... title designer
Ralph Oliver Graef ... legal advisor: Germany, Unverzagt von Have (as Dr. Ralph Oliver Graef)
Renée Gundelach ... production consultant
Arturo Guzman ... set production assistant
Steve Hanna ... wrangler (as Steve J. Hanna)
Tim Haslam ... worldwide sales and distribution: HanWay Films
Solveig Hellriegel ... assistant: Peter Schwartzkopff
Ruth Hodgson ... completion bond: Film Finances
Ralph Hopfengärtner ... insurance consultant
Nicholas Irwin ... first assistant accountant (as Nick Irwin)
Carrie Mae Jones ... second assistant accountant (as Carrie Jones)
Anna Jürges ... assistant to producers
Gisela Klose ... tax consultant (as Gisela K. Klose)
Jerry Koch ... set medic: Montana
Dashiel Kulander ... production assistant: Moab
Florence Larsonneur ... business affairs: RPC
Moritz Laube ... intern
Soo-Yun Lee ... office production assistant: Los Angeles
Richard Lespade ... production assistant: Elko
David Lewisohn ... completion bond: Film Finances
Jonathan Lynch-Staunton ... worldwide sales and distribution: HanWay Films
Richard Mansell ... business affairs: RPC
Lawrence Marks ... legal advisor: USA, Manatt Phelps Phillips (as Laurence M. Marks)
Kai May ... legal advisor: Germany, Unverzagt von Have
Charles McDonald ... public relations
Doug McKay ... production consultant (as Douglas McKay)
Shaun McNally ... production coordinator
Valerie Mitchell ... set medic: Utah & Nevada
Lee Moran ... assistant chef: Gourmet Girls
Lisa Nitti ... legal advisor: USA, Manatt Phelps Phillips
Karl Objartel ... production accountant
Christoph Ott ... marketing: NFP m&d
Alicyn Packard ... office production assistant
Caitlin Pashalek ... production secretary: Butte
Andy Potash ... assistant to producers
Matthew Prisk ... assistant: Donata Wenders (as Matt Prisk)
Danny Reyes ... intern
Dave Rodgers ... wrangler trainee
Anthony Rose ... completion bond: Film Finances
Oliver Rossberg ... website developer
Sylvia Rostron ... chef: Gourmet Girls
James Royall ... worldwide sales and distribution: HanWay Films
Rob Rubin ... flight head technician
Friederike Rückert ... intern (as Friederike Rueckeret)
Max Sacker ... intern
David Sanders ... stand-in
Nate Sartain ... assistant craft service
Jack Scanlon ... helicopter pilot (as Jack T. Scanlon)
Thorsten Schumacher ... worldwide sales and distribution: HanWay Films
Peter Schwartzkopff ... presenter
Traceigh Scottel ... production coordinator
Nicolas Semak ... intern
James Shirras ... completion bond: Film Finances
Barbara-Ann Stein ... production accountant
Jinny Lee Story ... stand-in (as Jinny Story)
Lisa Taylor ... production assistant: Moab
Erich Thum ... tax consultant
Stan Umamoto ... payroll accountant
Craig Vegas ... key set production assistant (as Craig Vegas Glenn)
Jean-Pierre Vincent ... public relations
Eva Von Malotky ... assistant: Wim Wenders (as Eva von Malotky)
Carolin von Roth ... assistant: Donata Wenders
Trudy Waldo ... chef: Gourmet Girls
Alex Walton ... worldwide sales and distribution: HanWay Films
Melissa Weaver ... legal advisor: USA, Manatt Phelps Phillips
Sarah Wolfe ... production assistant: Butte
Adam C. Woods ... office production assistant
Christopher Rogers Costa ... website developer (uncredited)
Paul J. Memmi ... translator (uncredited)

Thanks

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Michael Agel ... special thanks
Emilia Bandel ... special thanks
Michael Barker ... special thanks
Matthias Bauer ... special thanks
Christine Berg ... special thanks
Marieanne Bergmann ... special thanks
Tom Bernard ... special thanks
Alec Boehm ... special thanks
Francesca Breetzke ... acknowledgement: Reverse Angle team
Elena Bromund ... special thanks
Maria Brüning ... acknowledgement: Reverse Angle team
Diane Buck ... special thanks
Heiko Burkardsmaier ... special thanks (as Heiko Burkhardsmaier)
Caterina Cardone ... special thanks
Roberto Cicutto ... special thanks
Jérôme Clément ... special thanks
Joseph Dianda ... special thanks
Peter Dinges ... special thanks
André Druskeit ... special thanks
Shannon Durbin ... special thanks
Marcella Däwers ... special thanks
Heinz Egerer ... special thanks
Hans Robert Eisenhauer ... special thanks
Uta Fick ... special thanks
Patrick Havard ... special thanks
Rebecca Hawkes ... special thanks
Achim Heine ... special thanks (as Prof. Achim Heine)
Fritz Heinzle ... special thanks
Bernd Helthaler ... special thanks (as Bernd Hellthaler)
Éric Heumann ... special thanks (as Eric Heumann)
Eva Hubert ... special thanks
Michael Karman ... special thanks
Klaus Keil ... special thanks (as Prof. Klaus Keil)
Olaf Kühle ... special thanks
Dylan Leiner ... special thanks
Pascal Leister ... special thanks
Valentina Lori ... acknowledgement: Reverse Angle team
Patty Mack ... special thanks
Brigitta Manthey ... special thanks
James Marquez ... special thanks
Luigi Musini ... special thanks
Peter Märtin ... special thanks
Thomas Nickel ... special thanks
Kirsten Niehuus ... special thanks
Kathrin Nüssel ... special thanks
Andreas Pautsch ... acknowledgement: Reverse Angle team
John Ptak ... special thanks
Rainer Pyls ... acknowledgement: Reverse Angle team
Alicia Sams ... special thanks
Nicolette Schwartz ... special thanks
Rodney Sewell ... special thanks
Marc Sillam ... special thanks
Caroline Stummel ... special thanks
Joachim Sturmes ... special thanks
Philipp Tschäppät ... special thanks
Jonathan Wales ... special thanks
Peter Watson ... special thanks
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Plot Summary

Howard Spence (Sam Shepard) has seen better days. Once a big Western movie star, he now drowns his disgust for his selfish and failed life with alcohol, drugs, and young women. If he were to die now, nobody would shed a tear over him, that's the sad truth. Until one day Howard learns that he might have a child somewhere out there. The very idea seems like a ray of hope that his life wasn't all in vain. So he sets out to find that young man or woman. He discovers an entire life that he has missed. Written by Reverse Angle

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Also Known As
  • Llamando a las puertas del cielo (Spain)
  • Не ме търси (Bulgaria, Bulgarian title)
  • Ieik nesibeldęs (Lithuania)
  • Входите без стука (Russia)
  • La búsqueda (Argentina)
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Runtime
  • 122 min
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Budget $11,000,000 (estimated)

Did You Know?

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Trivia Originally, Sam Shepard wrote the character of Sky as part Native American, but because of Wenders desire to cast Sarah Polley, that aspect of the character was set aside. Both agreed that her being Native American was not essential to the character, and Wenders had wanted to work with Polley because he'd been so impressed with her acting in past projects. See more »
Goofs Howard's car is shot in the front left tire. A little later the right tire is flat. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Wim Wenders: Desperado (2020). See more »
Soundtracks Lonely Man See more »
Quotes Howard Spence: Mind if I turn the radio on?
Sutter: Yes, I do, as a matter of fact. I don't like outside influence.
Howard Spence: Outside?
Sutter: That's right. The world at large. It's a nasty place. Why allow it in? Livestalk reports, Navajo chanting, beheadings, bestiality. Nothing's changed. Black Death, the Inquisition, the Crusades, conquest of Mexico. What's changed?
Howard Spence: I was thinking...
Sutter: What?
Howard Spence: I don't know.
Sutter: Nothing's changed.
Howard Spence: Guess not.
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