The Wild Blue Yonder (2005)
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- Not Rated
- 1h 20min
- Sci-Fi
- 18 Nov 2005 (Italy)
- Movie
An alien narrates the story of his dying planet, his and his people's visits to Earth and Earth's man-made demise, while human astronauts attempt to find an alternate planet for surviving humans to live on.
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- 2 wins & 4 nominations.
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Cast
| Brad Dourif | ... |
The Alien
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Donald Williams | ... |
Astronaut Commander
(as Capt. Donald Williams)
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Ellen Baker | ... |
Astronaut physician
(as Dr. Ellen Baker)
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Franklin Chang-Diaz | ... |
Astronaut Plasma Physicist
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Shannon Lucid | ... |
Astronaut biochemist
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Michael McCulley | ... |
Astronaut pilot
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Roger Diehl | ... |
Mathematician
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Ted Sweetser | ... |
Mathematician
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Martin Lo | ... |
Mathematician
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Directed by
| Werner Herzog | ||
Written by
| Werner Herzog | ... | () |
Produced by
| Jill Coulon | ... | assistant producer: France |
| Norm Hill | ... | video producer |
| Christine Le Goff | ... | executive producer |
| Pedro G. Ortega | ... | assistant producer |
| André Singer | ... | producer (as Andre Singer) |
| Lucki Stipetic | ... | executive producer |
Music by
| Ernst Reijseger | ||
Cinematography by
| Henry Kaiser | ||
| Tanja Koop | ||
| Klaus Scheurich | ||
Editing by
| Joe Bini | ||
Editorial Department
| Maya Hawke | ... | assistant editor |
| Isabelle Laclau | ... | color grader |
| Christophe Nadeau | ... | on-line editor |
| Weiwei Si | ... | promo editor |
| Leon Silverman | ... | video post-production services |
| Max Straigh | ... | video post-production services |
Production Management
| Par Footer | ... | production manager: UK |
| Pat Footer | ... | head of production |
| Isabelle Lemonnier | ... | production manager: France |
| Irma Strehle | ... | production manager |
Sound Department
| Joe Crabb | ... | sound |
| Ruiz Gutierrez | ... | sound: second unit |
| Eric Lesachet | ... | re-recording mixer |
Camera and Electrical Department
| Estuardo Agreda | ... | gaffer |
| Raul Gonzales Perrigo | ... | assistant camera |
| Jorge Vignati | ... | camera operator: second unit |
Music Department
| Gianluca Frau | ... | musician: cronta |
| Patrizio Mura | ... | musician: voche |
| Jim O'Rourke | ... | composer: additional music |
| Piero Pala | ... | musician: voche and mesuvoche |
| Massimo Roych | ... | musician: voche and mesuvoche |
| Mario Siotto | ... | musician: bass |
Additional Crew
| Jean-François Boyer | ... | executive: Tetra Media |
| Russell Castonguay | ... | archival consultant |
| Jack Dawson | ... | consultant: NASA, Pasadena |
| Bobbie Faye Ferguson | ... | consultant: NASA |
| Gayle Frere | ... | consultant: NASA, Houston |
| Herb Golder | ... | archival researcher |
| Greg Jurls | ... | consultant: NASA, Houston (as Gregory Jurls) |
| Monika Kostinek | ... | production accountant |
| Tom Koykka | ... | production services |
| Lucy Lytwynsky | ... | consultant: NASA, Houston |
| Veronica McGregor | ... | consultant: NASA, Pasadena |
| Erik Leif Nelson | ... | production services |
| Cynthia Shapiro | ... | production services |
Production Companies
- Werner Herzog Filmproduktion
- West Park Pictures Produktion (co-production)
- Tétra Média (co-production)
- British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (cooperation)
- France 2 (FR2) (cooperation)
- Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC) (cooperation)
Distributors
- Subversive Cinema (2006) (United States) (DVD)
- 518 Media (2005) (United States) (theatrical)
- Ipma (2005) (Mexico)
- Fandango (2005) (Italy) (theatrical)
- Duna Televízió (2009) (Hungary) (tv) (original airing)
- Fandango (2006) (Italy) (DVD)
- Ripley's Film (2009) (Italy)
- Soda Pictures (2006) (United Kingdom)
- VIGGO (2020) (Italy)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Creative Differences (production services)
- LaserPacific (video post-production services)
- Three Falls Audio (voice-over recording)
- Yellow Cab Studios (sound post-production)
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | Multiple formats were used throughout the film. Footage shot in space was on standard 16mm, the underwater nature footage was on a consumer grade SD digital camera and interview footage with the scientists as well as the scenes with the Alien were on digital HD. The final edit was composed into an unspecified digital format and transferred to 35mm. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Featured in Was ich bin sind meine Filme - Teil 2... nach 30 Jahren (2010). See more » |
| Soundtracks | Bad News from Outer Space See more » |
| Quotes |
The Alien:
You know, our great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great grandfathers were fine scientists, but the journey was long and boring and when we got here, hundreds of hundreds and hundreds and hundreda and hundreds of years later, those of us who arrived here just... sucked. See more » |