Wim Wenders Collection - 4-DVD Boxset ( Der amerikanische Freund / Der Stand der Dinge / Paris, Texas / Der Himmel über Berlin ) ( The American Friend / The State of Things / Wings of Desire )

Wim Wenders Collection - 4-DVD Boxset (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Der amerikanische Freund / Der Stand der Dinge / Paris, Texas / Der Himmel über Berlin
Alternate Title: The American Friend / The State of Things / Wings of Desire
Screened, competed or awarded at:
BAFTA Awards
Cannes Film Festival
David Donatello Awards
European Film Awards
Golden Globes
Venice Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
Portuguese ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Portugal ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
500 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen

Special Features:
Box Set
Interactive Menu
Multi-DVD Set
Scene Access
Remastered

Movie filmed in 1977-1987 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )
Germany ( Germany, Central Europe )
Netherlands ( France, Benelux )
Portugal ( Spain, Portugal )
Spain ( Spain, Portugal )
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Wim Wenders

Written By:
Patricia Highsmith

Wim Wenders
Robert Kramer
Joshua Wallace
L.M. Kit Carson
Sam Shepard
Walter Donohue
Peter Handke
Richard Reitinger
Bernard Eisenschitz

Actors:
Dennis Hopper ..... Tom Ripley
Bruno Ganz ..... Jonathan Zimmermann
Lisa Kreuzer ..... Marianne Zimmermann
Gérard Blain ..... Raoul Minot
Nicholas Ray ..... 'Derwatt'
Samuel Fuller ..... Der Amerikaner
Peter Lilienthal ..... Marcangelo
Daniel Schmid ..... Igraham
Sandy Whitelaw ..... Arzt in Paris
Jean Eustache ..... Freundlicher Mann
Lou Castel ..... Rodolphe
Andreas Dedecke ..... Daniel
David Blue ..... Allan Winter
Stefan Lennert ..... Auktionator
Rudolf Schündler ..... Gantner
Gerty Molzen ..... Alte Dame
Heinz Joachim Klein ..... Dr. Gabriel
Heinrich Marmann ..... Herr im zug
Satya De La Manitou ..... Angie
Axel Schiessler ..... Lippo
Adolf Hansen ..... Schaffner
Rosemarie Heinikel ..... Mona
Enzo Robutti ..... Falling man
Wim Wenders ..... Figure Wrapped in Plaster Bandages in Ambulance
Isabelle Weingarten ..... Anna
Rebecca Pauly ..... Joan
Jeffrey Kime ..... Mark
Geoffrey Carey ..... Robert
Camila Mora-Scheihing ..... Julia
Alexandra Auder ..... Jane
Patrick Bauchau ..... Friedrich Munro
John Paul Getty III ..... Dennis
Viva ..... Kate
Samuel Fuller ..... Joe
Artur Semedo ..... Production Manager
Francisco Baião ..... Soundman
Robert Kramer ..... Camera Operator
Allen Garfield ..... Gordon
Roger Corman ..... The Lawyer
Gisela Getty ..... Secretary
Monty Bane ..... Herbert
Janet Graham ..... Karen
Judy Mooradian ..... Waitress
Adelaide João ..... Woman in Texas Bar
Wim Wenders ..... Tram passenger
Harry Dean Stanton ..... Travis Henderson
Nastassja Kinski ..... Jane Henderson
Dean Stockwell ..... Walt Henderson
Aurore Clément ..... Anne Henderson
Hunter Carson ..... Hunter Henderson
Bernhard Wicki ..... Doctor Ulmer
Sam Berry ..... Gas Station Attendant
Claresie Mobley ..... Car Rental Clerk
Viva ..... Woman on TV
Edward Fayton ..... Hunter's Friend
Socorro Valdez ..... Carmelita
Justin Hogg ..... Hunter - Age 3
Tom Farrell ..... Screaming Man
John Lurie ..... 'Slater'
Jeni Vici ..... 'Stretch'
Sally Norvell ..... 'Nurse Bibs'
Sharon Menzel ..... Comedienne
The Mydolls ..... Rehearsing Band
Brandy Tipton ..... Hunter's Girlfriend (scenesDeleted)
Bruno Ganz ..... Damiel
Solveig Dommartin ..... Marion
Otto Sander ..... Cassiel
Curt Bois ..... Homer
Peter Falk ..... Der Filmstar
Hans Martin Stier ..... In weiteren Rollen - Der Sterbende
Elmar Wilms ..... In weiteren Rollen - Ein trauriger Mann
Sigurd Rachman ..... In weiteren Rollen - Der Selbstmörder
Beatrice Manowski ..... In weiteren Rollen - Das Strichmädchen

Synopsis:

The American Friend: Tom Ripley has a sweet deal with an art forger. The forger creates the paintings; Tom sells them. But another criminal business associate wants Tom to go in for an even riskier enterprise: murder. Tom suggests his associate ask a local picture framer instead. That man has a fatal disease, or so it's rumored. More, he has a wife and kid that surely he wouldn't want to leave penniless. Let this picture framer be a hit man, and no one will suspect. The terminally ill craftsman may agree to the misdeed, and several more, but he'll end up needing Tom Ripley in a pinch. The State of Things: On location in Portugal, a film crew runs out of film while making their own version of Roger Corman's Day the World Ended (1955). The producer is nowhere to be found and director Friedrich Munro attempts to find him in hopes of being able to finish the film. Paris, Texas: A man wanders out of the desert after a four year absence. His brother finds him, and together they return to L.A. to reunite the man with his young son. Soon after, he and the boy set out to locate the mother of the child, who left shortly after the man disappeared. Wings of Desire: Visible only to those like them and to human children, Damiel and Cassiel are two angels, who have existed even before humankind. Along with several other angels, they currently wander around West Berlin, generally on their own, observing and preserving life, sometimes trying to provide comfort to the troubled, although those efforts are not always successful. Among those they are currently observing are: the cast and crew of a movie - a detective story set in WWII Nazi Germany - which include a sensitive and perceptive Peter Falk; an elderly man named Homer looking for eternal peace; and the troupe of a financially failing circus, which has closed early for the season because of those financial problems. One day, Damiel tells Cassiel that he wants to become human, to feel not only the sensory aspects of physical beings, but also emotional aspects. He embarks on this thought with the full realization that there is no turning back if he decides to do so. His thoughts are largely because he has fallen in love with Marion, the trapeze artist with the circus. If he does decide to become a human, there is no guarantee that as a human that he will be able to locate Marion or that she will return his affection. His angels, however, may be looking out for him.

This product was added to our catalog on Saturday 27 February, 2021.