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Wim Wenders - news / articles


  • Wenders halts movie after subject's death - 5 July 2009
    -Moviemaker Wim Wenders has halted work on new film Pina following the death of the movie's subject, Pina Bausch. - -The legendary choreographer died on Tuesday (30Jun09) days after she was diagnosed with cancer. She was 68.- - The Wenders film she was working on w

Wim Wenders - what members say


  • Paris, Texas
  • Paris, Texas review by from Birmingham, England
    Rated - 5 stars Brilliantly evocative piece of cinema 8 December 2003
    ...Wim Wenders as a European looking in on America captures the essence of it that captivates the imagination of so many foreigners; the landscape, the andering nature of the...  
  • Wings Of Desire
  • Wings Of Desire review by A customer from London
    Rated - 2 stars pretentious, moi ? 15 September 2004
    ...I love Wim Wenders, and Paris Texas still stands as a classic European view of American society's interesting underbelly. I watched Wings of Desire last in 1987 when it...  
  • The American Friend
  • The American Friend review by from London
    Rated - 5 stars What Ripley should be 29 February 2004
    ...A beautiful film from the classic days of Wim Wenders. Dennis Hopper brings his own brand of eccentricity to Ripley, beautifully supported by Bruno Ganz. Nicholas Ray is w...  

Wim Wenders - filmography


  • Don't Come Knocking on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Sam Shepherd,  Jessica Lange,  Tim Roth
    Director: Wim Wenders
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Howard Spence 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 ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 1,216 member
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  • The Soul Of A Man on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Blind Willie Johnson,  Skip James
    Director: Wim Wenders
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Produced by Martin Scorsese and helmed by seven major film directors (including Clint Eastwood, Wim Wenders, and Charles Burnett), this seven-part collection traces the history of the blues. Beginning by discovering the earliest recorded works of the blues from the 1920s, and ending with the ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 268 members
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  • Million Dollar Hotel on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Jeremy Davies,  Milla Jovovich,  Mel Gibson
    Director: Wim Wenders
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Wim Wender's THE MILLION DOLLAR HOTEL is a well-filmed movie set in a majestic, dilapidated hotel on the outskirts of Hollywood. The opener shows Tom Tom (Jeremy Davies), the eccentric, slightly retarded, skateboard-riding narrator, wandering in slow motion at daybreak on the roof of the hotel, as ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 48% from 1,332 member
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  • A Trick Of The Light on DVD (1995)
    Starring: Wim Wenders,  Nadine Buettner,  Lucie Hurtgen-Skladanowsky
    Director: Wim Wenders
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Weaving together docu-drama, fictional re-enactment and experimental photography, the film is a powerful and beautifully crafted exploration into the early days of German cinema and tells the story of the Skladanowsky Brothers who invented the Bioskop, the forerunner of the film projector.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 63% from 43 members
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  • Wings Of Desire - BLU-RAY Version (1987)
    Starring: Bruno Ganz,  Peter Falk,  Solveig Dommartin
    Director: Wim Wenders
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    The sky over Wenders' war-scarred Berlin is full of gentle, trenchcoated angels who listen to the tortured thoughts of mortals and try to comfort them. One of the angels wishes to become mortal after falling in love with a beautiful trapeze artist. Peter Falk, as himself, assists in the ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 No ratings yet. Be the first.
    Due for release on 22nd February 2010
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  • Wings Of Desire on DVD (1987)
    Starring: Bruno Ganz,  Peter Falk,  Solveig Dommartin
    Director: Wim Wenders
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    The sky over Wenders' war-scarred Berlin is full of gentle, trenchcoated angels who listen to the tortured thoughts of mortals and try to comfort them. One of the angels wishes to become mortal after falling in love with a beautiful trapeze artist. Peter Falk, as himself, assists in the ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 64% from 4,987 members
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  • Tokyo-Ga on DVD (1985)
    Starring: Chishu Ryu,  Werner Herzog,  Yuuharu Atsuta
    Director: Wim Wenders
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Having been moved by the work of acclaimed director Yasujiro Ozu, Wenders travels to Japan to search out the Tokyo he has seen in his films, discovering along the way how the country is losing its identity and culture to Americanisation.
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 88 members
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  • Paris, Texas on DVD (1984)
    Starring: Nastassja Kinski,  Dean Stockwell,  Harry Dean Stanton
    Director: Wim Wenders
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Winner of the Grand Prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 1984, Wim Wenders's PARIS, TEXAS tells the haunting story of an amnesiac (Harry Dean Stanton) and his struggle to rebuild his shattered life. Featuring a story by Sam Shepard and a renowned score by Ry Cooder, the film also stars Nastassja ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 4,544 members
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  • Nicks Film:Lightning Over Water on DVD (1980)
    Starring: Wim Wenders,  Gerry Bamman,  Nicholas Ray
    Director: Wim Wenders,  Nicholas Ray
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Director Nicholas Ray is diagnosed with cancer and is determined to complete his final film before his untimely demise. Wim Wenders follows his quest and in this moving film charts the death of a rare talent. The film features an outstanding soundtrack which adds to the impact.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 55% from 36 members
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  • The American Friend on DVD (1977)
    Starring: Dennis Hopper,  Bruno Ganz,  Nicholas Ray
    Director: Wim Wenders
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Jonathan Zimmermann (Bruno Ganz), a German art-restorer, is dying of a rare blood disease. Despite his illness, the happily married Jonathan does his best to live each day to the fullest with his wife and child. But when cunning American gangster Tom Ripley (Dennis Hopper) learns of Jonathan's ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 62% from 1,248 member
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  • Wim Wenders Collection (10 discs) on DVD
    Starring: Nastassja Kiniski,  Harry Dean Stanton,  Dennis Hopper
    Director: Wim Wenders
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Best known for such international hits as Wings Of Desire, Paris, Texas and the Oscar®-nominated Buena Vista Social Club, Wim Wenders remains one of the most unique and important directors in the world today. In these 10 acclaimed feature films and documentaries - including several available for ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 1,949 member
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Wim Wenders facts

5 most recent films

The Palermo Shooting - 0.5 stars
Land Of Plenty - 2.5 stars
One Who Set Forth - Wim Wenders' Early Years - 3.5 stars
Don't Come Knocking - 2.5 stars
The Soul Of A Man - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Wim Wenders Collection - 3.5 stars
Paris, Texas - 3.5 stars
Alice In The Cities - 3.5 stars
The Soul Of A Man - 3.5 stars
Tokyo-Ga - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Wings Of Desire - BLU-RAY Version - 3 stars
The Palermo Shooting - 0.5 stars
Lisbon Story - 2.5 stars
Hammett - 2.5 stars
Nicks Film:Lightning Over Water - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Bruno Ganz - 17 times - show films
Solveig Dommartin - 16 times - show films
Otto Sander - 16 times - show films
Rudiger Vogler - 15 times - show films
Dennis Hopper - 15 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Nicholas Ray - 2 times - show films
Marcel Wehn - 1 times - show films