Until the End of the World [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]

Until the End of the World [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]

Director: Wim Wenders Cast: William Hurt
William Hurt
, Sam Neill
Sam Neill
, Jeanne Moreau
Jeanne Moreau
, Rüdiger Vogler
Rüdiger Vogler
Wim Wenders
Until the End of the World [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]

Until the End of the World [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]

Director: Wim Wenders Cast: William Hurt
William Hurt
, Sam Neill
Sam Neill
, Jeanne Moreau
Jeanne Moreau
, Rüdiger Vogler
Rüdiger Vogler
Wim Wenders

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Overview

"Wim Wenders's sprawling cyberpunk noir epic -- shot in no less than nine different countries -- is set in 1999 and stars Solveig Dommartin as Claire, a young Frenchwoman who comes into contact with a large sum of money stolen during a bank heist; in her travels she picks up a mysterious American hitchhiker (William Hurt), who himself steals some of the money before parting from her company. Upon discovering the theft, Claire sets out on his trail, with both a Hammett-styled German private eye (Rudiger Vogler) as well as her former lover, a novelist portrayed by Sam Neill, in tow. The hitchhiker is really Sam Farber, the son of an underground scientist (Max Von Sydow), and his mission is to travel the globe in order to acquire the funding necessary to develop the technology which will allow his blind mother (Jeanne Moreau) to ""see"" visual recordings of her family members; the second half of the film takes place largely in the Farbers' compound in the Australian Outback, where Sam, Claire and the others take refuge while attempting to bring the sight project to its fruition, in the meantime pondering earth's future in the wake of a nuclear disaster in outer space. Wenders' most ambitious film, budgeted at $23 million, Until the End Of the World ran into serious issues given its whopping length. The original cut ran 20 hours. Realizing that this would make theatrical screenings impossible, Wenders heavily edited the picture and wound up with a 5-hour cut with which he is reportedly satisfied (known as the 'Director's Cut'). Warners wouldn't go for this either, however, and whittled it down to 2 1/2. That version - which premiered theatrically in the U.S. on Christmas Day 1991- makes little sense ,with a disjointed narrative that doesn't shift gears so much as grind them as the action moves from country to country. Unsurprisingly, it confounded critics and lay viewers and infuriated its director, who all but disowned it. (Echoes of Once Upon a Time in America!) As with the Leone film, though, the Director's Cut of World did evetually see the light of day. It's now widely available in a multi-disc collector's set throughout Europe, and the public response to that version has been far more favorable."

Product Details

Release Date: 12/10/2019
UPC: 0715515239110
Original Release: 1991
Rating: R
Source: Criterion Collection
Region Code: A
Presentation: [Wide Screen]
Sound: [Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language: English
Time: 4:47:00
Sales rank: 8,268

Special Features

English SDH Subtitles; New introdution by Wenders; New interview with Wenders about the film's soundtrack; New conversation between Wenders and musician David Byrne; Japanese behind-the-scenes program detailing the creation of the film's high-definition sequences; Interview with Wenders from 2001; Up-Down Under Roma, a 1993 interview with Wenders on his experiences in Australia; The Song, a 1991 short film by Uli M Schueppel detailing the recording of "[I'll Love You] Till the End of the World" by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds; Deleted scenes; Trailer

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
William Hurt Sam Farber/Trevor McPhee
Sam Neill Fitzpatrick
Jeanne Moreau Edith
Rüdiger Vogler Phillip Winter
Ernie Dingo Burt
Solveig Dommartin Claire Tourneur
Max von Sydow Henry Farber
Chick Ortega Chico Remy
Elena Smirnowa Krasikova
Eddy Mitchell Raymond Monnet
David Gulpilil David
Adelle Lutz Makiko
Kuniko Miyake Mrs. Mori
Allen Garfield Bernie
Lois Chiles Elsa Farber
Justine Saunders Maisie
Kylie Belling Lydia
Jimmy Little Peter
Paul Livingston Karl
Diogo Dória Receptionist
Naoto Takenaka Custodian
Hiroshi Kanbe Hotel Guest
Miwako Fujitani Maid
Alfred Lynch Old Man Alfred
Susan Leith Nora Oliveira
Enzo Turrin Doctor
Carmen Chaplin No character identified
Peter Przygodda Actor
Erika Rabau No character identified
Bob Stewart No character identified
Nick Cave Man Passed out in Bed in first scene
Ryu Chishu Mr. Mori
Amália Rodrigues Woman in Street Car
Michael Winters No character identified
Graeme Revell Composer

Technical Credits
Wim Wenders Director,Screenwriter,Producer
Michael Almereyda Screenwriter
Peter Carey Screenwriter
Jonathan T. Taplin Producer,Producer
Ulrich Felsberg Producer,Executive Producer
Anatole Dauman Producer
Julia Overton Producer
Solveig Dommartin Screenwriter
Barbara von Weitershausen Sound/Sound Designer
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