In 1999, Claire Tourneur's life is forever changed after she survives a car crash. She rescues Sam and travels the world with him. Writer Eugene Fitzpatrick follows and writes their story as... Read allIn 1999, Claire Tourneur's life is forever changed after she survives a car crash. She rescues Sam and travels the world with him. Writer Eugene Fitzpatrick follows and writes their story as a method of recording dreams is being developed.In 1999, Claire Tourneur's life is forever changed after she survives a car crash. She rescues Sam and travels the world with him. Writer Eugene Fitzpatrick follows and writes their story as a method of recording dreams is being developed.
- Awards
- 2 wins & 1 nomination
- Mechanic
- (as Jean Charles Dumay)
- Irina Farber
- (as Christine Österlein)
- Receptionist
- (as Diogo Doria)
- Woman in Street Car
- (as Amalia Rodrigues)
- Krasikova
- (as Elena Smirnova)
- Truck Driver
- (as Zhang Jinzhan)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaWim Wenders' original rough cut for this film was twenty hours long.
- GoofsWhen several of the European characters leave the Mbantua settlement to take a group photo, believing the adventure to be over, the voice-over mentions that it's February, 2000. Yet shortly after, as Henry Farber is trying a new series of experiments on recording dream imagery, a computer display for the current experiment shows January 21.
- Quotes
Eugene Fitzpatrick: [voice over] Soon they were hooked; all of them. They lived to see their dreams, and when they slept they dreamed about their dreams. They had arrived at the island of dreams together; but in a short time they were oceans apart. I watched helplessly as Claire and Sam were drowning in their own nocturnal imagery. They ignored each other, and neglected themselves. The dreams which should have been flushed away with the first yawn, were now their only diet; and thus became more and more concentrated. They made monsters for themselves that they could neither tolerate nor do without... They wandered in and out of lost worlds. Feelings and figures emerged from a forgotten past. Their dreams became black holes of isolation... They suffered, finally; from a complete loss of reality.
- Alternate versionsThe film exists in four separate versions. The first is the significantly cut American 158-minute version released by Warner Bros. in theaters, and on VHS, LaserDisc, and some streaming platforms. Wenders has disparagingly referred this cut as the 'reader's digest version'. The second is a 179-minute cut that existed only on Japanese LaserDisc. The third is Wim Wenders' director's cut, which runs 300 minutes. This cut significantly expands scenes, motivates Claire's romantic involvement with Sam Farber and keeps it from seeming less frivolous and more the expression of a wounded heart, additional scenes in Japan, and in San Francisco with Allen Garfield as an evil car salesman (a take-off on his character in another Wenders film), and numerous other expansions/additions. This full-length version divided the film into three parts, all given episode names, and all with opening credits because it was originally intended for this version to be shown as three separate films, or as a mini-series. This 300-minute cut was only available on DVD in Germany, Italy and France. It was screened several times over the years in America and the UK: the National Film Theatre in London on Saturday 2nd July 1994, December 6, 1996 at the University of Washington, with director Wim Wenders attending, Jan. 14, 2001 at the American Cinematheque (with Wenders attending), February 24, 2001 at the Directors Guild of America Theater with Wenders announcing the film would be released on DVD.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Siskel & Ebert: Memo to the Academy - 1992 (1992)
- SoundtracksOpening Titles
Written by Graeme Revell
Performed by David Darling (cello solo)
Courtesy of Trans Glide Music BMI
Granted it is a long film by "American" standards but who can say how long a film should be? I felt transported to the times & places Wenders takes us, to me this makes a successful film regardless of its length. The storyline is well crafted and the music editing is brilliant; when I hear the music today I think of the film and not the bands that performed it.
William Hurt has a role (finally) that suits his personality. The pairing of Jeanne Moreau and Max Van Sydow is brilliant. Definitely a movie that should be seen at least once in your lifetime.
- brittandthatsall
- Sep 5, 2003
Details
- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Official sites
- Languages
- Also known as
- Hasta el fin del mundo
- Filming locations
- Tosca Cafe - 242 Columbus Avenue, North Beach, San Francisco, California, USA(Claire meets Sam again)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $23,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $829,625
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $38,553
- Dec 29, 1991
- Gross worldwide
- $829,625
- Runtime2 hours 38 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.66 : 1
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