Until the End of the World
Conceived as the ultimate road movie, this decades-in-the-making science-fiction epic from Wim Wenders follows the restless Claire Tourneur (Solveig Dommartin) across continents as she pursues a mysterious stranger (William Hurt) in possession of a device that can make the blind see and bring dream images to waking life. With an eclectic soundtrack that gathers a host of the director’s favorite musicians, along with gorgeous cinematography by Robby Müller, this breathless adventure in the shadow of Armageddon takes its heroes to the ends of the earth and into the oneiric depths of their own souls. Presented here in its triumphant 287-minute director’s cut, Until the End of the World assumes its rightful place as Wenders’ magnum opus, a cosmic ode to the pleasures and perils of the image and a prescient meditation on cinema’s digital future.
DIRECTOR-APPROVED TWO-BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- New 4K digital restoration, commissioned by the Wim Wenders Foundation and supervised by director Wim Wenders, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
- New introduction 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
- PLUS: Essays by critics Bilge Ebiri and Ignatiy Vishnevetsky on the film and its soundtrack
New cover by Michael Boland
DIRECTOR-APPROVED TWO-BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- New 4K digital restoration, commissioned by the Wim Wenders Foundation and supervised by director Wim Wenders, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
- New introduction 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
- PLUS: Essays by critics Bilge Ebiri and Ignatiy Vishnevetsky on the film and its soundtrack
New cover by Michael Boland
Cast
- William Hurt
- Sam Farber, alias Trevor McPhee
- Solveig Dommartin
- Claire Tourneur
- Sam Neill
- Eugene Fitzpatrick
- Max von Sydow
- Henry Farber
- Rüdiger Vogler
- Phillip Winter
- Ernie Dingo
- Burt
- Jeanne Moreau
- Edith Farber
- Chick Ortega
- Chico Rémy
- Elena Smirnova
- Krasikova
- Eddy Mitchell
- Raymond Monnet
- Chishu Ryu
- Mr. Mori
- Allen Garfield
- Used-car dealer
- Lois Chiles
- Elsa Farber
- Kuniko Miyake
- Mrs. Mori
Credits
- Director
- Wim Wenders
- Produced by
- Anatole Dauman
- Produced by
- Jonathan Taplin
- Produced by
- Wim Wenders
- Screenplay by
- Peter Carey
- Screenplay by
- Wim Wenders
- From an original idea by
- Solveig Dommartin
- From an original idea by
- Wim Wenders
- Director of photography
- Robby Müller
- Music by
- Graeme Revell
- Editor
- Peter Przygodda
- Production sound
- Jean-Paul Mugel
- Sound design
- Barbara von Weitershausen
- Production design and futuristic objects
- Thierry Flamand
- Production design (Australia)
- Sally Campbell
- Costume design
- Montserrat Casanova
- High-definition video design
- Sean Naughton
- Special effects by
- Frank Schlegel
- Songs
- U2
- Songs
- Talking Heads
- Songs
- Elvis Presley
- Songs
- Lou Reed
- Songs
- T Bone Burnett
- Songs
- Peter Gabriel
- Songs
- Laurent Petitgand
- Songs
- Can
- Songs
- Elvis Costello
- Songs
- R.E.M.
- Songs
- Julee Cruise
- Songs
- Crime & the City Solution
- Songs
- Chubby Checker
- Songs
- Boulevard of Broken Dreams Orchestra
- Songs
- Robbie Robertson and The Blue Nile
- Songs
- Depeche Mode
- Songs
- Patti Smith and Fred Smith
- Songs
- Neneh Cherry
- Songs
- Daniel Lanois
- Songs
- Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
- Songs
- Jane Siberry with k.d. lang
- Songs
- Gondwanaland
- Songs
- David Darling
- Songs
- Mildred Hill and Patty Hill
Trailer for Until the End of the World
