Don't Come Knocking
(Germany/France/Great Britain/USA, 2005, 123 minutes)
A western star abandons a location shoot midway through the film to go in search of himself. Dazzlingly shot, melancholy moodpiece that treads old territory for both its writer-star and director; parts of the script are seriously ill-judged but somehow don't really hinder the film's amiable, ambling tone.
Hanway presents a Reverse Angle production, in co-production with Reverse Angle International and ARTE France Cinéma, in association with Euroarts Medien, Hanway Films, Network Movie, Océan Films, The Recorded Picture Company, Road Movies Filmproduktion, Sony Pictures Classics and ZDF-ARTE; with the cooperation of German Federal Filmboard, Filmförderung Hamburg and Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg; presented by Peter Schwartzkopff. Starring Sam Shepard, Jessica Lange, Tim Roth, Gabriel Mann, Sarah Polley, Fairuza Balk; and Eva Marie Saint. Directed by Wim Wenders; produced by Peter Schwartzkopff, Karsten Brünig, In-Ah Lee; screenplay by Sam Shepard, based on a story by Sam Shepard and Wim Wenders; music by T-Bone Burnett; director of photography (Kodak, widescreen), Franz Lustig; production designer, Nathan Amondson; costume designer, Caroline Eselin-Schaefer; film editors, Peter Przygodda, Oli Weiss.
A western star abandons a location shoot midway through the film to go in search of himself. Dazzlingly shot, melancholy moodpiece that treads old territory for both its writer-star and director; parts of the script are seriously ill-judged but somehow don't really hinder the film's amiable, ambling tone.
Hanway presents a Reverse Angle production, in co-production with Reverse Angle International and ARTE France Cinéma, in association with Euroarts Medien, Hanway Films, Network Movie, Océan Films, The Recorded Picture Company, Road Movies Filmproduktion, Sony Pictures Classics and ZDF-ARTE; with the cooperation of German Federal Filmboard, Filmförderung Hamburg and Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg; presented by Peter Schwartzkopff. Starring Sam Shepard, Jessica Lange, Tim Roth, Gabriel Mann, Sarah Polley, Fairuza Balk; and Eva Marie Saint. Directed by Wim Wenders; produced by Peter Schwartzkopff, Karsten Brünig, In-Ah Lee; screenplay by Sam Shepard, based on a story by Sam Shepard and Wim Wenders; music by T-Bone Burnett; director of photography (Kodak, widescreen), Franz Lustig; production designer, Nathan Amondson; costume designer, Caroline Eselin-Schaefer; film editors, Peter Przygodda, Oli Weiss.
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