| Faraway, So Close! | |
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| Directed by | Wim Wenders |
| Produced by | Ulrich Felsberg Michael Schwarz Wim Wenders |
| Written by | Richard Reitinger Wim Wenders Ulrich Zieger |
| Starring | Otto Sander Bruno Ganz Heinz Rühmann Peter Falk Nastassja Kinski Willem Dafoe Solveig Dommartin Rüdiger Vogler |
| Music by | Laurent Petitgand Graeme Revell David Darling Nick Cave Laurie Anderson Lou Reed |
| Cinematography | Jürgen Jürges |
| Editing by | Peter Przygodda |
| Distributed by | Sony Pictures Classics |
| Release date(s) |  May 18, 1993 (Cannes Film Festival) September 1, 1993 (wide) September 9, 1993 December 21, 1993 July 1, 1994 |
| Running time | 144 min. Ernst Wilhelm ("Wim" Wenders (born August 14, 1945) is a German Film director, Playwright, Author, Otto Sander (born 30 June 1941 in Hanover) is a German movie theater and voice actor Bruno Ganz ( born March 22 1941) is a Swiss Actor, best-known in the English-speaking world for his portrayal of Adolf Hitler in Heinrich Wilhelm "Heinz" Rühmann ( March 7 1902 &ndash October 3 1994) was a popular German film Actor. Peter Michael Falk (born September 16 1927 is a two-time Academy Award -nominated five-time Emmy Award -winning and one-time Golden Globe award -winning Nastassja Kinski (born Nastassja Aglaia Nakszyński, January 24, 1961 William J "Willem" Dafoe (born July 22, 1955) is a three-time Academy Award -nominated American Film and stage Solveig Dommartin ( 16 May 1961 in Constantine Algeria - 11 January 2007 in Paris France) was a French - Rüdiger Vogler (born May 14 1942 in Warthausen near Biberach an der Riß) is a German film and stage Actor. Graeme Revell (born in Auckland, New Zealand on October 23, 1955) is a composer of Film music. David Darling may refer to David Darling (musician (born 1941 American cellist and composer David Darling (astronomer (born 1953 Nicholas Edward Cave (born 22 September 1957 in Warracknabeal, Victoria) is an Australian Musician, Songwriter, Author Laurie Anderson (born Laura Phillips Anderson, on June 5 1947 in Glen Ellyn Illinois) is an American experimental Performance artist and Lewis Allan Reed (born March 2 1942 is an American rock Singer-songwriter and Guitarist. Sony Pictures Classics is one of two specialty film divisions of Sony Pictures Entertainment, the other being Screen Gems (which produces more genre-specific fare Events 1152 - Henry II of England marries Eleanor of Aquitaine. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Events 462 - Possible start of first Byzantine indiction cycle. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Events 1000 - Battle of Svolder, Viking Age. 1379 - Treaty of Neuberg, splitting the Austrian Events 69 - The end of the Year of the four emperors: Following Galba, Otho and Vitellius, Vespasian "July 1st" redirects here For the Ayumi Hamasaki song see H (song. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) (German) 140 min. (U. S. ) |
| Country | Germany |
| Language | German/French/English |
| Preceded by | Wings of Desire |
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Faraway, So Close! (German: In weiter Ferne, so nah!) is a 1993 film by German director Wim Wenders. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. The German language (de ''Deutsch'') is a West Germanic language and one of the world's major languages. French ( français,) is a Romance language spoken around the world by 118 million people as a native language and by about 180 to 260 million people English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States Wings of Desire is a 1987 Film by the German director Wim Wenders. The German language (de ''Deutsch'') is a West Germanic language and one of the world's major languages. The year 1993 in film involved many significant films (For more about films in foreign languages check sources in those languages Ernst Wilhelm ("Wim" Wenders (born August 14, 1945) is a German Film director, Playwright, Author, The screenplay is by Wenders, Richard Reitinger and Ulrich Zieger. The film is a sequel to Wenders' 1987 film Wings of Desire. Wings of Desire is a 1987 Film by the German director Wim Wenders. Actors Otto Sander and Bruno Ganz reprise their roles as angels visiting earth, and the film also stars Nastassja Kinski, Willem Dafoe and Heinz Rühmann (in his last film role). Otto Sander (born 30 June 1941 in Hanover) is a German movie theater and voice actor Bruno Ganz ( born March 22 1941) is a Swiss Actor, best-known in the English-speaking world for his portrayal of Adolf Hitler in Nastassja Kinski (born Nastassja Aglaia Nakszyński, January 24, 1961 William J "Willem" Dafoe (born July 22, 1955) is a three-time Academy Award -nominated American Film and stage Heinrich Wilhelm "Heinz" Rühmann ( March 7 1902 &ndash October 3 1994) was a popular German film Actor.
Cameos
It also features cameo appearances by singer Lou Reed, American actor Peter Falk and former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, all of whom play themselves. A cameo role or cameo appearance (often shortened to just cameo) is a brief appearance of a known person in a work of the Performing arts, such as Lewis Allan Reed (born March 2 1942 is an American rock Singer-songwriter and Guitarist. Peter Michael Falk (born September 16 1927 is a two-time Academy Award -nominated five-time Emmy Award -winning and one-time Golden Globe award -winning The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev ( Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachyov;; born 2 March 1931 in Privolnoye Stavropol Krai) is a Russian politician
Music
U2's song "Stay (Faraway, So Close!)" on their 1993's album Zooropa was written for the film, and is based on the film's idea of angels wanting to live on earth. " Stay (Faraway So Close! " is the fifth track from U2 's 1993 album Zooropa, and was released as the album's third single on November 22 Zooropa is the eighth studio album by the Irish rock band U2.
The film won the Grand Prix du Jury and was nominated for the Palme d'or at the 1993 Cannes Film Festival. The Grand Prix is an award of the Cannes Film Festival bestowed by the jury of the festival on one of the competing feature films The Palme d'Or ( English: Golden Palm) is the highest prize awarded to competing films at the Cannes Film Festival. The Cannes Film Festival (le Festival de Cannes founded in 1946 is one of the world's oldest most influential and prestigious Film festivals alongside Venice,
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| Preceded by The Stolen Children |
Grand Prix du Jury, Cannes 1993 |
Succeeded by To Live tied with Burnt by the Sun |
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