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  • Actors: William Hurt, Solveig Dommartin, Pietro Falcone, Enzo Turrin, Chick Ortega
  • Directors: Wim Wenders
  • Writers: Solveig Dommartin, Wim Wenders, Michael Almereyda, Peter Carey
  • Producers: Jonathan T. Taplin, Julia Overton, Masa Mikage
  • Format: Anamorphic, PAL
  • Language English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: Metrodome Distribution Ltd
  • DVD Release Date: 26 Feb 2007
  • Run Time: 158 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000EHRUFW
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 7,651 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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Shot on location in numerous countries, this ambitious Wim Wenders fantasy takes Sam Neill, Solveig Dommartin, William Hurt and a ragtag group in pursuit around the world and back again. Though set in 1999 under the shadow of impending disaster as a wobbly nuclear satellite threatens to Chernobyl the planet, the leisurely gait of their worldwide escapades has a distinctly 1940s-era decadence. The ultimate object of their quest is a machine that records visual information from one person and reconstructs it in the brains of others--granting the miraculous power of sight to the blind for one thing, but even more mystically, enabling a person's dreams to be recorded. When the film seeks resolutions on the most intimate questions of the human soul which dovetail with the possibility of a destroyed world, the film is hampered by the VHS running time, which subtracts several hours from other versions. But numerous joys, not least among them Jeanne Moreau and Max von Sydow as Hurt's parents, inhabit this thought-provoking film. --Alan E. Rapp, Amazon.com

Synopsis
It's 1999. Our planet is on its way to oblivion. Two strangers meet up on a road to Paris and begin the adventure of a lifetime. Soundtrack features U2, Peter Gabriel, Bian Eno, Talking Heads, REM and Neneh Cherry.

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A flawed masterpiece, 7 Feb 2002
By Jason Parkes "We're all Frankies'" (Worcester, UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Until The End Of The World [1991] [VHS] (VHS Tape)
'Until the End of the World', along with 'The Buena Vista Social Club' and 'The Lisbon Story' is the most satisfying of Wenders works in the 1990's...The idea stemmed from Wenders and Solveig Dommartin (star of 'Wings of Desire') and was co-written with Australian author Peter Carey ('Oscar & Lucinda'). As with earlier films- 'Kings of The Road', 'The American Friend'- this is a Road Movie. Perhaps the ultimate road movie.

God knows how something this grand-scale got produced- which is one reason to see it alone. Released in 1991 it was probably most famous for its excellent soundtrack- Nick Cave, 'Zoo-TV'-era U2 (their 'good' period), Depeche Mode, REM, Can, Patti Smith, Elvis Costello, Julee Cruise (produced by David Lynch & Angelo Badalamenti). Though the stand-outs are 'Calling All Angels' (Jane Sibbery & KD Lang) and 'The Adversary' by Crime & The City Solution (one of the bands playing in Berlin in 'Wings of Desire'). The visuals match the music- one of the finest examples of image used against music.

The actors are great- as they meet and break-up and re-find each other across the globe: Lisbon-Berlin-Paris-San Francisco-Shanghai- and the rest. The excellent character of Phillip Winter makes an appearance here as a private detective- continuing his association from the film Wenders followed 'Hammett' with and the low-key 'The Lisbon Story'.

The film is obviously heavily influenced by the seismic social shifts of the late 80's- the fall of the Eastern Bloc, the reunification of Germany, the 'no borders'. For one moment back there it seemed like the millennium was ocurring. It seemed like the millennium would be a good idea; that the future was before us in the present tense. This is what the film feels like.

Set in an idea of 1999, sadly it wasn't that interesting, we have a love triangle acoss the globe. And some ruminations on Wender's theme of the act of seeing. The film is riveting up until the point he halts at Harry Farber's experimentation plant in Australia. Then it becomes ponderous- though still visually striking- the last 45 minutes are mostly a chore...Despite that the film is great- watching it for the third time after several years I was intrigued by the image of characters in flux, in travel. It reminded me of the seemingly inconsiquential motorway shot in 'Solaris' or the recent 'Eureka'. This is an interesting example of SF- very European. There are rumours of a Five-hour version- despite the boring bits of this version, I would love to see it! 'Until the End of the World' is a flawed masterpiece that gets better with age.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars 3-disc German DVD, 11 Sep 2008
By N. C. Bateman (Brighton, UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Until the End of the World (Bis ans Ende der Welt) [DVD] (DVD)
This is the one to get (with a suitcase on the cover). All the others are a mess to a greater or lesser extent. This is the only decent long cut available and it isn't even expensive! A huge film spread across three discs, it's obviously one for a long winter evening...
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11 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Great film, questionable release, 22 Mar 2007
By Sam Lowry (Planet Earth) - See all my reviews
First off, I wanted to give this 5 stars, because it is one of my favorite films and I've wanted to see it on DVD ever since I bought my first DVD player many years ago. When I finally watched it, I was not impressed with the quality of the transfer, it didn't look much better than my old videotape (except for being widescreen). The sound is OK.

But what made me most upset is that there are NO SUBTITLES for scenes in various languages throughout the film. This seems like a major blunder for a film distributor in England. Unfortunately there is still no "perfect" version of this film on DVD. One day..... before the end of the world I hope.
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4.0 out of 5 stars one of the best movies ever seen
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5.0 out of 5 stars ENDLESS RETRO CYBERPUNK DYSTOPIC VISTAS
I caught this movie some years ago (surely they took their time releasing it in DVD), yet it was one of those that stick to your soul. Read more
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3.0 out of 5 stars Dreamscapes
I can understand why some would want to see the full 5 hour version, for in this 2 and a half hour cut, you get the feeling that there's a whole story in the background that we... Read more
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