Director 'Nicholas Ray' is eager to complete a final film before his imminent death from cancer. Wim Wenders is working on his own film Hammett (1983) in Hollywood, but flies to New York to help Ray realize his final wish. Ray's original intent is to make a fiction film about a dying painter who sails to China to find a cure for his disease. He and Wenders discuss this idea, but it is obviously unrealistic given Ray's state of health.
| Writing | Wim Wenders | Writer |
| Directing | Nicholas Ray | Director |
| Writing | Nicholas Ray | Writer |
| Directing | Wim Wenders | Director |
| Production | Pierre Cottrell | Producer |
| Sound | Martin Müller | Sound Designer |
| Camera | Edward Lachman | Director of Photography |
| Production | Wim Wenders | Producer |
| Sound | Gary Steele | Sound Designer |
| Sound | Hiroaki 'Zom' Yamamoto | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Editing | Peter Przygodda | Editor |
| Lighting | Stefan Czapsky | Gaffer |
| Sound | Ronee Blakley | Music |
| Production | Chris Sievernich | Producer |
| Camera | Martin Schäfer | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Maryte Kavaliauskas | Sound Designer |
| Editing | Wim Wenders | Editor |