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| The Wild Blue Yonder | |
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| Directed by | Werner Herzog |
| Written by | Werner Herzog |
| Produced by | Werner Herzog Filmproduktion, Tetramedia, West Park Pictures |
| Starring | Brad Dourif as the alien Martin Lo Roger Diehl Ted Sweetser Donald E. Williams Ellen S. Baker Franklin Chang-Diaz Shannon Lucid Michael J. McCulley |
| Cinematography | Henry Kaiser Tanja Koop Klaus Scheurich |
| Edited by | Joe Bini |
| Music by | Ernst Reijseger Mola Sylla |
| Distributed by | Fandango (Italy) Werner Herzog Filmproduktion |
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Running time | 81 minutes |
| Countries | United Kingdom France Germany |
| Language | English |
The Wild Blue Yonder is a 2005 science fiction fantasy film by German director Werner Herzog.[1] It was presented at the 62nd Venice Film Festival, where it won the FIPRESCI Award.[2] It was screened in competition at the Mar del Plata International Film Festival and the Sitges Film Festival, winning the "Carnet Jove – Special Mention" award at the latter. Most of the film consists of recontextualized documentary footage which is overlaid with fictional (sometimes fantastical) narration. This technique was used in Herzog's earlier film Lessons of Darkness (1992).
The film's name comes from the first line of the song "The U.S. Air Force". The scenes in space are courtesy of NASA. According to the DVD extras, the interview with the alien is filmed in Niland, CA, and nearby Slab City, CA.
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