The End of Violence (1997)

User Rating:

5.5/10   

Director:

Wim Wenders

Writers:

Nicholas Klein (story) &
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Release Date:

12 September 1997 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

Nothing Lasts Forever

Plot:

Mike Max is a Hollywood producer who became powerful and rich thanks to brutal and bloody action films...

Plot Keywords:

Typewriter | Observatory | Lost Identity | Surveillance Camera | Film Making

Awards:

1 win & 4 nominations

Cast

Traci Lind	...	Cat
Rosalind Chao	...	Claire
Bill Pullman	...	Mike Max
Andie MacDowell	...	Page
K. Todd Freeman	...	Six O One
Gabriel Byrne	...	Ray Bering
Chris Douridas	...	Technician
Pruitt Taylor Vince	...	Frank Cray
John Diehl	...	Lowell Lewis
Soledad St. Hilaire	...	Anita
Nicole Ari Parker	...	Ade (as Nicole Parker)
Daniel Benzali	...	Brice Phelps
Samuel Fuller	...	Louis Bering (as Sam Fuller)
Marshall Bell	...	Sheriff Call
Frederic Forrest	...	Ranger MacDermot
Loren Dean	...	'Doc' Dean Brock
Enrique Castillo	...	Ramon
Sal Lopez	...	Tito
Ulises Cuadra	...	Jose
Udo Kier	...	Zoltan Kovacs
Marisol Padilla Sánchez	...	Mathilda
Aymara De Llano	...	Florinda
Henry Silva	...	Juan Emilio
Ulusses Culzea	...	Jesus
Andy Alvarez	...	Ralph
Peter Horton	...	Brian
Karen Ross	...	Fluffball
Reg Rogers	...	Jack
Sam Phillips	...	Singer
Michael Massee	...	Guy in Bar
O-Lan Jones	...	Barmaid
Black Encyclopaedia	...	Rapper #1
Meshell Ndegeocello	...	Malike
Victoria Duffy	...	Female Cop
Mili Avital	...	Featured Performer
Irene Hilleary	...	Featured Performer
Kevin Chesley	...	Featured Performer
Chris Howell	...	Featured Performer
Teresa De La Riva	...	Featured Performer
Anne Nielsen	...	Featured Performer
Rice Edwards	...	Featured Performer
Alinda Camile Pena	...	Featured Performer
Russell Getens	...	Featured Performer
Kerry Rossall	...	Featured Performer
Mark Hardisty	...	Featured Performer
Virgel Smith	...	Featured Performer
Daryl Hemmerich	...	Featured Performer
Kris Thompson	...	Featured Performer
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Richard Cummings	...	Tyler (uncredited)

Directed by
Wim Wenders

Writing credits
Nicholas Klein		(story) &
Wim Wenders		(story)
Nicholas Klein		(writer)

Produced by
Ulrich Felsberg	....	executive producer
Jean-François Fonlupt	....	executive producer
Nicholas Klein	....	producer
Deepak Nayar	....	producer
Wim Wenders	....	producer
Ingrid Windisch	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Ry Cooder
DJ Shadow

Cinematography by
Pascal Rabaud

Film Editing by
Peter Przygodda

Casting by
Heidi Levitt
Monika Mikkelsen

Production Design by
Patricia Norris

Art Direction by
Leslie Morales

Set Decoration by
Leslie Morales

Costume Design by
Patricia Norris

Makeup Department
Nadia Felker	....	assistant hair stylist
Katharina Hirsch-Smith	....	makeup artist (as Katharina Hirsch)
Katherine Jean Norris	....	hair stylist
Edward St. George	....	hair stylist: Ms. MacDowell
Anne Sweeting	....	assistant makeup artist

Production Management
Desmond Cannon	....	post-production supervisor
Deepak Nayar	....	unit production manager
Sabrina S. Sutherland	....	production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
C.C. Barnes	....	second second assistant director
Matthew J. Clark	....	first assistant director (as Matthew Clark)
W. Thomas Snyder	....	second assistant director (as Tom Snyder)

Art Department
Robert Blau	....	assistant property master
Chris Campbell	....	property maker
Keith Cox	....	construction coordinator
Bill Evens	....	laborer
Scott G. Frantz	....	painter
Craig Sherman Hall	....	property master
Jon Kazunaga	....	construction foreman
Cynthia La Jeunesse	....	buyer
Cynthia La Jeunesse	....	lead person
Joe Monaco	....	swing
Ron Montgomery	....	property maker
David C. Nute	....	property maker
Frank A. Oliveri	....	painter
Mark Peterson	....	property maker
Robert A. Remer	....	swing
David E. Robinson	....	lead scenic
Russell J. Smith	....	illustrator
David D. Wheeler	....	property maker

Sound Department
Javier Bennassar	....	sound effects editor
Tim Boggs	....	adr supervisor
Evan Daum	....	assistant sound editor
David Diamond	....	boom operator
Lisle Engle	....	sound effects editor
Mary Erstad	....	foley mixer
Michael Ferdie	....	assistant production sound editor
Alan Freedman	....	adr mixer
Cormac Funge	....	sound effects editor
Patrick Giraudi	....	additional sound re-recording mixer
Catherine Harper	....	foley artist
Dean Hovey	....	sound effects editor
Frederick Howard	....	sound effects editor
David Mann	....	foley editor
Derek Marcil	....	sound re-recording mixer
Christopher Moriana	....	foley artist
Yuri Reese	....	adr editor
Matthew Reidenbach	....	assistant sound editor
John Ross	....	sound re-recording mixer
William Smith	....	sound re-recording mixer
Walter Spencer	....	dialogue editor
Walter Spencer	....	production sound editor
Jim Stuebe	....	sound
Lucy Sustar	....	foley mixer
Donald J. Sutherland	....	cable person
Derek Vanderhorst	....	sound editor
Kelly Vandever	....	assistant sound editor
Thomas Volckmann	....	foley editor
Elmo Weber	....	sound designer
Elmo Weber	....	sound supervisor
James A. Williams	....	sound effects editor
James Wright	....	stereo sound consultant: Dolby

Special Effects by
Bart Barber	....	special effects
Philip Bartko	....	special effects
Gary D'Amico	....	special effects coordinator
Michael Wilmot	....	special effects

Visual Effects by
Toni Pace Carstensen	....	visual effects producer
Kurt Godel	....	digital transfer engineer
Tom Leonard	....	visual effects producer
Cory Strassburger	....	digital artist

Stunts
Thomas Dewier	....	stunts
Jeffrey Eith	....	stunts
Dale Gibson	....	stunts
Chris Howell	....	stunt coordinator
Chris Howell	....	stunts
Stacey Howell	....	stunts
Shawn Kautz	....	stunts
Jason Rodriguez	....	stunts
Kerry Rossall	....	stunts
Harry Wowchuk	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Rob Abbey	....	24 frame video operator
Michael Albala	....	lamp operator
Nils Benson	....	second assistant camera
Stephen Brooks	....	generator operator
Robin Brown	....	camera operator
Joe Crouch	....	lamp operator
Cicero De Moraes	....	gaffer
Erik Folsom	....	best boy electric
Nadim George	....	still photographer
Lindsay P. Hill	....	24 frame video operator
Jim Hughes	....	grip
Kevan Jenson	....	24 frame video operator
Dan Kelley	....	camera technician: Wescam camera
Michael Landsburg	....	key grip
Chip Matheson	....	underwater camera operator
Stan McClain	....	camera operator: Wescam camera
James M. McClure	....	lamp operator
Tracy Mills	....	24 frame video operator
Jeff Pamula	....	grip
Brad 'Toaster Oven' Reeves	....	best boy grip
Scott Andrew Ressler	....	first assistant camera
Kosta Rigopoulos	....	grip
Robert M. Sagaser	....	camera loader
Chris Squires	....	Steadicam operator
Michael Valentine	....	lamp operator
Donata Wenders	....	still photographer
Billy Witherington	....	dolly grip
Mark R. Leins	....	camera operator: video (uncredited)

Casting Department
Kevin Chesley	....	casting intern
Rich King	....	extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Marisa Aboitiz	....	set costumer
Maurizio Bizzarri	....	wardrobe supervisor

Editorial Department
Gary Burritt	....	negative cutter
Brian Johnson	....	first assistant film editor
Stephen R. Sheridan	....	color timer

Music Department
Sharon Boyle	....	music supervisor
Brad Haehnel	....	music mixer
Jon Hassell	....	musician: trumpet solo
John Rodd	....	orchestral scoring recordist
Gerry Schwartz	....	music contractor
Ed Segaul	....	music coordinator

Transportation Department
Richard G. Almo	....	driver
Cesar Caceres	....	driver
Mickey Guinn	....	driver
Patsy Lomax	....	driver
Dan Marionneaux	....	driver
Ronnie McGuire	....	driver
Walt Miller	....	driver
Victor Moore	....	driver
Bill Powell	....	driver
Michael Ralph Price	....	captain
Arturo Ruvalcaba	....	cook driver
Lowell D. Smith	....	driver (as Lowell Smith)
Richard Vincent	....	driver
Leonard Whidden	....	driver
Clint White	....	driver: honeywagon
Allan Yamauchi	....	transportation coordinator

Other crew
Stacey Abrams	....	assistant location manager
Debra Leilani Bakeman	....	medic
Rose-Marie Couture	....	assistant: Ulrich Felsberg
Wendy Renskowski Dale	....	assistant production accountant
Jolanda Darbyshire	....	personal assistant to director
H. Halsey Davis II	....	location assistant
Bob Engelsiepen	....	design executive
Missy Eustermann	....	second assistant production accountant
Ruth Fainberg	....	assistant: Bill Pullman
Catherine Jelski	....	script supervisor
Jay Johnson	....	title designer: main titles
Kathy Kiatta	....	assistant: Andie MacDowell
Kristi Lake	....	post-production accountant
Art Lew	....	office production assistant
Mike Martella	....	office production assistant
Peter McKernan	....	helicopter pilot
Josue Meza	....	cook's helper
Son Kim Nguyen	....	set production assistant
Tasha Oldham	....	assistant production coordinator
Jay Ostrowski	....	key set production assistant
Thomas Rajman	....	intern
Alyssa Reinhardt	....	office production assistant
Albert G. Ruben	....	insurance (as Albert G. Rubin)
Karen R. Sachs	....	production coordinator
Luba Schatzberg	....	office production assistant
Martin Schmidt	....	intern
Bonnie Sills	....	location manager
Amy Singer	....	assistant: Gabriel Byrne
Lars C. Steinmeyer	....	intern
Kai-Peter Uhlig	....	legal assistant to Ulrich Felsberg
Hella Wenders	....	intern
Cynthia Wise	....	production accountant
Ellen Yamauchi	....	craft service
Leslie Porter	....	assistant to producer (uncredited)

Production Companies

• CiBy 2000
• Ciby Pictures
• Kintop Pictures
• Road Movies Filmproduktion

Distributors

• Artificial Eye (UK)
• Atalanta Filmes (Portugal)
• Bontonfilm (Czech Republic)
• Buena Vista International Finland
• Buena Vista International
• Cecchi Gori Home Video (2005) (Italy) (DVD)
• MGM/UA Home Entertainment
• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1997) (USA) (theatrical)
• PlayArte Home Vídeo (Brazil) (VHS)
• PolyGram Film Distribution (France)
• RCV Film Distribution (Belgium)
• RCV Film Distribution (Luxembourg)
• RCV Film Distribution (Netherlands)
• Umbrella Entertainment (2008) (Australia) (DVD)

Special Effects

• POV Special Effects (special effects equipment)

Other Companies

• Animal Actors of Hollywood  bird wrangler
• Axium Entertainment Group  extras casting
• Bumble Ward & Associates  unit publicity
• CIBY Sales  internation sales
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera cranes
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera dollies
• Digital Sound and Picture  post-production sound
• Digital Sound and Picture  re-recording facilities
• Doug Stone's 'Synchronicity'  adr voice casting
• Film Finance  completion bond
• Hill Production Services  24 Frame Playback
• Marshall/Plumb Research Associates  script research
• McKernan Motion Picture Aviation  Helicopter
• Michelson Food Services  catering
• Myman Abel Fineman Fox Greenspan Light  music legal
• Pacific Title  titles and opticals
• Rollins Hudig Hall  insurance
• Sinclair, Tenenbaum, Emanuel & Fleer  production legal services
• View Studio  digital effects
• Wescam USA  wescam provided by
• West Coast Production Security  security provided by

Also Known As:

Am Ende der Gewalt (Germany) (informal literal title)
Am.Ende.der.Gew@lt. (Germany)
Az eröszak vége (Hungary) [hu]
Crimes Invisíveis (Portugal) [pt]
Crimini invisibili (Italy) [it]
El final de la violència (Spain: Catalan title) [ca]
El final de la violencia (Spain) [es]
Koniec przemocy (Poland) [pl]
La fin de la violence (Canada: French title) [fr]
Nasilju je kraj (Croatia) [hr]
O Fim da Violência (Brazil) [pt]
To telos tis vias (Greece) [el]
Väkivallan loppu (Finland) [fi]

MPAA:

Rated R for language.

Runtime:

122 min

Country:

France | Germany | USA

Language:

English | Spanish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby | DTS

Certification:

Iceland:12 (video rating) | Iceland:L | Singapore:NC-16 | Australia:M | Finland:K-12 | France:U | Germany:12 (w) | Hungary:14 | Mexico:B | Portugal:M/12 | Spain:13 | UK:15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Bronson Canyon, Griffith Park - 4730 Crystal Springs Drive, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

CiBy 2000

Trivia:

There is a scene in the film where we see a live recreation of the painting "Nighthawks" by Edward Hopper.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When Page is holding Mike at gunpoint she holds the gun upward with the bottom of the handle facing outward and the ammo clip is clearly missing. Yet when Mike exits through the patio door she fires the gun and shatters the glass.

Quotes:

Mike Max: Perversely. That's one thing I think I can define now. It's when things are upside down and you start to like 'em that way.

Movie Connections:

References The Wizard of Oz (1939)

Soundtrack:

(Untitled) Heavy Beat Part 1 & 2

Such beauty...!

This is an astounding movie, and as others have noted, it is precisely the kind of movie that passes most people by because it rocks so gently as to be almost imperceptible.

The first time I saw this, I was disappointed. 'Until the End of the World', to me, is a brilliant piece of work, with more beauty, reverie, and complexity than any ten average films put together.

So...I was ready for some heady stuff with 'End'. But the movie seemed to be lost, missing in action.

But six months later I watched it on video, and I realized I was looking at an entirely different movie.

Then I watched it again...and again, and again, until I'd seen the thing ten times, including one where I only listened to the film, to see if I was simply addicted to Wim's luminous visuals.

What you realize is that this film is cooking up some very threatening ideas about the quality and nature of love, and the companion six degrees of violence and hatred. It is really about the way in which fear and love pulse in contrary and similar ways, much like particle and wave, dancing together.

It's also a fantastic critique the "confederacy of dunces" and the manner in which we manufacture enemies to suit our paranoia.

I must say that there are few directors that move me as much as Wim Wenders, and I have to confess that I have cried many times over the beauty and grace of some of the scenes and visuals in this movie. Much like Robert Altman or Atom Egoyan, Wenders cares about people, believes in their struggles, and he creates tension that moves them, at least temporarily, to understand their natures more fully.

A masterpiece, if a masterpiece means your heart moves even slightly...

PS Ry Cooder's soundtrack is brilliant!