Land of Plenty (2004)

Director:

Wim Wenders

Writers:

Wim Wenders (story) &
Scott Derrickson (story) ...

Release Date:

10 September 2004 (Italy)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

A drama that investigates anxiety and disillusionment in America.

Plot Keywords:

Los Angeles | Disillusionment | Vigilante | Peace Activist | The 911 Effect

Awards:

1 win & 3 nominations

Cast

Michelle Williams	...	Lana
John Diehl	...	Paul
Shaun Toub	...	Hassan
Wendell Pierce	...	Henry
Richard Edson	...	Jimmy
Burt Young	...	Sherman
Yuri Elvin	...	Officer Elvin (as Yuri Z. Elvin)
Jeris Poindexter	...	Charles (as Jeris Lee Poindexter)
Rhonda Stubbins White	...	Dee Dee
Victoria Thomas	...	News Reporter
Matthew Kimbrough	...	News Anchor
Paul West	...	Policeman
Jeffrey Vincent Parise	...	Coroner's Assistant (as Jeff Parise)
Christa Lang	...	Trailer Park Woman
Warren Stearns	...	Mortician

Also Known As:

Angst and Alienation in America (USA) (working title)
Untitled Wim Wenders Project (USA) (working title)
Bolluk ülkesi (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
I gi tis epangelias (Greece) (festival title) [el]
La terra dell'abbondanza (Italy) [it]
Medo e Obsessão (Brazil) (festival title) [pt]
Runsauden maa (Finland) (DVD title) [fi]
Tierra de abundancia (Spain) [es]

Runtime:

123 min

Country:

USA | Germany | Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Australia:M | Slovakia:12 | Finland:K-11 | South Korea:12 | Brazil:12 | Germany:12 | Italy:T | Netherlands:16 | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:NC-16 | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud)

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Emotion Pictures

Trivia:

In a statement at a public screening Wim Wenders revealed that, just after _Don't Come Knockin' (2005)_ was delayed for a year, he found himself with plenty of time and the urge to shoot. He developed a treatment in just three days, and then they worked on the screenplay for three weeks and directly after that shot the entire movie in just 16 days.

Quotes:

Paul: They're trying to destroy our country. They're trying to infect us. I'm not going to let them.

Movie Connections:

References The Million Dollar Hotel (2000)

Soundtrack:

The Priest

outside view

A beautiful movie. With both main characters one could relate not to their viewpoints or naïve ways but to the persons themselves. I admit that this movie might just work better with European audiences but I feel that the leading roles were more inspired by an ideal than just by the American cliché. Also I understand that Lena and Paul were initially ideas who now live in that movie. There's more to them than just the missionary and the lunatic patriot. Even though it shows things that go wrong, it's very positive. For an outsider who has seen a bit of this country it's a mixture between reality and the imagination about that country. Maybe this movie is stronger in its pictures and moments of interpersonal relations than in its political dialogs.