The Wild Blue Yonder (2005)

Director:

Werner Herzog

Writer:

Werner Herzog (writer)

Release Date:

18 November 2005 (Italy)

Genre:

Sci-Fi

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Environmental | Weightlessness | Global Change | Physics | Jellyfish

Awards:

2 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

Brad Dourif	...	The Alien
Capt. Donald Williams	...	Astronaut Commander
Dr. Ellen Baker	...	Astronaut physician
Franklin Chang-Diaz	...	Astronaut Plasma Physicist
Shannon Lucid	...	Astronaut biochemist
Michael McCulley	...	Astronaut pilot
Roger Diehl	...	Mathematician
Ted Sweetser	...	Mathematician
Martin Lo	...	Mathematician

Directed by
Werner Herzog

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Werner Herzog		writer

Produced by
Jill Coulon	....	assistant producer: France
Norm Hill	....	video producer
Christine Le Goff	....	executive producer
Pedro G. Ortega	....	assistant producer
Andre Singer	....	producer
Lucki Stipetic	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Ernst Reijsiger

Cinematography by
Henry Kaiser
Tanja Koop
Klaus Scheurich

Film Editing by
Joe Bini

Production Management
Par Footer	....	production manager: UK
Isabelle Lemonnier	....	production manager: France
Irma Strehle	....	production manager

Sound Department
Joe Crabb	....	sound
Ruiz Gutierrez	....	sound: second unit
Eric Lesachet	....	sound re-recording mixer

Camera and Electrical Department
Estuardo Agreda	....	gaffer
Raul Gonzales Perrigo	....	assistant camera
Jorge Vignati	....	camera operator: second unit

Editorial Department
Maya Hawke	....	assistant editor
Isabelle Laclau	....	color grader
Christophe Nadeau	....	on-line editor
Leon Silverman	....	video post-production services
Max Straigh	....	video post-production services

Music Department
Gianluca Frau	....	musician: cronta
Patrizio Mura	....	musician: voche
Jim O'Rourke	....	composer: additional music
Piero Pala	....	musician: voche and mesuvoche
Massimo Roych	....	musician: voche and mesuvoche
Mario Siotto	....	musician: bass

Other crew
Jean-François Boyer	....	executive: Tetra Media
Russell Castonguay	....	archival consultant
Jack Dawson	....	consultant: NASA, Pasadena
Bobbie Ferguson	....	consultant: NASA (as Bobbie Faye Ferguson)
Gayle Frere	....	consultant: NASA, Houston
Herb Golder	....	archival researcher
Greg Jurls	....	consultant: NASA, Houston (as Gregory Jurls)
Monika Kostinek	....	production accountant
Tom Koykka	....	production services
Lucy Lytwynsky	....	consultant: NASA, Houston
Veronica McGregor	....	consultant: NASA, Pasadena
Erik Leif Nelson	....	production services
Cynthia Shapiro	....	production services

Production Companies

• Werner Herzog Filmproduktion
• West Park Pictures Produktion (co-production)
• Tétra Média (co-production)
• British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (cooperation)
• France 2 (FR2) (cooperation)
• Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC) (cooperation)

Distributors

• Subversive Cinema (2006) (USA) (DVD)
• 518 Media (2005) (USA) (theatrical)
• Ipma (2005) (Mexico) (all media)
• Fandango (2005) (Italy) (theatrical)
• Duna Televízió (2009) (Hungary) (TV) (original airing)
• Fandango (2006) (Italy) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Creative Differences  production services
• Laser Pacific Media  video post-production services
• Three Falls Audio  voice-over recording
• YELLOW CAB Studios  sound post-production

Also Known As:

Wake for Galileo (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

80 min

Country:

Germany | France | Austria | UK

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White | Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Singapore:PG | Brazil:14 | Argentina:Atp | Germany:o.Al. | Italy:T

Filming Locations:

McMurdo Sound, Antarctica

Company:

Werner Herzog Filmproduktion

Trivia:

The building that The Alien says was intended to be a shopping center is located in Niland, California at the intersection of East Main Street and Niland Avenue.

Quotes:

The Alien: You know, our great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great grandfathers were fine scientists, but the journey was long and boring and when we got here, hundreds of hundreds and hundreds and hundreda and hundreds of years later, those of us who arrived here just... sucked.

I can't stop thinking about it

Most of the reviews of this movie on here are negative. I can TOTALLY see where they are coming from, but it seems that everyone else's LEAST favorite parts are what transfixed me. Yes, some of the astronauts-in-space shots went on a bit long, but the music is so beautiful. The opera, tribal music, and string instruments used throughout the film, to me anyway, illustrated the beauty contained in the unknown and unknowable. The shots under the "frozen sky" really DO look like an alien landscape. They are beautifully shot, and bring with them a feeling of both freedom and claustrophobia. And Brad Dourif's voice, his eyes, they make him a more convincing alien that ANY million-dollar sci-fi blockbuster. Just a man kicking dirt at the side of the road, so upset as his (and OUR) failings. If you have PATIENCE, try this movie.