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film by Wenders [1982]
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  • Wim Wenders
    Wim Wenders

    …went to Hollywood to direct Hammett, a tribute to American detective fiction writer Dashiell Hammett. Disputes between Wenders and executive producer Francis Ford Coppola resulted in the release of only a truncated version some years later. The difficulties Wenders encountered with Hammett served as inspiration for Der Stand der Dinge…

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    …went to Hollywood to direct Hammett, a tribute to American detective fiction writer Dashiell Hammett. Disputes between Wenders and executive producer Francis Ford Coppola resulted in the release of only a truncated version some years later. The difficulties Wenders encountered with Hammett served as inspiration for Der Stand der Dinge…

    Read More