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The Wild Blue Yonder

The Wild Blue Yonder

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The Wild Blue Yonder

2005

1h 21m

6.0(91 votes)

Science Fiction

Overview

An alien narrates the story of his dying planet, his and his people's visitations to Earth and Earth's self-made demise, while human astronauts in space are attempting to find an alternate planet for surviving humans to live on.

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Tetra Media

Werner Herzog Filmproduktion

The people behind it

Cast & crew

9 featured cast members

Starring

Brad Dourif

Brad Dourif

Alien

Donald Williams

Astronaut Commander

Ellen Baker

Astronaut physician

Franklin Chang-Diaz

Franklin Chang-Diaz

Astronaut Plasma Physicist

Shannon Lucid

Astronaut biochemist

Michael McCulley

Astronaut pilot

Roger Diehl

Mathematician

Martin Lo

Mathematician

Ted Sweetser

Mathematician

Creative team

Directed by: Werner Herzog
Written by: Werner Herzog
Produced by: André Singer

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