Land of Plenty Movie Review 2004

Director Wenders takes on some post-9/11 angst in this well-meaning digital video feature. Lana (Williams), the daughter of missionaries, arrives in LA after living in the Middle East. She takes a job at a homeless shelter while she searches for her long-estranged Uncle Paul (Diehl). Paul is a troubled Vietnam vet who has become a self-appointed homeland security expert--traveling the streets in a van filled with surveillance equipment. The two finally meet, and bond, over their mutual sense of helplessness and confusion.

Distribution

Not Yet Released

Available on DVD
Running time 119 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Terrorism, Vietnam War, Veterans, Homeless, Middle East

Screenplay

Wim Wenders, Michael Meredith

Cast

Michelle Williams, John Diehl, Shaun Toub, Wendell Pierce, Richard Edson, Burt Young, Gloria Stuart, Bernard White

Cinematography

Franz Lustig

Director

Wim Wenders

Music

Thomas Hanreich

Other

Moritz Laube, Nicole Lobart, William Budge, Alexis Scott, Nathan Amondson

Producer

Gary Winick, In-Ah Lee, Samson Muecke, Jake Abraham, InDigEnt, Reverse Angle Intl.