a coproduction
Werner Herzog Filmproduktion
West Park Pictures - Tetra Media
for BBC and France 2

present

a science fiction fantasy

by
Werner Herzog

THE WILD BLUE YONDER

We thank the astronauts of Space Shuttle
STS-43 for their courage in going
with us on this mission

We thank NASA for its sense of poetry

We thank Henry Kaiser for venturing out
under the frozen sky

written and directed by
Werner Herzog

starring
Brad Dourif

the astronauts
Capt. Donald Williams commander
Dr.Ellen Baker physician
Franklin Chang-Diaz plasma physicist
Shannon Lucid biochemist
Michael McCulley pilot

the mathematicians
Roger Diehl, Phd.
Ted Sweetser, Phd.
Martin Lo, Phd.

camera
Tanja Koop
Henry Kaiser
The astronauts of STS-34
Klaus Scheurich

editor
Joe Bini

original music
Ernst Reijseger

sound
Joe Crabb

additional sound
Eric Spitzer

archival research
Herb Golder

assistant editor
Maya Hawke

online editor
Christophe Nadeau

color grading
Isabelle Laclau

re-recording mixer
Eric Lesachet

production manager
Irma Strehle

production accountant
Monika Kostinek

head of Production
Pat Footer (UK)
Isabelle Lemonnier (France)

production assistant
Pedro G. Ortega
Jill Coulon (France)

with the collaboration of NASA
Bobbie Faye Ferguson

NASA/JPL/Caltech, Pasadena
Jack Dawson
Veronica McGregor

NASA/Johnson Space Center, Houston
Gayle Frere
Lucy Lytwynsky
Gregory Jurls

Atenon Archive
Russell Castonguay

music recording studio
Yellow Cab, Paris

post- production studios
Sylicone

second unit
Camera
Jorge Vignati
sound
Ruiz Gutierrez
gaffer
Estuardo Agreda
assistant camera
Raul Gonzales Perrigo

music
Ernst Reijseger, cello

solo voice
Mola Sylla

Sardinian voices
Tenore e Cuncordu de Orosei
Piero Pala (voche, mesuvoche)
Massimo Roych (voche, mesuvoche)
Gianluca Frau (cronta)
Mario Siotto (bassu)
Patrizio Mura (voche, jew's harp)

©2004 Winter&Winter, Munich/Germany

"Bad News from Outer Space"
Ernst Reijseger, cello

"Kyrie"
Ernst Reijseger, cello
Mola Sylla, vocals
Tenore e Cuncordu de Orosei

"Rosa"
Ernst Reijseger, cello
Mola Sylla, vocals
Tenore e Cuncordu de Orosei

"Andromeda"
Ernst Reijseger, cello

"Libera Me Domine"
Mola Sylla, vocals
Tenore e Cuncordu de Orosei

"Last Breath"
Ernst Reijseger, cello

"Conversation"
Ernst Reijseger, cello & vocals
Mola Sylla, vocals

"Song of the Desert"
Ernst Reijseger, cello & vocals
Mola Sylla, vocals

"Do You Still...?"
Ernst Reijseger, cello
Patrizio Mura, jew's harp
Dora Juarez, vocals
Mola Sylla, vocals
Tenore e Cuncordu de Orosei

"Sanctus"
Ernst Reijseger, cello
Tenore e Cuncordu de Orosei

"S'Andira"
Ernst Reijseger, cello
Mola Sylla, vocals
Tenore e Cuncordu de Orosei

"Dank sei Dir Herr"
Arioso from "Cantata con strumenti"
by Georg Friedrich Haendel
sung by Emmi Leisner
courtesy Preiser Records

"Ombra mai fu"
from opera "Xerxes"
by Georg Friedrich Haendel,
sung by Emmi Leisner
courtesy Preiser Records

additional music
"Corona"
Jim O'Rourke

video post-production services
Laser Pacific, Los Angeles
Leon Silverman
Max Straight

voice-over recording
Tree Falls Audio, Los Angeles

production services provided by
Creative Differences, Studio City
Erik Nelson
Cynthia Shapiro
Tom Koykka

executive for
Tetra Media
Jean-Francois Boyer

executive producers
Lucki Stipetic
and
Christine Le Goff

producer
André Singer

in association with
BBC – executive producer: Nick Fraser
FRANCE 2 – executive producer: Yves Jeanneau

with the support of the
Centre National de la Cinématographie

world sales
Werner Herzog Film GmbH

DTS Digital Sound

©2005 Werner Herzog Filmproduktion /West Park Pictures /Tetra Media/ France 2
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