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The Wild Blue Yonder

The Wild Blue Yonder

20056.01h 21m

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.

Directed by Werner Herzog
Written by Werner Herzog
Produced by André Singer
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Top Cast

Brad Dourif

Brad Dourif

Alien

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Donald Williams

Astronaut Commander

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Ellen Baker

Astronaut physician

Franklin Chang-Diaz

Franklin Chang-Diaz

Astronaut Plasma Physicist

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Shannon Lucid

Astronaut biochemist

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Michael McCulley

Astronaut pilot

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Roger Diehl

Mathematician

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Martin Lo

Mathematician

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Ted Sweetser

Mathematician

Themes & Keywords

extraterrestrial technologyalienfound footage

About The Wild Blue Yonder

The Wild Blue Yonder is a science fiction film released in 2005 exploring themes of extraterrestrial technology, alien, found footage. Directed by Werner Herzog, it stars Brad Dourif, Donald Williams, Ellen Baker. 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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