The State of Things (film)

The State of Things
The State of Things
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Wim Wenders
Written by	Robert Kramer; Wim Wenders; Joshua Wallace;
Produced by	Chris Sievernich
Starring	Patrick Bauchau; Allen Garfield;
Cinematography	Henri Alekan; Fred Murphy; Martin Schaer;
Edited by	Peter Przygodda; Barbara Von Weitershausen;
Music by	Jürgen Knieper
Distributed by	Gray City (US) Axiom Films (UK and Ireland)
Release dates	September 1982 (VFF); 18 February 1983 (U.S.);
Running time	124 minutes
Country	West Germany
Languages	English; French; Portuguese;

The State of Things (German: Der Stand der Dinge) is a 1982 road movie film directed by Wim Wenders. It tells the story of a film crew stuck in Portugal after the production runs out of film stock and money. The director travels to Los Angeles in search of his missing producer.