Wim Wenders's emotional LAND OF PLENTY is a powerful exploration of post-9/11 America. John Diehl gives a strong performance as Paul, a Vietnam Vet who is haunted by the events of September 11 and drives the streets of Los Angeles searching for terrorists he is sure are going to strike again. DAWSON CREEK's Michelle Williams, in a breakout role, plays Paul's niece, Lana, who has been living in Israel and has come to California to work at a homeless mission. Each is firmly dedicated to what they see is their job of making America better--and safer--even though they come from two very different worlds. When a homeless Muslim is gunned down, Paul and Lana team up on a road trip; while Lana wants to deliver the body to the dead man's family, Paul wants to find the terrorist cell he believes the man was working for. Their cross-country journey reveals several sides of America and its multitude of reactions to the attacks on the Pentagon and the World Trade Center. Wenders, who has helmed such beautiful, offbeat films as WINGS OF DESIRE and PARIS, TEXAS, made LAND OF PLENTY in just sixteen days, using a digital camera to give it a realistic yet disarming feel, accompanied by yet another killer soundtrack, featuring songs by Leonard Cohen, David Bowie, Travis, and Thom & Nacht.

Theatrical Release: October 12, 2005

DVD Features:

Full Frame - 1.33

Michelle Williams: American actress, DAWSON'S CREEK television series
John Diehl: American TV/Film Actor
Shaun Toub: 
Wendell Pierce: ACTOR
Richard Edson: Star, HARD SCRAMBLED (2006)
Burt Young: American Character Actor
Jeris Poindexter: 
Gloria Stuart: American Actress; THE INVISIBLE MAN (1933), TITANIC (1997)
Yuri Z. Elvin: Actor, LAND OF PLENTY (2005)
Rhonda Stubbins White: Actor, LAND OF PLENTY (2005)

Wim Wenders: Director,screenwriter,producer, WINGS OF DESIRE
Gary Winick: Director/Producer

Gary Winick: Director/Producer
Jonathan Sehring: Producer
Caroline Kaplan: Producer
In-Ah Lee: LAND OF PLENTY (2005)
Samson Mucke: LAND OF PLENTY (2005)
Jake Abraham: LAND OF PLENTY (2005)

Wim Wenders: Director,screenwriter,producer, WINGS OF DESIRE
Michael Meredith: Screenwriter, LAND OF PLENTY (2005)

 Thom & Nackt: Composers, LAND OF PLENTY (2005)

"[Wender's] view of American landscapes and folkways...is often romantic and always affectionate, perhaps never more so than in LAND OF PLENTY."
3 stars out of 5 -- "Michelle Williams convinces as a missionary....There's a welcome idealism in Wenders' reconciliatory urges."