Aspiring filmmaker Linas Phillips, a huge fan of eccentric German director Werner Herzog, undertakes a variation on the quixotic journey Herzog essayed in 1974: walking 250 miles from Munich to Paris to visit his desperately ill friend and mentor, Lotte Eisner. Of course, Herzog isn't dying. In fact, he's leaving the country to scout locations for RESCUE DAWN (2007), something Phillips fails to learn until he's already three days into his 1,200-mile hike from Seattle to Los Angeles. And therein lies his tale.
Phillips' lifeline to Herzog was Norm Hill of Scarecrow Video; Hill relayed Phillips' messages to Herzog, who, when he finally calls his long-distance ...
Released:
2006
Rated:
NR
Length:
92 mins