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Director:
Writer:
Terrence Malick (written by)
Release Date:
13 September 1978 (USA)
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Tagline:
Your eyes... Your ears... Your senses... will be overwhelmed.
Plot:
A hot-tempered farm laborer convinces the woman he loves to marry their rich but dying boss so that they can have a claim to his fortune. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
Won Oscar.
Another 10 wins
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8 nominations
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Birthday Suits, Well Directed
(From FilmExperience. 30 November 2009, 6:05 AM, PST)
Terrence Malick: The Reluctant Auteur
(From t5m.com. 24 November 2009, 4:02 AM, PST)
(From FilmExperience. 30 November 2009, 6:05 AM, PST)
Terrence Malick: The Reluctant Auteur
(From t5m.com. 24 November 2009, 4:02 AM, PST)
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Richard Gere | ... | Bill |
 | Brooke Adams | ... | Abby |
 | Sam Shepard | ... | The Farmer |
 | Linda Manz | ... | Linda |
 | Robert J. Wilke | ... | The Farm Foreman (as Robert Wilke) |
| Jackie Shultis | ... | Linda's Friend |
| Stuart Margolin | ... | Mill Foreman |
| Timothy Scott | ... | Harvest Hand (as Tim Scott) |
| Gene Bell | ... | Dancer |
| Doug Kershaw | ... | Fiddler |
| Richard Libertini | ... | Vaudeville Leader |
| Frenchie Lemond | ... | Vaudeville Wrestler |
| Sahbra Markus | ... | Vaudeville Dancer |
| Bob Wilson | ... | Accountant |
| Muriel Jolliffe | ... | Headmistress |
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Runtime:
94 min
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Color:
Color (Metrocolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby (35 mm prints) |
70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints)
Certification:
Canada:PG (Ontario) |
Iceland:12 |
Netherlands:16 |
Australia:PG |
Brazil:12 |
Sweden:15 |
USA:PG (certificate #25199) |
Argentina:13 |
Finland:K-16 |
Spain:18 |
UK:PG |
West Germany:12 |
Portugal:M/12
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Anachronisms: Any Fokker Dr.1 triplanes available just after WWI would have the original rotary engine, rather than a radial engine. The difference is that the rotary engine spins along with the propeller, and a radial engine doesn't. The Fokker in the 59th minute clearly has a radial engine.
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Referenced in Edward Hopper (2007) (V)
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Swamp Dance
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As I walk through my local video rental franchise and see the overwhelming wave of "sanitized for your protection" junk that floods the market, I can be at ease knowing there's a special place in my heart for this diamond.
Malick's vision works like 'Catch-22' but with less irony. He accomplishes in one shot what Oliver Stone would do in twenty and, more importantly, he examines everything. The fact that what he examines is stunningly gorgeous is a wonderful bonus.
More important, though, than the photography is Weber's editing. As I said in my 'Beverly Hills' review, he's one of the top in the field. He's handled all three of Malick's films, what other qualification do you need? Granted there was the noisy Bruckheimer work, but every career has its sags. Fortunately, he knows he isn't the most important person here, so he eases back and allows us to absorb what we see.
Story? What use is that? You want story, watch Scorsese. As with his other work, Malick uses perspective, not planning on paper. I think Shepard caught on to that, making his role as Chuck Yeager even weightier.
Final Analysis = = Learn from this...