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Overview

User Rating:
8.0/10   10,102 votes
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Director:
Terrence Malick
Writer:
Terrence Malick (written by)
Contact:
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Release Date:
13 September 1978 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Romance more
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
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Awards:
Won Oscar. Another 10 wins & 8 nominations more
NewsDesk:
Morricone "Disappointed" by Honorary Oscar
 (From WENN. 12 February 2007)

User Comments:
One of the most haunting and beautiful films ever made more

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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Additional Details

Runtime:
94 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English | Italian
Color:
Color (Metrocolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby (35 mm prints) | 70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints)
Filming Locations:
Raymond, Alberta, Canada more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Comedian Redd Foxx received special mention in the closing credits, for the use of one of his jokes in this exchange between Bill (Richard Gere) and Linda (Linda Manz): "I saved your life today." "How?" "I killed a shit-eating dog." more
Goofs:
Factual errors: Towards the end of the movie, Bill fires three shots from a double-barreled shotgun without reloading. more
Quotes:
Linda: Nobody's perfect. There was never a perfect person around. You just have half-angel and half-devil in you. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Film Geek (2005) more
Soundtrack:
Swamp Dance more

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44 out of 50 people found the following comment useful:-
One of the most haunting and beautiful films ever made, 27 March 2002
10/10
Author: katsat from Hawaii

If any movie could be called filmed poetry, this would be it. From its first opening shot to its last frame, there is such lyricism and emotion and beauty that it almost leaves you speechless. I have not seen this movie in years, but it still affects me and I want to write about it. There is a pervading sadness to the movie, like a memory of something wonderful that could have been, that should have been, that almost was, and is all the more tragic because it was in your hands but slipped through your fingers. This is not a movie for everyone, but if you believe that film can be one of the highest forms of art, this is the film to see.

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