| Description |
1 Blu-ray Disc (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (40 pages : illustrations ; 17 cm) |
| Series |
Criterion collection ; 409 |
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Criterion collection (Blu-ray discs) ; 409.
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| System Details |
Blu-ray disc, widescreen (1.78:1) presentation; Dolby DTS-HD Master 5.1 surround, 1080p High Definition; requires Blu-ray player. |
| Language |
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing. |
| Cast |
Richard Gere (Bill), Brooke Adams (Abby), Sam Shepard (the farmer), Linda Manz (Linda), Robert Wilke (the farm foreman). |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Nestor Almendros, additional photography, Haskell Wexler ; edited by Billy Weber ; music composed and conducted by Ennio Morricone, additional music, Leo Kottke ; art director, Jack Fisk ; costumes designed by Patricia Norris. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: PG. |
| Summary |
In 1910, Bill, a Chicago steel worker accidentally kills his supervisor. He flees to the Texas panhandle with his girlfriend Abby and little sister Linda, where they work harvesting wheat in the fields of a stoic farmer. When Bill learns that the farmer is ill and has less than a year to live, he encourages Abby to accept the man's attentions. The farmer and Abby marry, and she and her "siblings" live in the big house, waiting for the farmer to die, so Abby can inherit. But love seems to be a cure-all: the farmer seems to be improving. And Abby is no longer seeing this as a marriage of convenience. |
| Contents |
Going places -- Work -- Harvest -- Abby -- Prognosis -- Job ends -- Tired -- Staying on -- Future -- Marriage -- Rich -- Out for a walk -- "I don't know you" -- Flying circus -- Business -- Return -- Locusts -- "Nobody's perfect" -- Hunted -- New beginnings -- Color bars. |
| Note |
Special features: Commentary with Jack Fisk, Billy Weber, Patricia Norris, and Dianne Crittenden [audio feature]; Interview with Richard Gere [audio feature]; Interview with Sam Shepard; Interview with John Bailey; Interview with Haskell Wexler. Booklet includes essays "On Earth as it is in heaven" by Adrian Martin and "Shooting 'Days of Heaven'" by Nestor Almendros. Special features not rated. |
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For specific features see interactive menu. |
| Awards |
Academy Award, 1978, for Best Cinematography (Nestor Almendros); Cannes Film Festival Best Director (Terrence Malick) 1979. |
| Subject |
Man-woman relationships -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Farmers -- Texas -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Texas -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Blu-ray discs.
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| Local Subject |
ACADEMY AWARD WINNERS, 1978.
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| Genre |
Western films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Feature films.
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| Added Author |
Schneider, Bert, 1933-2011.
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Schneider, Harold.
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Malick, Terrence, 1943-
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Gere, Richard, 1949-
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Adams, Brooke, 1949-
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Shepard, Sam, 1943-2017
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Manz, Linda, 1961-
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Wilke, Robert J., 1914-1989.
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Morricone, Ennio.
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Kottke, Leo.
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Paramount Pictures Corporation (1914-1927)
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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| Note |
Title on container and disc label: Terrence Malick's Days of heaven |
| ISBN |
9781604652567 |
| Music No. |
CC1882BD Criterion Collection |
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