Days of Heaven
[Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, [2010]
Format: Blu-ray Disc
Edition: Blu-ray ed. ; [Special ed.].
Description: 1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (40 pages : illustrations ; 17 cm).
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.
Series: Criterion collection ; 409.
Other Authors:
Schneider, Bert, 1933-2011, producer.
Schneider, Harold, producer.
Malick, Terrence, 1943- screenwriter, director.
Gere, Richard, 1949- actor.
Adams, Brooke, 1949- actor.
Shepard, Sam, 1943-2017, actor.
Manz, Linda, 1961-2020, actor.
Wilke, Robert J., 1914-1989, actor.
Morricone, Ennio, composer (expression)
Kottke, Leo.
Almendros, Nestor, director of photography.
Wexler, Haskell.
Billy Weber, editor of moving image work.
Fisk, Jack, 1934- art director.
Norris, Patricia, costume designer.
Paramount Pictures Corporation.
Criterion Collection (Firm)
Schneider, Bert, 1933-2011, producer.
Schneider, Harold, producer.
Malick, Terrence, 1943- screenwriter, director.
Gere, Richard, 1949- actor.
Adams, Brooke, 1949- actor.
Shepard, Sam, 1943-2017, actor.
Manz, Linda, 1961-2020, actor.
Wilke, Robert J., 1914-1989, actor.
Morricone, Ennio, composer (expression)
Kottke, Leo.
Almendros, Nestor, director of photography.
Wexler, Haskell.
Billy Weber, editor of moving image work.
Fisk, Jack, 1934- art director.
Norris, Patricia, costume designer.
Paramount Pictures Corporation.
Criterion Collection (Firm)
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.
Subjects:
Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
Farmers -- Texas -- Drama.
Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Texas -- Drama.
Farmers
Man-woman relationships
Triangles (Interpersonal relations)
Texas
Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
Farmers -- Texas -- Drama.
Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Texas -- Drama.
Farmers
Man-woman relationships
Triangles (Interpersonal relations)
Texas
Target Audience: MPAA rating: PG.
UPC: 715515055710
Availability | |||
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
BD DRAMA Days | Main (Downtown) | Blu-ray Disc | Held |
Originally produced as an American motion picture in 1978.
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.
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.
Richard Gere (Bill), Brooke Adams (Abby), Sam Shepard (the farmer), Linda Manz (Linda), Robert Wilke (the farm foreman).
Blu-ray disc, widescreen (1.78:1) presentation; Dolby DTS-HD Master 5.1 surround, 1080p High Definition; requires Blu-ray player.
Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Academy Awards, 1979: Best cinematography, Nestor Almendros
National Film Registry selection, 2007.
Academy Award for Best Cinematography (Nestor Almendros); Cannes Film Festival Best Director (Terrence Malick) 1979.
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.
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.
Richard Gere (Bill), Brooke Adams (Abby), Sam Shepard (the farmer), Linda Manz (Linda), Robert Wilke (the farm foreman).
Blu-ray disc, widescreen (1.78:1) presentation; Dolby DTS-HD Master 5.1 surround, 1080p High Definition; requires Blu-ray player.
Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Academy Awards, 1979: Best cinematography, Nestor Almendros
National Film Registry selection, 2007.
Academy Award for Best Cinematography (Nestor Almendros); Cannes Film Festival Best Director (Terrence Malick) 1979.