Days of heaven /
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| Edition: | Director approved ed. |
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| Imprint: | [United States] : The Criterion Collection, c2007. |
| Description: | 1 videodisc (94 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | The Criterion collection ; 409 Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 409. |
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| Format: | DVD Video |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6816106 |
| Summary: | A young couple who pretend to be brother and sister move from Chicago to the Texas panhandle to escape poverty. There they work the ranch of a rich and handsome farmer, who has fallen in love with the woman. One-of-a-kind filmmaker-philosopher Terrence Malick has created some of the most visually arresting movies of the twentieth century, and his glorious period tragedy Days of Heaven, featuring Oscar-winning cinematography by Nestor Almendros, stands out among them. In 1910, a Chicago steel worker (Richard Gere) accidentally kills his supervisor and flees to the Texas panhandle with his girlfriend (Brooke Adams) and little sister (Linda Manz) to work harvesting wheat in the fields of a stoic farmer (Sam Shepard). A love triangle, a swarm of locusts, a hellish fire - Malick captures it all with dreamlike authenticity, creating at once a timeless American idyll and a gritty evocation of turn-of-the-century labor. |
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| Item Description: | Previously released as a motion picture in 1978. Special features: New restored high-definition digital transfer, supervised and approved by director Terrence Malick, editor Billy Weber, and camera operator John Bailey; audio commentary featuring Weber, art director Jack Fisk, costume designer Patricia Norris, and casting director Dianne Crittenden; new audio interview with Richard Gere; new video interviews with cinematographers Haskell Wexler and Bailey, and a video interview with Sam Shepard from 2002; booklet featuring an essay by critic Adrian Martin and a chapter from director of photography Nestor Almendros's autobiography. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (94 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + |
| Format: | DVD, region 1, widescreen (16:9) presentation, Dolby Digital 5.1, NTSC. |
| Audience: | MPAA rating: PG. |
| ISBN: | 1934121932 9781934121931 |
