Days of Heaven with Richard Gere: DVD Cover

    Days of Heaven Director: Terrence Malick Cast: Richard Gere, Brooke Adams, Sam Shepard, Linda Manz

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    • DVD Release Date: 03/30/1999
    • Original Release: 1978
    • Rating: Rated PG
    • Sales Rank: 4,681

    Viewer Rating: (3 ratings)

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    Widescreen version enhanced for 16x9; Dolby Digital: English 5.1 Surround: English Dolby Surround; French mono; Interactive menus; Scene selection; Theatrical trailer

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    Scene Index

    Side #1
    0. Scene Selection
    1. Brother and Sister [:14]
    2. The Farmer [9:30]
    3. The Proposal [9:58]
    4. What to Do [7:04]
    5. For Better or for Worse [8:34]
    6. She Loves the Farmer [3:13]
    7. Destruction [1:35]
    8. Half Devil Half Angel [6:09]
    9. A Good Friend of Mine [4:55]
    10. End Credits [8:50]

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    Editorial Reviews

    Terrence Malick's Days of Heaven, the long-awaited follow-up to his 1973 debut Badlands, confirmed his reputation as a visual poet and narrative iconoclast with a story of love and murder told through the jaded voice of a child and expressive images of nature. In 1916, Chicago steelworker Bill (Richard Gere, stepping in for John Travolta) flees to Texas with his little sister Linda (Linda Manz) and girlfriend Abby (Brooke Adams) after fatally erupting at his boss. Along with other itinerant laborers, they work the harvest at a wealthy, ailing farmer's ranch, but the farmer (playwright Sam Shepard) falls in love with Abby, and, believing her to be Bill's sister, asks the three to stay on at his elysian spread. Seeing it as his one real chance to escape perpetual poverty, Bill urges Abby to marry the sick man. Marriage, however, has more restorative powers, and the farmer has more magnetism, than Bill had planned. "Nobody's perfect," Linda impassively observes in one of her many voiceovers, after their brief paradise is erased by plagues of locusts, fire, and lethal jealousy. Lucia Bozzola, All Movie Guide

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    An obscure gem from the 1970's.by High-school_Drama_Teacher

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    July 25, 2009: DAYS OF HEAVEN is Terrence Malick's masterpiece; a visually stunning tale about the struggles of the pursuit of the "American Dream". Set in the rural Texas panhandle of the early 20th century, the film examines the decision-making process of a young, unmarried couple trying to eke out a simple existence. A friend of mine, who emigrated from India in the 1980's, has told me that this film helped him to understand the concept of America more than any other. I highly recommend it.

    This review was written about the DVD Criterion Collection / Wide Screen edition.

    I Also Recommend: Badlands.

    BEAUTIFUL FILMby Anonymous

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    April 21, 2006: THIS A BEAUTIFUL FILM, AND IT DISPLAYS THE TIME PERIOD PERFECTLY. THE ACTING IS GREAT AND STORYLINE IS TANGLED BETWEEN WHAT IS SHOWN AS A BROTHER IN LOVE WITH HIS SISTER WHO MARRYS A RICHMAN FOR A BETTER LIFE. OF COURSE, SIN FOLLOWS SIN, AND THE OUTCOME IS QUITE ENTERTAINING. SAM SHEPARD GIVES A GREAT PERFORMANCE, INCLUDING RICHARD GERE WITH HIS CHICAGOE! ACCENT.