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Days of Heaven
- Original title
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Days of Heaven
- Year
- 1978
- Running time
- 94 min.
- Country
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- Screenwriter
Terrence Malick - Music
Ennio Morricone - Cinematography
Néstor Almendros - Cast
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Richard Gere, Brooke Adams, Sam Shepard, Linda Manz, Robert J. Wilke, Jackie Shultis, Stuart Margolin, Timothy Scott, Gene Bell, Doug Kershaw, Richard Libertini, Frenchie Lemond
- Producer
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Paramount Pictures
- Genre
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Drama | Small Town Life (North-american)
- Synopsis
- Bill and Abby, a young couple who to the outside world pretend to be brother and sister are living and working in Chicago at the beginning of the century. They want to escape the poverty and hard labour of the city and travel south. Together with the girl Linda (who acts as the narrator in the movie) they find employment on a farm in the Panhandle, Texas. When the harvest is over the young, rich and handsome farmer invites them to stay because he has fallen in love with Abby. When Bill and Abby discover that the farmer is seriously ill and has only got a year left to live they decide that Abby will accept his wedding proposal in order to make some benefit out of the situation.
- Awards
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1979: Cannes Film Festival: Best Director. Nominated for the Palme d'Or
1979: BAFTA Awards: Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music
1978: Oscar: Best Cinematography. Nominated for Music, Costume design, Sound
1978: 2 nominations for Golden Globe: Best Drama, Best Director
1978: National Board of Review: Best Film
1978: New York Film Critics Circle: Best Director. 2 Nominations
1978: Los Angeles Film Critics Association: Best Cinematography
1978: Writers Guild of America (WGA): Nominated for Best Original Drama Screenplay
1978: David di Donatello Awards: Best For. Actor (Gere) (ex aequo) & For. Screenplay
- Critics' reviews
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"It is full of elegant and striking photography; and it is an intolerably artsy, artificial film"
The New York Times
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