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Cast verified as complete
Martin Sheen | ... |
Kit
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Sissy Spacek | ... |
Holly
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Warren Oates | ... |
Father
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Ramon Bieri | ... |
Cato
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Alan Vint | ... |
Deputy
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Gary Littlejohn | ... |
Sheriff
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John Carter | ... |
Rich Man
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Bryan Montgomery | ... |
Boy
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Gail Threlkeld | ... |
Girl
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Charles Fitzpatrick | ... |
Clerk
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Howard Ragsdale | ... |
Boss
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John Womack Jr. | ... |
Trooper
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Dona Baldwin | ... |
Maid
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Ben Bravo | ... |
Gas Attendant
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Emilio Estevez | ... |
Boy Under Lamppost (uncredited)
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Li Po Lung | ... |
Chinese Kid (uncredited)
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Terrence Malick | ... |
Caller at Rich Man's House (uncredited)
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Charlie Sheen | ... |
Boy Under Lamppost (uncredited)
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Directed by
Terrence Malick |
Written by
Terrence Malick | ... | (written by) |
Produced by
Jill Jakes | ... | co-producer (uncredited) |
Terrence Malick | ... | producer |
Edward R. Pressman | ... | executive producer |
Louis A. Stroller | ... | associate producer (as Lou Stroller) |
Music by
George Aliceson Tipton | ... | (as George Tipton) |
Cinematography by
Tak Fujimoto | ... | (photography) |
Stevan Larner | ... | (photography) |
Brian Probyn | ... | (photography) |
Editing by
Robert Estrin | ||
Billy Weber | ... | (uncredited) |
Editorial Department
Marion Segal | ... | assistant editor |
Billy Weber | ... | associate editor (as William Weber) |
Casting By
Dianne Crittenden | ... | (casting) (as Diane Derfner) |
Art Direction by
Jack Fisk |
Costume Design by
Rosanna Norton | ... | (uncredited) |
Makeup Department
Dona Baldwin | ... | hair |
Production Management
Bill Scott | ... | production manager (as William Scott) |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
John Broderick | ... | assistant director |
Carl Olsen | ... | assistant director |
Art Department
Ken Hilton | ... | set dresser |
Joan Mocine | ... | art work |
Edward Richardson | ... | associate art director (as Ed Richardson) |
Erik L. Nelson | ... | property master (uncredited) |
Sound Department
Doug Crichton | ... | boom man |
Maury Harris | ... | production mixer |
Sam F. Shaw | ... | sound effects (as Sam Shaw) |
John Wilkinson | ... | re-recording mixer (as John Wilkenson) |
Kitty Malone | ... | foley artist (uncredited) |
Sharron Miller | ... | sound editor (uncredited) |
James Nelson | ... | supervising sound editor (uncredited) |
Stunts
George Fisher | ... | stunts |
Camera and Electrical Department
Jack English | ... | gaffer |
Douglas Knapp | ... | best boy (as Doug Knapp) |
Anthony R. Palmieri | ... | assistant camera (as Tony Palmieri) |
Ed Hershberger | ... | camera operator (uncredited) |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Dona Baldwin | ... | wardrobe |
Music Department
Erma E. Levin | ... | music editor (as Erma Levin) |
George Aliceson Tipton | ... | conductor (as George Tipton) |
Additional Crew
Rich Cook | ... | production assistant |
Gary Littlejohn | ... | autos |
Paul Marcus | ... | production assistant |
Penny Richardson | ... | production secretary |
Connie Lee Stone | ... | production assistant |
Ira Resnick | ... | production assistant (uncredited) |
Thanks
Charlotte Jakes | ... | the producer wishes to thank: for their help and cooperation |
Melvin James | ... | the producer wishes to thank: for their help and cooperation |
Irvin Kershner | ... | the producer wishes to thank: for their help and cooperation |
James Nelson | ... | the producer wishes to thank: for their help and cooperation |
Arthur Penn | ... | the producer wishes to thank: for their help and cooperation |
Bert Schneider | ... | the producer wishes to thank: for their help and cooperation |
Wallace Wolf | ... | the producer wishes to thank: for their help and cooperation |
Production Companies
- Warner Bros. (presents)
- Pressman-Williams (presents)
- Jill Jakes Production
- Badlands Company
Distributors
- Warner Bros. (1973) (United States) (theatrical) (as Warner Bros A Warner Communications Company)
- Columbia-Warner Distributors (1974) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- Warner-Columbia Film (1975) (Sweden) (theatrical)
- CBS (1976) (United States) (tv) (original airing)
- FifiGE/AG Kino (1977) (West Germany) (theatrical) (subtitled)
- Columbia-Warner Filmes de Portugal (1978) (Portugal) (theatrical)
- Warner-Columbia Films (1980) (Finland) (theatrical)
- Europa Film (1981) (Sweden) (theatrical) (re-release)
- Warner Home Video (1981) (West Germany) (VHS)
- Yleisradio (YLE) (1985) (Finland) (tv)
- TV3 (1989) (Finland) (tv)
- Warner Home Video (Netherlands) (VHS)
- Warner Home Video (1995) (United States) (VHS)
- Mainostelevisio (MTV3) (1996) (Finland) (tv)
- Chapel Distribution (1997) (Australia) (theatrical)
- Warner Home Video (1998) (United States) (video) (laserdisc)
- Warner Home Video (1999) (United States) (DVD)
- Sandrew Metronome Distribution (2003) (Finland) (DVD)
- Warner Home Video (2003) (Germany) (DVD)
- HBO Max (2020) (United States) (video) (VOD)
- The Criterion Collection (2013) (United States) (DVD)
- BBC Two (2017) (United Kingdom) (tv) (rerun)
- Scanvideo (Finland) (VHS)
- Warner Home Vídeo (Brazil) (DVD)
- Warner Home Vídeo (Brazil) (VHS)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- American Film Institute (AFI) (the producer wishes to thank: for their help and cooperation)
- Cinemobile System (location services)
- Cinemobile (locations by)
- Consolidated Film Industries (CFI) (titles and opticals)
- Glen Glenn Sound Company (recorded by)
- People of Otero County (the producer wishes to thank: for their help and cooperation)
Storyline
Plot Summary |
It's the late 1950s. Mid-twenty-something Kit is a restless and unfocused young man with a James Dean vibe and swagger which he has heard mentioned about him more than once. Fifteen year old Holly has a somewhat cold relationship with her sign painter father, if only because she is the primary reminder of his wife, who died of pneumonia when Holly was a child. The two meet when Holly and her father move from Texas to the small town where Kit lives, Fort Dupree, South Dakota. They slowly fall in love, something about which she cannot tell her father because of their age difference and Kit coming from the wrong side of the tracks. When he tries to take Holly away with him, Kit, on an impulse, shoots her father dead. After letting the initial emotions of the situation settle down, Holly decides voluntarily to go with Kit, they trying to make it look like they committed suicide in a house fire. But they soon learn that their plan did not work, there being a bounty on their heads. As such, Kit continues his murderous ways in order to protect the life he wants to eke out with Holly. She, on the other hand, wants to support Kit, especially as he begins to feel more and more trapped, but she may only be able to endure what looks increasingly to be a battle they cannot win as a couple. Through it all, they openly and privately muse about their philosophies on their life considering their current circumstance. Written by Huggo |
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Taglines | He was 25 years old. He combed his hair like James Dean. She was 15. She took music lessons and could twirl a baton. For a while they lived together in a tree house. In 1959, she watched while he killed a lot of people. See more » |
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Parents Guide | View content advisory » |
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Box Office
Budget | $450,000 (estimated) |
Did You Know?
Trivia | The actor originally cast as the architect who rings at the rich man's door did not show up, so Terrence Malick played the part himself. Malick later wanted to re-shoot the scene with another actor, but Martin Sheen refused to re-do the sequence with anyone else. See more » |
Goofs | The passenger train that passes Kit and Holly on the trestle is pulling Amtrak cars. Amtrak was not established until 1971, and this film takes place in 1959. See more » |
Movie Connections | Edited into Gone with the Wind: The Remarkable Rise and Tragic Fall of Lynyrd Skynyrd (2015). See more » |
Soundtracks | Musica Poetica See more » |
Quotes |
Holly Sargis:
One day, while taking a look at some vistas in Dad's stereopticon, it hit me that I was just this little girl, born in Texas, whose father was a sign painter, who only had just so many years to live. It sent a chill down my spine and I thought where would I be this very moment, if Kit had never met me? Or killed anybody... this very moment... if my mom had never met my dad... if she had never died. And what's the man I'll marry gonna look like? What's he doing right this minute? Is he thinking about me now, by some coincidence, even though he doesn't know me? Does it show on his face? For days afterwards I lived in dread. Sometimes I wished I could fall asleep and be taken off to some magical land, and this never happened. See more » |