Days of Heaven

1978 Terrence Malick 1h 34m
Drama Romance

In 1916, a Chicago steel worker accidentally kills his supervisor and flees to the Texas panhandle with his girlfriend and little sister to work harvesting wheat in the fields of a stoic farmer.

Cast

Richard Gere Bill
Brooke Adams Abby
Sam Shepard The Farmer
Linda Manz Linda
Robert J. Wilke The Farm Foreman
Jackie Shultis Linda's Friend
Stuart Margolin Mill Foreman
Timothy Scott Harvest Hand
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Double Feature Pairings

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The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford 2007
Magic hour violence. Two films so visually stunning you almost forget how much suffering they contain. Watch as a double feature

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