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Badlands (VHS, 1999, 25th Anniversary Edition; Letterboxed) 
Badlands (VHS, 1999, 25th Anniversary Edition; Letterboxed)

 
Badlands (VHS, 1999, 25th Anniversary Edition; Letterboxed)

Leading Role: Martin Sheen, Sissy Spacek
Director: Terrence Malick
Rating: Rated PG
Release Date: Apr 1999
Format: VHS
Additional Info: 25th Anniversary Edition; Letterboxed
UPC: 085391727330
Product ID: EPID3058128
Description: Terrence Malick's startlingly accomplished debut feature was inspired by the Charles Starkweather and Caril-Ann Fugate murders of the late-1950s. Martin Sheen plays Kit, a 25-year-old garbageman who walks with a James Dean swagger. When ...
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Movie Description
Terrence Malick's startlingly accomplished debut feature was inspired by the Charles Starkweather and Caril-Ann Fugate murders of the late-1950s. Martin Sheen plays Kit, a 25-year-old garbageman who walks with a James Dean swagger. When he first meets the innocent 15-year-old Holly (Sissy Spacek), he falls head over heels in love with her. Her father (Warren Oates), an overprotective widower, will not allow the relationship to blossom, even after Kit informs him of his decent intentions. This refusal sparks Kit into action, triggering a brutal killing spree across the Midwest. All the while, Holly is there by Kit's side, to witness the senseless crimes and ponder her uncertain future.


BADLANDS is told from the point-of-view of the naive Holly, whose childish musings make the cold, detached killings seem all the more shocking. Malick's truly distinctive style, which combines lush photography and dreamy voiceover with bleak subject matter, has made him one of the world's most revered directors. His influence can be seen in works as wide-ranging as Quentin Tarantino's TRUE ROMANCE and David Gordon Green's GEORGE WASHINGTON. If there is such a thing as a perfect movie, BADLANDS certainly qualifies.

Credits
Producer:Terrence Malick
Cast:Alan Vint

Details
Edition:25th Anniversary Edition; Letterboxed
Sound:HiFi Sound, Stereo Sound

Notes
Theatrical Release: October 15, 1973.

BADLANDS was added to the Library of Congress National Film Registry in 1993.

BADLANDS marked the feature-film debut for director Terrence Malick, who studied philosophy at Harvard and as a Rhodes Scholar in Oxford.

Malick appears briefly as a man who knocks on the front door of the house that Kit and Holly have occupied.

Bruce Springsteen's song "Nebraska" was based on the Starkweather murder spree and was influenced by the movie. (Springsteen also wrote a song called "Badlands," which is not about the same subject.)

Editorial Reviews
"...Startling....The lovers-on-the-lam movie to outpace them all..."
Total Film - Total Film Staff (07/01/2003)

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