Days of Heaven

Name: Days of Heaven
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: September 13, 1978
Duration: 94 min
Rating: 93
Cast: Brooke Adams, Richard Gere

1978

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Paramount Pictures | Release Date: September 13, 1978 | PG

Starring: Brooke Adams, Richard Gere

Summary: One of the most critically acclaimed films of all time, Days Of Heaven is a moving story about two men who love the same woman. A fugitive from the slums of Chicago, finds himself pitted against a shy, rich Texan for the love of Abby. Writer/director Malick's film is an extraordinary cinematic achievement of sight and sound. [Paramount Pictures]

Director: Terrence Malick

Genre(s): Drama, Romance

Rating: PG

Runtime: 94 min

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Edward Guthmann

Days of Heaven is a visual poem. Slow and elegant, reverential in the way it celebrates the earth's contours and the play of light. [27 Oct. 1999, p.B3]

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Andrew Ross

The pictures — migrants leaping off a westbound train, a quick close-up of a face riven with conflicting emotions, locusts on a stalk of wheat — truly tell the story. [21 March 1997] Read full review

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Robert Faires

Some movies are like Dorothy's twister; they just pick you up and whisk you away from the commonplace world you know to a world wondrous and astonishing. Days of Heaven is such a movie. [27 July 1998] Read full review

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Empire Ian Nathan

Rarely has a film bared itself to simple majesty...it feels epic yet runs barely over and hour and a half. [22 Oct. 1997] Read full review

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Michael Atkinson

It seems almost incontestably...the most gorgeously photographed film ever made. [23 March 1999] Read full review

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TV Guide Magazine Staff (Not Credited)

Director Malick endows this simple, timeless story with the enormous scope and resonance of myth through a clear vision unclouded by sentimentality and by a deft juxtaposition of image, music, and character. Read full review

Harold C. Schonberg

It is full of elegant and striking photography; and it is an intolerably artsy, artificial film. Read full review

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cabrita

Mar 1, 2012

Although the film is mainly dominated by sight and sound the film also delivers an intricate story more than what meets the eye. There are so many allusions present in the film that the story becomes more meeningful and so do it's images. A wonder ful film one of the best of all time.

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AndrewG1999

Jan 31, 2017

Terrence Malick's Days of Heaven is an evocative piece of visual poetry about love and murder. The story is perspicaciously, and so effortless told through the understandings of the narrator and undisputable blessings of nature; giving the film an emotional as well as an aesthetic approach.Terrence Malick's Days of Heaven is an evocative piece of visual poetry about love and murder. The story is perspicaciously, and so effortless told through the understandings of the narrator and undisputable blessings of nature; giving the film an emotional as well as an aesthetic approach. As we journey through the flamboyant liveliness of the Texas prairie, we learn underlying themes of love, betrayal, deception, grief, and even death through an unforgiving and a contentious love triangle. Eloquent, imaginative, visionary, and superb are some of the words that significantly define this movie. Days of Heaven is one of the most beautiful films I have ever seen.… Expand

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[Anonymous]

Apr 24, 2006

Poetic, lyrical, langorous masterpiece. Some flaws yet it will stay with you long afterward. The cinematography and score are both peerless; yet the print shown at Film Forum was oddly a bit washed out and the volume was down too low.

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EpicLadySponge

Mar 21, 2016

This is the first time I've ever seen a 1978 Paramount flick to actually be enjoyable on a discount on all ages. With Days of Heaven, it makes me feel like these days just making reviews on movies feel like it's already over.

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adhiban

Sep 10, 2011

I can simply say, Music and Cinematography are the major aspects of the film. One can easily mesmerised with Texas prairie's serene beauty. Days of heaven did not seemed to be greatest story, but Terrence Mallick's way of film-making made it so. The entire story narration is clear,I can simply say, Music and Cinematography are the major aspects of the film. One can easily mesmerised with Texas prairie's serene beauty. Days of heaven did not seemed to be greatest story, but Terrence Mallick's way of film-making made it so. The entire story narration is clear, articulate and poetic at times.… Expand

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ahmedaiman9999

May 15, 2018

One of the greatest poetic achievements. Yes, Days of Heaven is not a movie, it's a poem. I'm totally serious!

(8.5/10)

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Fortifier

Jan 26, 2017

By 1978, we had wonderful films released such as "Star Wars", "Jaws", "The Exorcist", "Halloween", and so many masterpieces. This film, however, is a huge step backwards from what has been accomplished in cinema by the time of its release, and for that reason is incredibly overrated. WhileBy 1978, we had wonderful films released such as "Star Wars", "Jaws", "The Exorcist", "Halloween", and so many masterpieces. This film, however, is a huge step backwards from what has been accomplished in cinema by the time of its release, and for that reason is incredibly overrated. While the film no doubts accomplishes a beautiful mise-en-scene, literally making every shot worthy of a painting in a museum, it is the story's uneven and misplaced narrative that ruins the experience for the viewer. This is especially true when it comes to the "voice-of-God" narrator who is rambling-on like a three-year-old about all these random facts that seldom connect with the current events on-screen. If this was a film released around the early 1900s when cinema was still in its primitive form, this would be completely understandable. Yet considering how far film has come when this film was released, it is simply a huge disappointment. This film only has the high review that it has because of the "elitists" who automatically dub every piece of art that cannot be understood easily and immediately as "the best art humanity has to offer". Yet in reality they cannot admit that while this film has its beautiful moments it lacks the key element all proper films need; a clear narrative.… Expand

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