Days of Heaven
1978 · Movie · PG · 94 min · ★ 7.5 · 94% critics
In 1916, a factory worker flees Chicago after a deadly accident and heads to the Texas panhandle with a young woman and a child to join a wheat harvest. On a remote farm, hard labor and a chance at a better life collide with a risky plan, stirring jealousy, loyalty, and mounting tension amid the vast plains.
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Details
- Years
- 1978
- Release date
- 1978-09-13
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG
- Runtime
- 94 min
- Critic score
- 94/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.5/10 (1,179 votes)
- Box office
- $3,660,880
- Budget
- $3,000,000
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a quiet, atmospheric period drama where the landscape and mood matter as much as the story, in the vein of Barry Lyndon or The Remains of the Day; Not for you if you need fast pacing and clear explanations.
Pros: breathtaking natural beauty; haunting, poetic mood; simmering tension | Cons: very simple plot; slow, drifting pace; distant characters
Themes
- chicago, illinois
- farm
- husband wife relationship
- love triangle
- texas
- marriage
- field
- love
- poverty
- class differences
- farmer
- jealous husband
- +3 more
Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Cinematography · 1979
- National Board of Review Award — Best Film
- National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
- Academy Award — Best Original Score · 1979 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Costume Design · 1979 · nominated
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- Academy Award — Best Cinematography · 1979 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Sound · 1979 · nominated
Cast & crew
Richard Gere
as Bill
Brooke Adams
as Abby
Sam Shepard
as The Farmer
Linda Manz
as Linda
Robert J. Wilke
as The Farm Foreman
- JS
Jackie Shultis
as Linda's Friend
Stuart Margolin
as Mill Foreman
Timothy Scott
as Harvest Hand
- GB
Gene Bell
as Dancer
- DK
Doug Kershaw
as Fiddler
Directed by Terrence Malick