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A Balasaur Score of 84 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.7/10, Rotten Tomatoes 93%, Metacritic 94/100. Critics rate it 17 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 96% of the 1,162 1970s drama movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes93%
Metacritic94/100
Critics rate it 17 points higher than audiences do.
1,213 audience votes
Key crew
- Terrence MalickWriter
- Terrence MalickDirector
- Ennio MorriconeOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Richard GereBill
- Brooke AdamsAbby
- Sam ShepardThe Farmer
- Linda ManzLinda
- Robert J. WilkeThe Farm Foreman
- Jackie ShultisLinda's Friend
- Stuart MargolinMill Foreman
- Timothy ScottHarvest Hand
- Gene BellDancer
- Doug KershawFiddler
- Richard LibertiniVaudeville Leader
- Frenchie LemondVaudeville Wrestler
Stills
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Themes
chicago, illinoisfarmhusband wife relationshiplove triangletexasmarriagefieldlovepovertyclass differencesfarmerjealous husband
The Best Movies of 1978
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