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Martin Sheen and Sissy Spacek are Kit and Holly in this incredible debut feature film from elusive writer/director Terrence Malick. South Dakota, 1959. Kit and Holly are adrift in a double fantasy of crime and punishment, a headlong flight from nowhere, to nowhere. They're playing make-believe but the bullets are real. And the .. Read more
| Starring | Martin Sheen, Sissy Spacek, Ramon Bieri, Warren Oates |
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| Director | Terrence Malick |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Thriller |
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Martin Sheen and Sissy Spacek are Kit and Holly in this incredible debut feature film from elusive writer/director Terrence Malick. South Dakota, 1959. Kit and Holly are adrift in a double fantasy of crime and punishment, a headlong flight from nowhere, to nowhere. They're playing make-believe but the bullets are real. And the bloodshed is very real. Badlands was inspired by true events, the plot and lead characters of Kit and Holly are based on Charles Starkweather and Caril Fugate, who in 1958 embarked on a murder spree that horrified the country.
| Starring | Martin Sheen, Sissy Spacek, Ramon Bieri, Warren Oates |
|---|---|
| Director | Terrence Malick |
| Studio | WARNER HOME VIDEO |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 30 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Thriller |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | Production year: 1973 To Rent: DVD: 26 May 2003 |
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Shooting stars
Watching this film, you wonder what the protagonists would make of it all if they could watch themselves through our eyes. Holly and Kit are, after all, ... read more »
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Weak version of Bonnie and Clyde
I didn't get this movie. It was very slow paced and boring. There doesn't seem to be any chemistry between the two leading characters. Everything they ... read more »
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Life on the run
Martin Sheen really sizzles as a serial killer in an ambivalent relationship with a girl played by Sissy Spacek. This is a now classic film by Terrence Malick. ... read more »
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Hugely influential in the "on-the-run" genre
Binman starts seeing young girl, Father doesnt approve, altercation, goes on the run with girl, become infamous, more altercations.
Very ... read more »
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