Days of Heaven (1978) - (The Criterion Collection - #409) [DVD9] [2007]

One-of-a-kind filmmaker-philosopher Terrence Malick has created some of the most visually arresting movies of the twentieth century, and his glorious period tragedy Days of Heaven, featuring Oscar-winning cinematography by Nestor Almendros, stands out among them. In 1910, a Chicago steel worker (Richard Gere) accidentally kills his supervisor and flees to the Texas panhandle with his girlfriend (Brooke Adams) and little sister (Linda Manz) to work harvesting wheat in the fields of a stoic farmer (Sam Shepard). A love triangle, a swarm of locusts, a hellish fire—Malick captures it all with dreamlike authenticity, creating at once a timeless American idyll and a gritty evocation of turn-of-the-century labor.










MOVIE:
DIRECTOR: Terrence Malick
COUNTRY: United States
YEAR: 1978

CAST
Richard Gere
Brooke Adams
Sam Shepard
Linda Manz
Robert J. Wilke
Jackie Shultis
Stuart Margolin

CREDITS
Director: Terrence Malick
Screenplay: Terrence Malick
Cinematography: Néstor Almendros
Set decoration: Robert Gould
Art Direction: Jack Fisk
Costume Design: Patricia Norris, Jerry R. Allen (uncredited)
Editing: Billy Weber
Original Music: Ennio Morricone


DVD:
DVD RELEASE: October 23, 2007
STUDIO: Criterion
CATALOG: 409
SYSTEM: NTSC
SCREEN: 1.77:1
COLOR: Color
AUDIO: English Dolby Digital 5.1
SUBTITLES: English
RUNTIME (MOVIE): 94 minutes

EXTRACTION:
ENGINE: DVD Fab + DVD Shrink
DVD: 1 Full Double-Layer DVD
FILE EXTENSION: VIDEO_TS Folder
FILE SIZE: 7.5 GBs

Disc Features

DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION

* New, restored high-definition digital transfer, supervised and approved by director Terrence Malick, editor Billy Weber, and camera operator John Bailey
* New Dolby Digital 5.1 soundtrack
* Audio commentary featuring Weber, art director Jack Fisk, costume designer Patricia Norris, and casting director Dianne Crittenden
* New video interviews with cinematographers Haskell Wexler and Bailey
* PLUS: A booklet featuring essays by critic Adrian Martin and director of photography Nestor Almendros