Badlands
Badlands announced the arrival of a major talent: Terrence Malick. His impressionistic take on the notorious Charles Starkweather killing spree of the late 1950s uses a serial-killer narrative as a springboard for an oblique teenage romance, lovingly and idiosyncratically enacted by Martin Sheen and Sissy Spacek. The film introduced many of the elements that would earn Malick his passionate following: the enigmatic approach to narrative and character, the unusual use of voice-over, the juxtaposition of human violence with natural beauty, the poetic investigation of American dreams and nightmares. This debut has spawned countless imitations, but none have equaled its strange sublimity.
Director-Approved Blu-ray Special Edition Features
- Restored 4K digital transfer, approved by director Terrence Malick, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
- Making “Badlands,” a 2012 documentary featuring actors Martin Sheen and Sissy Spacek and art director Jack Fisk
- Interviews from 2012 with associate editor Billy Weber and executive producer Edward Pressman
- “Charles Starkweather,” a 1993 episode of the television program American Justice, about the real-life story on which the film was loosely based
- Trailer
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by filmmaker Michael Almereyda
Cover based on a painting commissioned by Malick
Director-Approved Blu-ray Special Edition Features
- Restored 4K digital transfer, approved by director Terrence Malick, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
- Making “Badlands,” a 2012 documentary featuring actors Martin Sheen and Sissy Spacek and art director Jack Fisk
- Interviews from 2012 with associate editor Billy Weber and executive producer Edward Pressman
- “Charles Starkweather,” a 1993 episode of the television program American Justice, about the real-life story on which the film was loosely based
- Trailer
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by filmmaker Michael Almereyda
Cover based on a painting commissioned by Malick
Cast
- Martin Sheen
- Kit
- Sissy Spacek
- Holly
- Warren Oates
- Father
- Ramon Bieri
- Cato
- Alan Vint
- Deputy
- Gary Littlejohn
- Sheriff
- John Carter
- Rich man
- Bryan Montgomery
- Boy
- Gail Threlkeld
- Girl
- Charles Fitzpatrick
- Clerk
- Howard Ragsdale
- Boss
- John Womack Jr.
- Trooper
- Dona Baldwin
- Maid
- Ben Bravo
- Gas attendant
Credits
- Director
- Terrence Malick
- Written and produced by
- Terrence Malick
- Executive producer
- Edward R. Pressman
- Original music by
- George Tipton
- Photography
- Brian Probyn
- Photography
- Tak Fujimoto
- Photography
- Stevan Larner
- Editor
- Robert Estrin
- Associate editors
- William Weber
- Associate editors
- Marion Segal
- Art director
- Jack Fisk
- Associate art director
- Ed Richardson
- Production manager
- William Scott
- Sound effects
- Sam Shaw
- Associate producer
- Lou Stroller
- Hair/Wardrobe
- Dona Baldwin
- Casting
- Dianne Derfner
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