The Tree of Life
Four decades into an already legendary career, Terrence Malick realized his most rapturous vision to date, tracing a story of childhood, wonder, and grief to the outer limits of time and space. Reaching back to the dawn of creation, Malick sets a story of boyhood memories on a universal scale, charting the coming of age of an awestruck child (newcomer Hunter McCracken) in Texas in the 1950s, as he learns to navigate the extremes of nature and grace represented by his bitter, often tyrannical father (Brad Pitt) and his ethereal, nurturing mother (Jessica Chastain, in her breakout role). Achieved with the aid of cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki and production designer Jack Fisk, the Palme d’Or–winning The Tree of Life marks the intimately personal, cosmically ambitious culmination of Malick’s singular approach to filmmaking.
Director-Approved Two-Blu-ray Special Edition Features
- New 4K digital restoration, supervised and approved by director Terrence Malick and cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
- New extended version of the film featuring an additional fifty minutes of footage
- Exploring “The Tree of Life,” a 2011 documentary featuring collaborators and admirers of Malick’s, including filmmakers David Fincher and Christopher Nolan
- New interviews with actor Jessica Chastain and senior visual-effects supervisor Dan Glass
- New video essay by critic Benjamin B about the film’s cinematography and style, featuring audio interviews with Lubezki, production designer Jack Fisk, and other crew members
- New interview with critic Alex Ross about Malick’s use of classical music
- Video essay from 2011 by critic Matt Zoller Seitz and editor Serena Bramble
- Trailer
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by critic Kent Jones and a 2011 piece on the film by critic Roger Ebert
New cover by Neil Kellerhouse
Director-Approved Two-Blu-ray Special Edition Features
- New 4K digital restoration, supervised and approved by director Terrence Malick and cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
- New extended version of the film featuring an additional fifty minutes of footage
- Exploring “The Tree of Life,” a 2011 documentary featuring collaborators and admirers of Malick’s, including filmmakers David Fincher and Christopher Nolan
- New interviews with actor Jessica Chastain and senior visual-effects supervisor Dan Glass
- New video essay by critic Benjamin B about the film’s cinematography and style, featuring audio interviews with Lubezki, production designer Jack Fisk, and other crew members
- New interview with critic Alex Ross about Malick’s use of classical music
- Video essay from 2011 by critic Matt Zoller Seitz and editor Serena Bramble
- Trailer
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by critic Kent Jones and a 2011 piece on the film by critic Roger Ebert
New cover by Neil Kellerhouse
Cast
- Brad Pitt
- Mr. O’Brien
- Sean Penn
- Jack
- Jessica Chastain
- Mrs. O’Brien
- Hunter McCracken
- Young Jack
- Laramie Eppler
- R. L.
- Tye Sheridan
- Steve
- Fiona Shaw
- Grandmother
- Jessica Fuselier
- Guide
- Nicolas Gonda
- Mr. Reynolds
- Will Wallace
- Architect
- Kelly Koonce
- Father Haynes
- Bryce Boudoin
- Robert
- Jimmy Donaldson
- Jimmy
- Kameron Vaughn
- Cayler
- Cole Cockburn
- Harry Bates
- Dustin Allen
- George Walsh
- Brayden Whisenhunt
- Jo Bates
- Joanna Going
- Jack’s wife
- Irene Bedard
- Messenger
- Finnegan Williams
- Jack, age two
- Michael Koeth
- Jack, age five
- John Howell
- R. L., age two
- Samantha Martinez
- Samantha
- Savannah Welch
- Mrs. Kimball
- Tamara Jolaine
- Mrs. Stone
- Julia M. Smith
- Beth
- Anne Nabors
- Rue
- Christopher Ryan
- Prisoner
- Tyler Thomas
- Tyler Stone
- Michael Showers
- Mr. Brown
- Kim Whalen
- Ms. Brown
- Margaret Ann Hoard
- Jane
- Wally Welch
- Clergyman
- Hudson Long
- Mr. Bagley
- Michael Dixon
- Dusty Walsh
- William Hardy
- Jack’s work colleague
- Tommy Hollis
- Tommy
- Cooper Franklin Sutherland
- Robert no. 2
- John Cyrier
- Biplane pilot
- Erma Lee Alexander
- Erma
- Nicholas Yedinak
- Nicholas Swimmer
Credits
- Director
- Terrence Malick
- Writer
- Terrence Malick
- Producer
- Dede Gardner
- Producer
- Sarah Green
- Producer
- Grant Hill
- Producer
- Brad Pitt
- Producer
- Bill Pohlad
- Producer (natural history)
- Nigel Ashcroft
- Producer (natural history)
- Gregory Eliason
- Coproducer
- Nicolas Gonda
- Executive producer
- Donald Rosenfeld
- Co–executive producer
- Paula Mae Schwartz
- Co–executive producer
- Steve Schwartz
- Associate producer
- Ivan Bess
- Associate producer
- Sandhya Shardanand
- Line producer
- Carlo Hintermann
- Line producer
- Susan Kirr
- Music by
- Alexandre Desplat
- Director of photography
- Emmanuel Lubezki
- Editor
- Hank Corwin
- Editor
- Jay Rabinowitz
- Editor
- Daniel Rezende
- Editor
- Billy Weber
- Editor
- Mark Yoshikawa
- Casting
- Vicky Boone
- Casting
- Francine Maisler
- Production designer
- Jack Fisk
- Art director
- David Crank
- Set decorator
- Jeanette Scott
- Costume designer
- Jacqueline West
- Visual effects supervisor
- Dan Glass
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Trailer for The Tree of Life
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