In 1910, 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. 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.
Released: 1978-09-13
Runtime: 94 minutes
Genre: Drama, Romance
Stars: Richard Gere, Brooke Adams, Linda Manz, Sam Shepard, Robert J. Wilke
Director: Billy Weber, Dianne Crittenden, Ennio Morricone, Néstor Almendros, Haskell Wexler