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Days of Heaven

She gave her hand to one man, but her heart to another.

7.5(1,223)19781h 34m5

In 1916, 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.

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Status
Released
Budget
$3M
Box office
$3.7M
Language
English
  • chicago, illinois
  • farm
  • husband wife relationship
  • love triangle
  • texas
  • marriage
  • field
  • love
  • poverty
  • class differences
  • farmer
  • jealous husband

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United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • Theatrical (limited)PGNew York City, New York13 Sept 1978
    • Theatrical (limited)PGLos Angeles, California20 Sept 1978
    • TheatricalPG6 Oct 1978
  • United KingdomGB

    • Theatrical(Rated A)31 May 1979
    • PhysicalPG8 Jun 1987
    • PhysicalPG23 Apr 2001
    • TheatricalPG1 Aug 2011
    • TheatricalPG4 Apr 2013
  • CzechiaCZ

    • Physical23 Nov 2001
  • FranceFR

    • PremiereCannes Film Festival15 May 1979
    • TheatricalU16 May 1979
    • TVFrance Culture18 Jun 1984
    • PhysicalUDVD5 Jul 2001
    • Digital / OTTVOD1 Nov 2018
    • TheatricalUReprise17 Jul 2019
    • PhysicalUBlu-Ray26 May 2021
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical1225 May 1979
  • HungaryHU

    • Theatrical1213 May 1982
  • JapanJP

    • Theatrical13 May 1983
  • NetherlandsNL

    • Theatrical1631 May 1979
    • Physical16DVD17 Jul 2001

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Days of Heaven was released on 13 September 1978.

Audience reviews

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    MoHA

    3/15/2015

    9/10

    Following the story of Bill (Richard Gere), a hard working laborer in the early 19th century, Days Of Heaven is a cinematic masterpiece. Accompanied by his girlfriend, Abby (Brooke Adams) and sister (Linda Manz), Bill departs on a steam engine for a lone wheat farm in Texas for work. The journey is a long one, but director Terrence Malick makes the ride pleasant with beautiful shots of nature at its best. The rest o…

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    talisencrw

    7/5/2016

    9/10

    Outstanding. My second favourite Malick film next to Badlands. I'm not sure anyone has ever been better at photographing fire. The only other of his films I have seen thus far is 'To the Wonder', but it's films like this that make me such a lover of cinema. I'm not a Richard Gere fan in the slightest (though I have always loved Brooke Adams), but it's roles like this that cement his reputation as a cinematic icon in …

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    CinemaSerf

    6/18/2023

    7/10

    I wasn't ever really a fan of Richard Gere. Maybe it was just all that hair? Anyway, in this rather poignant story he is "Bill" who works in a smelter in Chicago whilst living with "Amy" (Brooke Adams) and his younger sister "Linda" (Linda Manz). He's not happy, and after the latest in a series of lively squabbles with his foreman, the three decide to quit the city and head to Texas where they find casual work on far…

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