Days of Heaven
She gave her hand to one man, but her heart to another.
She gave her hand to one man, but her heart to another.
Drama, Romance
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1978
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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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Runtime:
94 min
Release date:
13 Sep 1978
Country:
US
Languages:
English, Italian
Budget:
$3,000,000
Revenue:
$3,700,000
Awards:
Won 1 Oscar. 13 wins & 13 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
Visually and thematically, it's still one of the most beautiful films ever made.
– David Jenkins,
Time Out,
31 Aug 2011
fresh:
One of the great cinematic achievements of the 1970s.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
23 Oct 2007
fresh:
Perhaps the most typical example of a '70s American art film -- daring, romantic, rebellious but also filled with longing for the beauty of the past.
– Michael Wilmington,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Jul 2006
rotten:
Days of Heaven never really makes up its mind what it wants to be.
– Harold C. Schonberg,
New York Times,
21 May 2003
fresh:
Almost incontestably the most gorgeously photographed film ever made.
– Michael Atkinson,
Village Voice,
1 Jan 2000