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In 1959, Kit (Martin Sheen), who has killed several people, and his new girlfriend Holly (Sissy Spacek), who watched him do it, are adrift in a double fantasy of crime and punishment across South Dakota and Montana. They’re playing make-believe but the bullets and bloodshed are very real. Inspired by a real-life 1958 Midwestern killing spree. Writer/director Terrence Malick imaginatively transforms their story into a provocative study of people alienated from everyday life—but fascinating to us.
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Director: Terrence Malick
Screenplay: Terrence Malick
Cast: Martin Sheen, Sissy Spacek, Warren Oates
Producer: Terrence Malick
Executive Producer: Edward R. Pressman
Co-Producer: Jill Jakes
Associate Producer: Louis A. Stroller
Distributor: Warner Bros.
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PRESS:
New York Times review by Vincent Canby, October 15, 1973
AWARDS
Won:
Golden Seashell (Terrence Malick), Prize San Sebastian Best Actor (Martin Sheen)/San Sebastian International Film Festival, 1974
Nominated:
Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles (Sissy Spacek)/BAFTA Awards, 1975
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