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Days of Heaven
MEANRANK
81/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #475
- IMDb #751
- Rotten Tomatoes #453
- Metacritic #130
- Letterboxd #417
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #648
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- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #689
- Metacritic Critics #90
- Metacritic Audience #525
- Criticker #122
- Douban #857
- Kinopoisk #1405
- AlloCiné #678
- Trakt #1637
Every rating
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 73, highest is Metacritic critics on 94. Critics average 94, everyone else 79.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →In the early 20th century, a young laborer, his lover, and his little sister flee Chicago for the Texas panhandle to work in the harvest. They discover a wealthy, lonely farmer who is ill and mistakenly believes the two are siblings. A love triangle develops, built on a foundation of deception, as they plot to inherit the farmer's vast land. Their scheme unfolds against the breathtaking backdrop of the seasonal harvest and the relentless struggle of migrant life.
Details
- Director
- Terrence Malick
- Writer
- Terrence Malick
- Studio
- Paramount Pictures, O.P. Productions
- Released
- 13 September 1978
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English, Italian
- Runtime
- 94 min
- Rated
- PG
- Budget
- $3.0M
- Box office
- $3.7M
- Awards
- 5 wins, 6 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 11 →2 major awards won · 5 wins from 11 nominations across 5 ceremonies
| Academy Awards 1978 | Best Cinematography | Néstor Almendros | Winner |
| Cannes Film Festival 1978 | Best Director | Terrence Malick | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1978 | Best Costume Design | Patricia Norris | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 1978 | Best Original Score | Ennio Morricone | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 1978 | Best Sound | John Wilkinson, Robert W. Glass Jr., John T. Reitz, Barry Thomas | Nominee |
| Cannes Film Festival 1978 | Palme d'Or | Terrence Malick | Nominee |
| Golden Globe Awards 1978 | Best Motion Picture – Drama | N/a | Nominee |
| Golden Globe Awards 1978 | Best Director | Terrence Malick | Nominee |
Awards from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.
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11 awards — Days of Heaven
×| Best Cinematography | Néstor Almendros | Winner |
| Best Costume Design | Patricia Norris | Nominee |
| Best Original Score | Ennio Morricone | Nominee |
| Best Sound | John Wilkinson, Robert W. Glass Jr., John T. Reitz, Barry Thomas | Nominee |
| Best Director | Terrence Malick | Winner |
| Palme d'Or | Terrence Malick | Nominee |
| Best Director | Terrence Malick | Nominee |
| Best Motion Picture – Drama | N/a | Nominee |
| Best Cinematography | Néstor Almendros | Winner |
| Best Director | Terrence Malick | Winner |
| Best Original Music | Ennio Morricone | Winner |