Badlands

– Dramatization of the Starkweather-Fugate killing spree of the 1950s, in which a teenage girl and her..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
7.90 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 34 Minutes
Release Year:
1973
Badlands (1973)

Dramatization of the Starkweather-Fugate killing spree of the 1950s, in which a teenage girl and her twenty-something boyfriend slaughtered her entire family and several others in the Dakota badlands.

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Producing Country:
USA
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Badlands (1973) - Trailer

Release Date:

05 Jan 1974

Language:

English, Spanish

MPAA Content-Rating:
PG – Parental Guidance Suggested

Some material may not be suitable for children. Parents urged to give "parental guidance". May contain some material parents might not like for their young children.

Director:

Terrence Malick

Writer:

Terrence Malick

Main Actors:

Martin Sheen, Sissy Spacek, Warren Oates, Ramon Bieri

Plot:

It's the late 1950s. Mid-twenty-something Kit is a restless and unfocused young man with a James Dean vibe and swagger which he has heard mentioned about him more than once. Fifteen year old Holly has a somewhat cold relationship with her sign painter father, if only because she is the primary reminder of his wife, who died of pneumonia when Holly was a child. The two meet when Holly and her father move from Texas to the small town where Kit lives, Fort Dupree, South Dakota. They slowly fall in love, something about which she cannot tell her father because of their age difference and Kit coming from the wrong side of the tracks. When he tries to take Holly away with him, Kit, on an impulse, shoots her father dead. After letting the initial emotions of the situation settle down, Holly decides voluntarily to go with Kit, they trying to make it look like they committed suicide in a house fire. But they soon learn that their plan did not work, there being a bounty on their heads. As such, Kit continues his murderous ways in order to protect the life he wants to eke out with Holly. She, on the other hand, wants to support Kit, especially as he begins to feel more and more trapped, but she may only be able to endure what looks increasingly to be a battle they cannot win as a couple. Through it all, they openly and privately muse about their philosophies on their life considering their current circumstance.

Awards:

Nominated for 1 BAFTA Film Award. Another 3 wins.

Production:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
7.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
98%
Metacritic:
93%