![]() In 1970, Malick, at age 27, began working on the screenplay during a road trip. Malick, a protégé of Arthur Penn (whom he thanked in the film's end credits), began work on Badlands after his second year attending the American Film Institute. Sheen was chosen for the role of Kit Carruther, based on his immediate chemistry with co-star Spacek. ![]() Holly reveals at the end that she received probation and married her defense attorney's son, and Kit was executed for his crimes. He charms the arresting officers and National Guard troops, tossing them his personal belongings as souvenirs of his crime spree. Kit leads the police on a car chase but is soon caught. Holly, who has grown tired of Kit and life on the run, refuses to go with him and turns herself in. As they drive across Montana to Saskatchewan, the police find and chase them. They stop at a rich man's mansion and take supplies, clothing, and his Cadillac, sparing the lives of the man and his deaf housemaid. Kit and Holly are pursued across the Midwest by law enforcement. He shoots into the closed cellar door and leaves without checking to see if they are dead. Kit forces a young couple who arrive to visit Cato into a storm cellar. They seek refuge with Kit's former co-worker Cato, but when he attempts to summon help, Kit shoots him too. They flee after being found by three men (who Kit later tells Holly were bounty hunters) whom Kit shoots dead. They build a treehouse in a remote area and live there, fishing and stealing chickens for food. After Kit and Holly fake suicide by burning down the house, they head for the badlands of Montana. When her father protests and threatens to call the police, Kit shoots him dead. Kit breaks into Holly's house and insists she run away with him. Holly's father disapproves of Kit and kills her dog as punishment for spending time with him. As they become closer, his violent and antisocial tendencies are gradually revealed. After Kit charms Holly, he takes her virginity. He resembles James Dean, an actor whom Holly admires. Holly meets Kit Carruthers, a 25-year-old garbage collector, troubled greaser and Korean War veteran. She has a strained relationship with her father, a sign painter, since her mother's death from pneumonia years earlier. ![]() Holly Sargis narrates the film as a 15-year-old living in Fort Dupree, a dead-end South Dakota town. At the 49th British Academy Film Awards, Spacek was nominated for the Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles award at the San Sebastián International Film Festival, Sheen won the Best Actor award.īadlands was selected for preservation by the National Film Registry as "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the Library of Congress in 1993. īadlands was released in 1973 to positive reviews from critics, who particularly praised its cinematography, soundtrack-which includes pieces by Carl Orff-and the lead performances. ![]() While the story is fictional, it is loosely based on the real-life murder spree of Charles Starkweather and his girlfriend, Caril Ann Fugate, in 1958. The film stars Martin Sheen and Sissy Spacek, and follows Holly Sargis (Spacek), a 15-year old who goes on a killing spree with her partner, Kit Carruthers (Sheen) the film also stars Warren Oates and Ramon Bieri. Badlands is a 1973 American neo-noir period crime drama film written, produced and directed by Terrence Malick, in his directorial debut. ![]()
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