Days of Heaven

Starring:Richard Gere, Brooke Adams, Sam Shepard, Linda Manz, Robert J. Wilke, Jackie Shultis, Stuart Margolin, Timothy Scott, Gene Bell, Doug Kershaw, Richard Libertini, Frenchie Lemond, Sahbra Markus, Bob Wilson (III), Muriel Jolliffe, John Wilkinson, King Cole
Director: Terrence Malick
Studio: Paramount
Product Type: DVD

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Richard Gere works in a Chicago steel mill at the turn of the century, but must flee the city after accidentally killing a man. Heading for the wheat fields of Texas, he packs up his girlfriend (Brooke Adams) and his younger sister (Linda Manz). Instead of a better life, they head straight into tragedy when a wealthy farmer (Sam Shepard) falls for Adams. Believing him to be dying and expecting to inherit a fortune, she agrees to marry him. Their plans change when Shepard fails to die and Gere takes matters into his own hands. Aesthetically flawless, this film about a romantic love triangle is diminished by the small scope of video. Originally shown in 70mm, it is an eye-catching period piece that won its cinematographer, Néstor Almendros, a 1978 Oscar. Texture and color are the unbilled characters in this tragic tale, and are just as important as the players. The story, sadly, fades somewhat when compared to the glory of the visuals. --Rochelle O'Gorman

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Malick can do no wrong........2007-07-04

Words that come to mind: poetic, ambient, lyrical, contemplative, beautiful. Finally this is getting the Criterion Collection treatment that it deserves.

Days of Heaven.......2007-07-03

Hailed for his poetic debut "Badlands," Malick returned five years later with a film every bit as innovative and dreamlike. As adversaries in love with the same woman, the male leads are outstanding, with Gere's intensity blazing from his eyes and Shepard's brooding, wary farmer matching him for sheer charisma. Narrated by Bill's jaded, uneducated sibling, Malick's film employs an elliptical storytelling technique, but is filled with so many arresting images of pastoral beauty that you never care. With a harrowing, cathartic sequence involving a plague of insects, "Heaven" is a cinematic masterpiece of Southern gothic romance.

Mood Movie with Great Cinematography and an Unsatisfying Ending.......2007-06-26

Days of Heaven is best on a big screen, as the naturalistic cinematography is incredible. I used to think Richard Gere was just a pretty face until 19 years ago when I saw this movie and his raw talent. I found the ending unsatisfying and wanted to rewrite it, but I had a hard time forgetting this movie.

Brilliant.......2007-04-19

One of my favorite films.
This film is a quiet masterpiece that you could watch with the sound off and still love its beauty, grace, and story.
I don't know why it's absent from so many of those "Greatest Movies" lists.
It is very simple and lyrical. It spins a delicate web of romance and pity and jealousy and revenge. Most of the other reviews are correct about its elegant cinematography, haunting music, and its beauty as a whole.

And the girl's narration is the cherry on the sundae. Perfect.

2nd best movie of all time.......2007-03-09

Anything by this director is going to be amazing. i like how his films pay so close attention to the place that the story is set in- in no other film will you hear wind blowing through the grass and bugs flying around your head. it is a powerful story as well

Girls' Night In Collection (Just Like Heaven / Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! / How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days / What Women Want / Forces of Nature)

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Girls' Night In Collection (Just Like Heaven / Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! / How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days / What Women Want / Forces of Nature)
Starring: Mel Gibson , Helen Hunt , Marisa Tomei , Alan Alda , and Ashley Johnson
Director: Nancy Meyers , Mark Waters (VIII) , and Donald Petrie
Manufacturer: Paramount
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Just Like Heaven
Bad romantic comedies make you scoff at their absurdity; good ones make you wish your life was that absurd. Just Like Heaven is just smart and likable enough to trigger that wishing. David (Mark Ruffalo, Collateral, You Can Count On Me) finds an amazing apartment in San Francisco--only to discover it's haunted by the spirit of the previous tenant, an overachieving doctor named Elizabeth (Reese Witherspoon, Legally Blonde, Election). There's something not quite right about Elizabeth's afterlife; against his better judgement, David agrees to help her investigate her life...but finds himself digging into his own as well. The plot takes a twist that some viewers will see coming, but Just Like Heaven doesn't rely on the surprise alone; the revelation takes the story in a new and just as entertaining direction. Witherspoon and Ruffalo are two of the best romantic leads around, but the surprise is how well their contrasting flavors (perky and moody, respectively) mesh, creating a sparky, engaging chemistry. Also featuring Dina Waters (Freaky Friday), Donal Logue (The Tao of Steve), Ben Shenkman (Angels in America), and Jon Heder (Napoleon Dynamite). Crisply directed by Mark Waters (Mean Girls), who carefully keeps the supernatural from getting silly and the romance from getting gooey. --Bret Fetzer

Win A Date With Tad Hamilton!
To improve their client's tarnished image, the managers of movie heartthrob Tad Hamilton (TV star Josh Duhamel) trump up a contest in which an innocent middle-American girl will win a date with the hunk. A West Virginia grocery clerk named Rosalee (Kate Bosworth, Blue Crush) wins, much to the dismay of her friend Pete (Topher Grace, Traffic), who's secretly in love with her. A summary of the romantic triangle that follows won't capture the charm of Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!. Though formulaic in structure, the movie is constantly surprising and engaging in its details. All romantic comedies should have such a smart script, understated but spot-on acting (Grace, Bosworth, and Duhamel are delightful and given excellent comic support from Nathan Lane, Sean Hayes, Ginnifer Goodwin, and Gary Cole), and clean, clear direction (from the director of Legally Blonde, another formulaic but irrepressibly fun movie). --Bret Fetzer

How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
Kate Hudson twinkles as the heroine of How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, a magazine writer assigned to date a guy, make all the mistakes girls make that drive guys away (being clingy, talking in baby-talk, etc.), and record the process like a sociological experiment. However, the guy she picks--rangy Matthew McConaughey--is an advertising executive who's just bet that he can make a woman fall in love with him in ten days; if he succeeds, he'll win a huge account that will make his career. The set-up is completely absurd, but the collision of their efforts to woo and repel creates some pretty funny scenes. McConaughey's easy charm and Hudson's lightweight impishness play well together and the plot, though strictly Hollywood formula, chugs along efficiently. At moments Hudson seems to channel her mother, Goldie Hawn, to slightly unnerving effect. --Bret Fetzer

What Women Want
It must've made for a great pitch meeting: Male chauvinist advertising executive gains the ability to hear the thoughts of any woman around him. Add Mel Gibson--as Nick, the divorced "man's man" who can charm almost any woman into bed--and you've got high-concept comedy made in Hollywood heaven, right? Not necessarily. The smartest thing director Nancy Meyers did with What Women Want is dispose of this ludicrous plot contrivance before it wears out its welcome. It's fun to see Mel react to a deafening chorus of female thoughts, but his dubious "gift"--courtesy of an accidental electro-shock in his bathtub--is a mixed blessing for the audience. The women in Nick's life conveniently think in complete sitcom-friendly sentences, and the novelty quickly wears thin.

The movie improves by focusing on the fallout of Nick's predicament. Exploiting his unfair advantage, he sabotages the career of his new boss (Helen Hunt) even as he's falling in love with her; says all the right things to the aspiring actress (Marisa Tomei) who previously spurned his advances; and uses mind reading to curry favor with his 15-year-old daughter (Ashley Johnson). This two-faced scheming isn't malicious, however, and What Women Want is blessed by Gibson's amiably nuanced performance. His graceful riff on Fred Astaire is a dazzling surprise, and as Nick reforms, Gibson takes major credit for whatever depth this movie achieves. After a bit of nonsense, What Women Want has a lot to say about male and female behavior, be it noble or unappealing. It's both amusing and truthful, and that's almost as fun as a glimpse into someone else's brain. --Jeff Shannon

Forces of Nature
Plane crashes, pickpockets, hurricanes--heaven and hell is moving to prevent our able hero Ben (Ben Affleck) from marrying his sweetie (Maura Tierney) in Savannah. At every turn he runs into someone else despairing about the woes of married life. And of course, temptation proves overwhelming in the face of traveling companion Sarah (Sandra Bullock), the wild woman whom he can't seem--or doesn't want--to lose.

After a wayward bird flies into the engine of his airplane, Ben is forced to find another way to his wedding. He finds himself stuck with Sarah, whom he carried from the plane after she was whacked in the noggin by his laptop. The heat between them is unmistakable, and the drama in the film comes from the "will he or won't he," both in terms of sleeping with Sarah and meeting up with his bride. Forces of Nature is a fun and sentimental road-trip film, but Ben is such a strait-laced noodge, you can't help but want him to fall flat on his face just a little. Bullock is the life of this film, although her free-spirited ways get a bit tired (responsibility is not all bad). The highlight of this movie, though, is definitely the cinematography. The beautiful rain shots and the colors of the scenes lend to the unsettling mood. While the jokes are not rip-roaring, Forces is to be reckoned with for those times when a lighthearted film is what you need. --Jenny Brown

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Just Like Heaven
A couple who live on different sides of the divide of life and death discover just how many boundaries love can cross in this romantic comic fantasy. Elizabeth (Reese Witherspoon) is a hardworking and dedicated medical resident who, after 20 hours on duty, is heading home when she falls asleep at the wheel of her car and is involved in a fatal auto accident. Several weeks later, a man named David (Mark Ruffalo) takes over the lease on Elizabeth's apartment, but he discovers that she hasn't quite vacated the building. Elizabeth's body may be dead, but her spirit is still quite lively, and her ghost is insisting that the apartment is still hers...and that she wants him to move out. David brings in Darryl (Jon Heder), an eccentric man who claims to have psychic powers, to help sweep Elizabeth's spirit out of the apartment, but she refuses to budge, certain that she can't be completely dead, despite all evidence to the contrary. As Elizabeth and David try to share the flat, they discover that their differences aren't as great as they once imagined, and they become attracted to one another. But will Elizabeth's spirit stay in the land of the living long enough for their romance to go somewhere? Just Like Heaven marked Jon Heder's first feature film role after his breakthrough appearance in the independent hit Napoleon Dynamite.

Win A Date With Tad Hamilton!
Imagine meeting your favorite big-screen idol and he winds up idolizing you! That's what happens to Rosalee (Kate Bosworth, Blue Crush), a star-struck small-town girl, who wins a date with handsome Hollywood hunk Tad Hamilton (Josh Duhamel, TV's Las Vegas). And while it may be Rosalee's dream-come-true, it means complete chaos for her best friend, Pete (Topher Grace, TV's That `70s Show). He's the boy back home who's deeply, hopelessly - and secretly -in love with her, too.

How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
Andie needs to prove she can dump a guy in 10 days. Ben needs to prove he can win a girl in 10 days. Now, the clock is ticking - and the year's most wildly entertaining comedy smash is off and running in this irresistible tale of sex, lies and outrageous romantic fireworks!

What Women Want
Nick Marshall (Mel Gibson), an advertising executive and swinging bachelor accidentally stumbles upon the power to hear what women are thinking. Nick decides to use this newfound power to sabotage his boss Darcy (Helen Hunt) in order to further his own career. Things don't go exactly as planned when Nick falls in love with Darcy - creating conflict between his desire to get ahead and his inner voice telling him to follow his heart.

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BARGAIN!!!.......2007-03-16

YOU CAN'T BEAT THE PRICE. IF YOU LIKE CHICK FLICKS, THIS IS A VERY GOOD COLLECTION.

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Malick can do no wrong.
Days of Heaven
Mood Movie with Great Cinematography and an Unsatisfying Ending
Brilliant
2nd best movie of all time

Days of Heaven [Region 2]
Starring: Richard Gere , Brooke Adams , Sam Shepard , Linda Manz , and Robert J. Wilke
Director: Terrence Malick
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Customer Reviews:

Malick can do no wrong........2007-07-04

Words that come to mind: poetic, ambient, lyrical, contemplative, beautiful. Finally this is getting the Criterion Collection treatment that it deserves.

Days of Heaven.......2007-07-03

Mood Movie with Great Cinematography and an Unsatisfying Ending.......2007-06-26

Brilliant.......2007-04-19

2nd best movie of all time.......2007-03-09

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Malick can do no wrong.
Days of Heaven
Mood Movie with Great Cinematography and an Unsatisfying Ending
Brilliant
2nd best movie of all time

Days of Heaven [Region 2]
Starring: Richard Gere , Brooke Adams , Sam Shepard , Linda Manz , and Robert J. Wilke
Director: Terrence Malick
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Customer Reviews:

Malick can do no wrong........2007-07-04

Words that come to mind: poetic, ambient, lyrical, contemplative, beautiful. Finally this is getting the Criterion Collection treatment that it deserves.

Days of Heaven.......2007-07-03

Mood Movie with Great Cinematography and an Unsatisfying Ending.......2007-06-26

Brilliant.......2007-04-19

2nd best movie of all time.......2007-03-09

Average customer rating:

Malick can do no wrong.
Days of Heaven
Mood Movie with Great Cinematography and an Unsatisfying Ending
Brilliant
2nd best movie of all time

Days of Heaven [Region 2]
Starring: Richard Gere , Brooke Adams , Sam Shepard , Linda Manz , and Robert J. Wilke
Director: Terrence Malick
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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Badlands
The New World
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Customer Reviews:

Malick can do no wrong........2007-07-04

Words that come to mind: poetic, ambient, lyrical, contemplative, beautiful. Finally this is getting the Criterion Collection treatment that it deserves.

Days of Heaven.......2007-07-03

Mood Movie with Great Cinematography and an Unsatisfying Ending.......2007-06-26

Brilliant.......2007-04-19

2nd best movie of all time.......2007-03-09

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