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Badlands

Year:
Duration:
94 min
Genres:
Crime | Drama
IMDB rate:
7.9
Director:
Awards:
Nominated for BAFTA Film Award. Another 3 wins
Details
Country: USA
Release Date: 1974-01-05
Filming Locations: Bloom Mansion - 312 E Main Street, Trinidad, Colorado, USA
Cast
Actor
Character
Martin Sheen
Kit
Sissy Spacek
Holly
Warren Oates
Father
Ramon Bieri
Cato
Alan Vint
Deputy
Gary Littlejohn
Sheriff
John Carter
Rich Man
Bryan Montgomery
Boy
Gail Threlkeld
Girl
Charles Fitzpatrick
Clerk
Howard Ragsdale
Boss
John Womack Jr.
Trooper
Dona Baldwin
Maid
Ben Bravo
Gas Attendant
Emilio Estevez
Boy Under Lamppost (uncredited)
Charlie Sheen
Boy Under Lamppost (uncredited)
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Trivia
Sissy Spacek met her future husband, Jack Fisk, on this film.
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The actor that originally had to play the man that rings at the rich man's door did not show up, so Terrence Malick played it himself, although the intention was to use this part only temporarily.
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Martin Sheen was 32. His character Kit, 10 years older than Holly, was at least 25.
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Goofs
At the end,when Kit surrenders he raises his hands straight up at first, but three seconds later they are slightly risen and bended over his head. After another two seconds they are back to their initial position. During this sequence the distance between him and the Cadillac changes as well.
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The soldiers at the end are using M16 rifles, although they were not adopted by the U.S. Military until 1962.
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A camera shadows falls on Kit's back when father and Holly find Kit in the house.
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Quotes
Holly Sargis: [Voiceover narration] Kit was glad to leave South Dakota behind, and cursed its name. He said that if the Communists ever dropped the atomic bomb, he wished they'd put it right in the middle of Rapid City.
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Holly Sargis: [Last lines of the film]
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Holly Sargis: [voice over narration] They hadn't found but one set of bones in the ashes of the house so we knew they'd be looking for us. Kit made sure we'd be prepared. He gave me lectures on how a gun works, how to take it apart, and put it back together again, in case I had to carry on without him. He said that if the devil came at me, I'd shoot him with a gun. One day I carried thirty pounds of wood a distance of file miles. Another day while hiding in the forest I covered my eyes with make up to see how they'd come out.
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Faq
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The following FAQ entries may contain spoilers. Only the biggest ones (if any) will be covered with spoiler tags. Spoiler tags have been used sparingly in order to make the page more readable.
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How does the movie end?
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Kit stops to buy gas from an oilwell digger living in a trailer, but the man refuses to sell him any. Kit offers to swap his Cadillac for the man's beat-up pickup truck, but the man isn't interested. Kit pulls out a gun is is just about to shoot the man when he notices a helicopter approaching. Knowing that the copter won't be there to give them a ride, he orders Holly to make a run for the car, but she refuses, having decided to no longer hang with Kit. Kit sends the man running, tells Holly to meet him at the Grand Coulee Dam at 12 noon on NewYear's Day 1964, shoots one of the men in the helicopter, then drives off in the Cadillac. Holly walk with her hands up to face the helicopter pilot. He stops at a gas station for a fill-up and to toss out Holly's books and clothes but drives away quickly when he sees a policecar passing the station. The cops take pursuit and capture Kit when he surrenders by shooting out his tire and greeting them with his raised hands. Kit and Holly are taken to a military hangar where Kit charms the soldiers with his witty humor. He and Holly are then flown back to South Dakota where Holly finishes her narration by saying that she got off with probation and later married the son of the lawyer who defended her.Kit was sentenced to die in the electric chair, and six months later he was executed.
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Did the couple who were forced into the bunker die?
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It is never revealed whether they were shot or not. Although, in real life both of them were shot and stabbed multiple times. The woman was brutally raped, as well.
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