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Writer & director Terrence Malick has made only nine feature films since 1973 (as-of 2016),
but all of them are very special, and several are considered masterpieces.
"Unless you love, your life will flash by."
— Terrence Malick
B I O
h e r e
Went to St. Stephen's high school in Austin, Texas (where he played football) Went to Harvard; was a Rhodes Scholar; MFA from the American Film Institute
Paula Mandel is rumoured to have starred in an even more scarce Malick short entitled "Old Age" circa 1969
Resides in Austin, Texas
Terrence Malick entry at Wikipedia
Terrence Malick credits [since 1969] at Internet Movie Database
Terrence Malick has not yet won an Oscar
but he has received
a Golden Seashell Award at San Sebastián International Film Festival, 1974
the Best Director Award at the Cannes Film Festival, 1979
a David di Donatello Award, 1979
two Oscar nominations, 1998
a Golden Berlin Bear, 1999
two Satellite Awards, 1999 & 2011
a Kinema Junpo Award, 2000
the Storyteller Award at the Taos Talking Picture Festival, 2000
the Franklin J. Schaffner Award from the American Film Institute, 2000
a shared Christopher Award, 2008
the Palme d'Or Award at the Cannes Festival, 2011
nomination for Best Director Oscar, 2012
and the SIGNIS Award at Venice Film Festival, 2012
Movies of Terrence Malick
Terrence Malick credits [since 1969] at Internet Movie Database
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 | "The Films of Terrence Malick" [2003] by James Morrison & Thomas Schur Praeger 9¾x6 hardcover [9/2003] for $79.95 |
"Lanton Mills" [1969 student short]
Terrence Malick's thesis film at the American Film Institute; two cowboys set off to rob a bank, and when they stop to see their boss
they discover that he has been murdered by another cowboy. Written & directed by & starring Terrence Malick; also starring
Warren Oates, Harry Dean Stanton, Tony Bill, Lash La Rue & Paula Mandel
DVD/Blu-ray not available (copy at A.F.I. is restricted to scholars) •
full credits at IMDb •
movie entry at Wikipedia
"Deadhead Miles" [Paramount 1972]
 | A quirky comedy about an odd-ball trucker driving a twice-stolen yellow Peterbilt 18-wheeler across America; film was barely released by Paramount. Co-produced & directed by Vernon Zimmerman; script by Terrence Malick; starring Alan Arkin, Paul Benedict, Charles Durning, Hector Elizondo, Richard Kiel, Avery Schreiber, Barnard Hughes & Loretta Swit, with cameos by Bruce Bennett, John Milius, George Raft, Ida Lupino & Allen Garfield
DVD/Blu-ray not available (available on Netflix Instant?) • full credits at IMDb |
"Pocket Money" [First Artists/National General Feb 1972]
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A down-on-his-luck cowboy in 1970s Arizona agrees to work for two shady ranchers; he and a friend bring 200 cattle up from Mexico, with a series of problems along the way.
Directed by Stuart Rosen-berg; adapted by Terrence Malick & John Gay, based on the 1970 novel "Jim Kane" by Joseph P. Brown; cinematography by László Kovács; starring Paul Newman, Lee Marvin, Strother Martin, Wayne Rogers, Hector Elizondo, Christine Belford, Kelly Jean Peters, Gregory Sierra & Fred Graham
Warner Home Video color DVD [undated] for $9.95 Warner Home Video color VHS [8/93] for $14.98 full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia |
 | "Jim Kane" novel [1970] by J.P.S. Brown
Authors Guild BackInPrint 9x6 pb [10/2007] for $22.95 Domain mass pb [7/91] out of print/used Dial Press 9x6½ hardcover [3/70] out of print/used E.P. Dutton hardcover [3/70] out of print/used "Pocket Money" movie tie-in edition [1972] award books movie tie-in mass pb [1972] for $0.00 |
"Badlands" [1973]
Directed by Terrence Malick
"Days of Heaven" [Paramount Sept 1978]
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Written & directed by Terrence Malick; Néstor Almendros won an Oscar for his superb cinematography; starring Richard Gere, Brooke Adams, Sam Shepard, Linda Manz & Robert J. Wilke Criterion widescreen color Blu-ray [3/2010] for $24.32 Criterion widescreen color DVD [10/2007] for $33.99 Paramount widescreen DVD [3/99] for $33.00 Paramount color VHS [5/97] out of prodn/used Paramount widescreen VHS [5/98] for $4.95 FSM Silver Age soundtrack CD [8/2011] 2 disks - out of prodn/used full credits from IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia |
"The Thin Red Line" [1998]
"The New World" [2005]
"The Tree of Life" [2011]
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005HV6Y5W
"To The Wonder" [Magnolia Pictures April 2013]
 | An American meets a single mother in Paris, France and brings her home and marries her; when her visa is about to expire, they seem to have fallen out of love . . . Written & directed by Terrence Malick; starring Ben Affleck, Olga Kurylenko, Rachel McAdams, Javier Bardem, Charles Baker & Romina Mondello
DVD/Blu-ray not yet available full credits at IMDb • official movie site • watch 3/2013 trailer [2:00] at YouTube |
"The Better Angels" [Amplify Nov 2014]
Announced 7/2012: Working title "The Green Blade Rises"; tells the story of a young Abraham Lincoln and his hardscrabble upbringing; Diane Kruger said at Comic-Con that
she will portray Sarah Bush Lincoln, Abe's encouraging stepmother; Terrence Malick is producing {only}; added 9/2012: written & to be directed by Malick's protégé & collaborator
A.J. Edwards; Jason Clarke is in negotiations to play Abe’s father Tom • latest info at IMDb
"Knight of Cups" [indep March 2016] 
Announced 11/2011: Working title "Lawless", then "The Film Formerly Known As Lawless"; to star Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Natalie Portman,
Ryan Gosling, Rooney Mara, Haley Bennett & Isabel Lucas; filming at the Austin City Limits music festival completed in 2011 • latest info at IMDb
watch 12/2014 official trailer [2:15] online at YouTube
"Terrence Malick’s "Weightless" [2016?]
Announced 5/2016: The movie runs 145 minutes and cast includes Ryan Gosling, Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara,
Haley Bennett, Natalie Portman, Michael Fassbender, Val Kilmer, Benicio Del Toro, Holly Hunter
full credits at IMDb •
movie entry at Wikipedia
Works About Terrence Malick
 | "The Cinema of Terrence Malick: Poetic Visions of America" [2004] Edited by Hannah Patterson Columbia Univ Press 9x6 pb [10/2007] out of print/used Wallflower Press 9¼x6 hardcover [10/2007] for $71.66 |
Terrence Malick: Film and Philosophy by Thomas Deane Tucker and Stuart Kendall
(Hardcover - May 12, 2011)
Buy new: $130.00
http://www.amazon.com/Terrence-Malick-Thomas-Deane-Tucker/dp/144115003X/
Terrence Malick () by Lloyd Michaels (Oct 15, 2008)
http://www.amazon.com/Terrence-Malick-Contemporary-Film-Directors/dp/025203385X/
"It's not far....it's within reach" : Terrence Malick and the Search for Wholeness of the American Adam []
by Erik Korsman (2011)
http://www.amazon.com/Its-not-far-its-within-reach/dp/B004JBZE6G/
Zwei Welten - Terrence Malick und seine Filme (German Edition) by Stefan Karlegger (Sep 5, 2009)
http://www.amazon.com/Zwei-Welten-Terrence-Malick-German/dp/3640411250/
Eine Entwicklungstendenz im philosophisch-poetis... Erzählstil von Terrence Malick (German Edition)
by Thomas Ochs (Mar 16, 2009)
http://www.amazon.com/Entwicklungstendenz-philosophisch-poetischen-Erz%C3%A4hlstil-Terrence-Malick/dp/3640289307/
http://www.amazon.com/One-Big-Soul-History-Terrence/dp/1300020628/
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Terrence Malick entry at Wikipedia
Terrence Malick credits [since 1969] at Internet Movie Database
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