Les Moisson du ciel

Adams, Brooke, 1949- (Added Author). Gere, Richard, 1949- (Added Author). Malick, Terrence, 1945- (Added Author). Manz, Linda, 1961- (Added Author). Schneider, Bert, 1933-2011 (Added Author). Schneider, Harold. (Added Author). Shepard, Sam, 1943- (Added Author). Criterion-on-Demand (Firm), (film distributor.). Paramount Pictures Corporation. (Added Author). Richard Gere (Bill), Brooke Adams (Abby), Sam Shepard (the Farmer), Linda Manz (Linda), Robert Wilke (the farm Foreman). (Cast).

Summary: In 1910, Bill, a Chicago steel worker accidentally kills his supervisor. He flees to the Texas panhandle with his lover Abby and little sister Linda, where they work harvesting wheat in the fields of a stoic farmer. When Bill learns that the Farmer is ill and has less than a year to live, he encourages Abby to accept the man's attentions. The Farmer and Abby marry, and she and her "siblings" live in the big house, waiting for the Farmer to die, so Abby can inherit, and the three of them live happily ever after. But love seems to be a cure-all: the Farmer seems to be improving--and Abby is no longer seeing this as a marriage of convenience. From a landscape of panoramic vistas, vivid colors, and rich textures comes a timeless American idyll and a gritty evocation of turn-of-the-century labor.

Record details

Physical Description: 1 streaming video file (94 min.) : digital, sound, color
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Publisher: [Hollywood, California] : Paramount Pictures, [2013]
Distributor: [Vaughan, Ontario] : Criterion Pictures, [date of distribution not identified]
Copyright: �2013

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General Note:	CatMonthString:april.21 Multi-User. Originally released as a motion picture by Paramount Pictures, 1978.
Restrictions on Access Note:	Access restricted to subscribers.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Director of photography, Nestor Almendros, additional photography, Haskell Wexler ; edited by Billy Weber ; music composed and conducted by Ennio Morricone, additional music, Leo Kottke ; art director, Jack Fisk ; costumes designed by Patricia Norris.
Participant or Performer Note:	Richard Gere (Bill), Brooke Adams (Abby), Sam Shepard (the Farmer), Linda Manz (Linda), Robert Wilke (the farm Foreman).
Type of Computer File or Data Note:	Streaming video.
Target Audience Note:	CHV rating: PG. MPAA rating: PG.
Additional Physical Form available Note:	English language version also available.
System Details Note:	Content available as a streaming video.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:	Access may be limited to affiliated libraries. Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff.
Issuing Body Note:	Made available online by publisher.
Awards Note:	Academy Award for Best Cinematography (Nestor Almendros); Cannes Film Festival Best Director (Terrence Malick) 1979
Source of Description Note:	Title from distributor's web site (viewed May 28, 2015).