“Terrence Malick’s cool, sometimes brilliant, always ferociously American film.”—New York Times
In one of the greatest ever directorial debuts, Malick takes on the real-life story of 19-year-old Charles Starkweather, who with his girlfriend, Caril Ann Fugate, cut a swath of violence throughout the Midwest in the late 1950s, killing 11 people. With Martin Sheen and Sissy Spacek. Selected for preservation in the National Film Registry. 1973, 35mm, 94 minutes.