Badlands (film)

Badlands is a cult film and road movie from Director Terrence Malick's 1973 . The main characters are played by Martin Sheen and Sissy Spacek. Badlands is based on the murders of the duo Charles Starkweather and Caril ' Ann Fugate, the spreekillers who were active in the 1950s. ==Content[ Edit] == Kit Carruthers, a twenty-something, is a garbage man who greatly resembles James Dean. Holly Sargis is 15 years old and lives alone with her father in Fort Dupree,South Dakota. When Kit on Holly falls in love, let her father know that Kit should let his daughter alone. Kit together with Holly wants to flee, but when her father threatens to call the police, shooting Kit the man down. Holly is evil but decides to stay at Kit anyway. Together they cross the House on fire and pulling them back in a forest.

There they make a huge tree house where the duo tries to survive. Kit deals with catching fish, while Holly taught himself with her school books. But when Kit out of anger with his weapon in the river shoot, he is noticed by a man. The following day, Holly and Kit the visit of three armed bounty hunters. Kit hides in a pit and jumps suddenly appear. He shoots the three men dead.

Because Holly and Kit no longer able to remain in the forest, they are going towards the House of Cato, the former colleague of Kit. The man gives them shelter and tells them that there are field on old coins can be found. When he secretly tries to notify the police, his map discovered by Kit, which shoots him down. Kit and Holly inside and let him die there drag Cato. Also the two friends of Cato, who just then come to visit, are submitted by Kit shot.

The two want to go to the badlands of Montana, but still holds a first stopover in the House of a rich man. They threaten the man and his deaf housekeeper. After several days they leave here too, and they take the Cadillac of the man with it. With their brand new car they drive through the desert towards Montana. But then it seems the end is near. A police helicopter is them on the track and a small firefight. Kit shoot a COP down and skips on the flight. Holly decides to surrender.

Kit is now at a disadvantage, because the police is him on the track. When he unexpectedly is noticed by some agents, there is an exciting car chase. Although Kit manages to drive away from his pursuers, he stops his car and he also decides to surrender. Kit Gets the death penalty for his actions, Holly a suspended sentence. ==Trivia[ Edit] ==
 * Badlands is the debut film by Director Terrence Malick.
 * Terrence Malick is both screenwriter, producer as the Director of Badlands.
 * Badlands relied on the murders of Charles Starkweather and Caril ' Ann Fugate. Also the film Natural Born Killers by Oliver Stone is inspired.
 * A reference to the film starred in the song Nothing really ends by dEUS: "The one where Martin Sheen waves his arm to the girl in the street".