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Martin Sheen in handcuffs and Sissy Spacek stand in the front row, surrounded by police officers and soldiers, in a scene from the film Badlands (1973).
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Badlands

film by Malick [1973]
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Martin Sheen in handcuffs and Sissy Spacek stand in the front row, surrounded by police officers and soldiers, in a scene from the film Badlands (1973).
Badlands Martin Sheen (foreground left) and Sissy Spacek (right) in a scene from the film Badlands (1973).

Badlands is a 1973 film directed by Terrence Malick. It stars Martin Sheen as a young criminal and Sissy Spacek as a naive teenager who runs away with him. Their journey across the American landscape is marked by a series of murders. The film was inspired by the real-life crime spree of Charles Starkweather and Caril Ann Fugate in 1957ā€“58. Badlands is noted for its striking cinematography and its distinctive use of voice-over narration, which became a hallmark of Malick's filmmaking style.1

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