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The Tree of Life (2011)

Name: The Tree of Life
Director: Terrence Malick
Genre: drama film, fantasy film, science fiction film
Duration: 138 min
Rating: 6.8

The Tree of Life is a 2011 American epic experimental coming-of-age drama film written and directed by Terrence Malick. Its main cast includes Brad Pitt, Sean Penn, Hunter McCracken, Laramie Eppler, Jessica Chastain, and Tye Sheridan in his debut feature film role. The film chronicles the origins and meaning of life by way of a middle-aged man's childhood memories of his family living in 1950s Texas, interspersed…

Directed by Terrence Malick · Shot by Emmanuel Lubezki · Cut by Hank Corwin · Music by Alexandre Desplat · 138 min

Behind the scenes

THE TREE OF LIFE Featurette: Visual Effects legend Doug Trumbull — SearchlightPictures · 3 min
THE TREE OF LIFE Featurette: Art Direction — SearchlightPictures · 3 min
How Emmanuel Lubezki shot The Tree of Life — Angus Davies · 9 min
THE TREE OF LIFE Featurette: The Cast — SearchlightPictures · 4 min
THE TREE OF LIFE Featurette: Cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki — SearchlightPictures · 2 min
THE TREE OF LIFE - Emmanuel Lubezki Cinematography: Finding Beauty Through Patience — Cinema Labyrinthine · 6 min
The Tree of Life (2011) Featurette with Christopher Nolan & David Fincher — Rotten Tomatoes Trailers · 2 min
THE TREE OF LIFE Featurette: Effects — SearchlightPictures · 4 min

Elsewhere

More by Terrence Malick

The Way of the Wind
Lanton Mills — 1969
Badlands — 1973
Days of Heaven — 1978
The Thin Red Line — 1998
The New World — 2006
To the Wonder — 2012
Knight of Cups — 2015
Voyage of Time — 2016
Voyage of Time: The IMAX Experience — 2016
Song to Song — 2017
A Hidden Life — 2019

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