The tree of life

Resource Information

The work The tree of life represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

The tree of life

Statement of responsibility

written and directed by Terrence Malick ; produced by Sarah Green, Bill Pohlad ; produced by Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner ; produced by Grant Hill ; Fox Searchlight Pictures and River Road Entertainment present

Contributor

• Jones, Kent, 1960-
• Lubezki, Emmanuel
• River Road Entertainment (Firm)
• Fox Searchlight Pictures
• Desplat, Alexandre
• Criterion Collection (Firm)
• McCracken, Hunter
• truePenn, Sean, 1960-
• Pitt, Brad, 1963-
• Pohlad, William
• Shaw, Fiona, 1958-
• Sheridan, Tye, 1996-
• Malick, Terrence, 1943-
• Eppler, Laramie
• Fuselier, Jessica
• Corwin, Hank
• Gardner, Dede
• Chastain, Jessica, 1977-
• Green, Sarah, 1957-
• Bedard, Irene, 1967-
• Hill, Grant

Actor

• Eppler, Laramie
• Sheridan, Tye, 1996-
• Shaw, Fiona, 1958-
• Pitt, Brad, 1963-
• truePenn, Sean, 1960-
• McCracken, Hunter
• Bedard, Irene, 1967-
• Chastain, Jessica, 1977-
• Fuselier, Jessica

Director of photography

• Lubezki, Emmanuel

Editor of moving image work

• Corwin, Hank

Film director

• Malick, Terrence, 1943-

Film producer

• Pohlad, William
• Pitt, Brad, 1963-
• Gardner, Dede
• Green, Sarah, 1957-
• Hill, Grant

Presenter

• River Road Entertainment (Firm)
• Fox Searchlight Pictures

Publisher

• Criterion Collection (Firm)

Screenwriter

• Malick, Terrence, 1943-

Subject

• Spiritual life
• Spiritual life -- Drama
• Texas
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• City and town life -- Texas -- Drama
• Fathers and sons
• Feature films
• Feature films
• Fiction films
• Fiction films
• Mothers and sons
• Mothers and sons -- Drama
• Fathers and sons -- Drama
• City and town life
• Coming-of-age films
• Coming-of-age films
• Drama
• Families
• Families -- Drama
• Fantasy films
• Fantasy films

Genre

• Feature films
• Fantasy films
• trueDrama
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Coming-of-age films
• Fiction films

Language

• eng
• eng
• eng

Summary

The impressionistic story of a Midwestern family in the 1950s. The film follows the life journey of the eldest son, Jack, through the innocence of childhood to his disillusioned adult years as he tries to reconcile a complicated relationship with his father. Jack finds himself a lost soul in the modern world, seeking answers to the origins and meaning of life while questioning the existence of faith

Member of

• Criterion collection, 942

Cataloging source

TEFMT

Characteristic

videorecording

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Credits note

Director of photography, Emmanuel Lubezki ; editors, Hank Corwin, Jay Rabinowitz, Daniel Rezende, Billy Weber, Mark Yoshikawa ; music by Alexandre Desplat ; executive producer, Donald Rosenfeld ; production designer, Jack Fisk ; costume designer, Jacqueline West ; senior visual effects supervisor, Dan Glass

Dewey number

791.43/72

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Intended audience

MPAA rating: PG-13; for some thematic material

Language note

In English, with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH)

LC call number

PN1997.2

LC item number

.T74 2018

PerformerNote

Brad Pitt (Mr. O'Brien), Sean Penn (Jack), Jessica Chastain (Mrs. O'Brien), Fiona Shaw (Grandmother), Irene Bedard (Messenger), Jessica Fuselier (Guide), Hunter McCracken (Young Jack), Laramie Eppler (R.L.), Tye Sheridan (Steve)

Runtime

139

Series statement

The Criterion collection

Series volume

942

Technique

live action