Subscribe.Tree of Life
Wednesday, June 1st, 2011
Release date: Friday Friday June 10, 2011 (Wide)
Genre: Drama
Running time: 2 hr. 18 min.
Director: Terrence Malick
Studio: Entertainment One, Fox Searchlight
Producer(s): Bill Pohlad, Sarah Green, Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Grant Hill
Screenplay: Terrence Malick
Cast: Brad Pitt, Sean Penn, Jessica Chastain, Joanna Going, Fiona Shaw, Kari Matchett
Official Site: foxsearchlight.com/thetreeoflife
Rated: PG-13 for some thematic material
Available film art: Tree of Life movie posters
Synopsis
From Terrence Malick, the acclaimed director of such classic films as Badlands, Days of Heaven and The Thin Red Line, The Tree of Life is the impressionistic story of a Midwestern family in the 1950′s. 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 (Brad Pitt). Jack (played as an adult by Sean Penn) finds himself a lost soul in the modern world, seeking answers to the origins and meaning of life while questioning the existence of faith. Through Malick’s signature imagery, we see how both brute nature and spiritual grace shape not only our lives as individuals and families, but all life.
