Badlands

In 'Badlands' (1973), a young couple, Kit and Holly, are infatuated with each other and decide to escape their mundane lives. Their journey through the American South turns violent and chaotic, leading to a series of tragic events. The film is renowned for its haunting portrayal of youth alienation and rebellion.

• Martin Sheen borrowed money from his mother to fly audition.
• Terrence Malick's directorial debut.
• Sissy Spacek was the set dresser as well as the lead actress.
• Many scenes were actually filmed in Colorado, not South Dakota.
• The film was inspired by the real-life Starkweather-Fugate killing spree.

• Little did I realise that what began in the alleys and back ways of this quiet town would end in the Badlands...
• He was handsomer than anybody I'd ever met. He looked just like James Dean.
• You know, if it wasn't that she was my mother, I'd love her.
• It's a scientific fact that if you stay in California you lose one point of your IQ every year.
• Boy, if you meet a man who's fought in two wars, then you've met a man.