The Tree of Life

Synopsis

The impressionistic story of a Texas 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.

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Cast

Brad Pitt

Mr. O'Brien

Jessica Chastain

Mrs. O'Brien

Hunter McCracken

Young Jack

Sean Penn

Jack

Fiona Shaw

Grandmother

Tye Sheridan

Steve

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Laramie Eppler

R.L.

Will Wallace

Architect

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Nicolas Gonda

Mr. Reynolds

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Jessica Fuselier

Guide

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Kelly Koonce

Father Haynes

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Bryce Boudoin

Robert

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Jimmy Donaldson

Jimmy

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Kameron Vaughn

Cayler

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Cole Cockburn

Harry Bates

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Dustin Allen

George Walsh

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Brayden Whisenhunt

Jo Bates

Joanna Going

Jack's Wife

Irene Bedard

Messenger

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Michael Koeth

Jack @ 2

Crew

Art

• David Crank Art Direction
• Jack Fisk Production Design
• Jeanette Scott Set Decoration
• George Hull Concept Artist
• Ruth De Jong Art Department Coordinator

Camera

• Emmanuel Lubezki Director of Photography
• Merie Weismiller Wallace Still Photographer
• Jörg Widmer Camera Operator

Costume & Make-Up

• Jacqueline West Costume Design
• Jean Ann Black Makeup Artist
• Darylin Nagy Makeup Department Head
• Kelly Nelson Hair Department Head
• Suzy Freeman Costume Supervisor
• Elliott Hostetter On Set Dresser

Crew

• Trey Edward Shults Intern
• Jeff Schwan Stunt Coordinator

Directing

• Terrence Malick Director
• Rebecca Fulton Script Supervisor
• Paul Atkins Second Unit Director

Editing

• Jay Rabinowitz Editor
• Hank Corwin Editor
• Daniel Rezende Editor
• Billy Weber Editor
• Mark Yoshikawa Editor
• Andrew Francis Colorist

Lighting

• Mark Manthey Gaffer

Production

• Sandhya Shardanand Associate Producer
• Steve Schwartz Co-Executive Producer
• Paula Mae Schwartz Co-Executive Producer
• Susan Kirr Line Producer
• Carlo Hintermann Line Producer
• Nicolas Gonda Co-Producer
• Ivan Bess Associate Producer
• Greg Eliason Other
• Nigel Ashcroft Other
• Donald Rosenfeld Executive Producer
• Brad Pitt Producer
• Bill Pohlad Producer

Sound

• Zbigniew Preisner Songs
• Roanna Gillespie Music Supervisor
• Alexandre Desplat Original Music Composer
• Dick Bernstein Music Editor
• Erik Aadahl Supervising Sound Editor
• Erik Aadahl Sound Designer
• Craig Berkey Sound Designer
• Joel Dougherty Sound Editor
• Will Files Sound Designer
• Kirk Francis Sound Mixer
• Justin Herman Sound Engineer
• John Pritchett Sound Mixer

Visual Effects

• Douglas Trumbull Visual Effects
• Dan Glass Visual Effects
• Bradley Friedman Visual Effects
• Bryan Hirota Visual Effects
• Paul Riddle Visual Effects
• Michael Shand Visual Effects
• Karen Clarke Visual Effects Producer
• Olivier Dumont Visual Effects Supervisor

Writing

• Terrence Malick Writer

Photos