The Tree of Life Trailer (Authentic) (cam version)

[janieluvsbugs]

My 15 mo old grandson is in the trailer. I have been waiting forever to just know he would be in the movie, but to see him in the trailer.....Yippeeeeeeeeeeeeee­eeeee.

[amnesiac07]

StargazerToSea gets the YouTube comment of the week.

[cty01]

Oh, this is so boring. His first two films were cinematic landmarks but from then on he's become more and more pretentious. It's like he's a bad imitation of himself. But, alas, great directors have always been like this. I just rather rewatch his first two than his later movies.

[greenskies25]

Malick better FINALLY get an Oscar for this, that's all I can say. What's a guy gotta do?!

[bulgar]

i simply can't stop watching it.

[Teletabie]

AWESOME! 0.O

[gooph5]

does anyone else find it odd that jack as a young boy bears a strange resemblance to Jim Caviezel? And that Sean Penn is playing the adult? Both these characters faced the same battle that Jack seems to face here: the internal battle between accepting man's brutal human nature and the desire to transcend nature with love/grace.

[sixamsedna]

@gooph5

dude... I am SO glad you spotted that too!!! the very first time, and everytime I rewatch the trailer that's exactly what I think to myself, the boy has such a striking resemblance to Jim Caviezel. It's as if Malick was looking for that on purpose. As if it's part of the whole ateur theory he's got going on

[TonyManeroNY]

@sixamsedna

haha, I also thought of Jim when I saw that kid's face and expression. Looks so much like him.

[gooph5]

@sixamsedna exactly. I watched it for the first time, and I said, hey there's pvt. witt as a boy with his southern accent. and hey, there's sgt. welsh as a businessman. And when the boy says, "Father, mother, always you wrestle inside me", i instantly thought of the quote in Platoon, "born of two fathers, both fighting for possession of his soul." Here it seems as though both Witt and Welsh are fighting for Jack's soul. Sort of like Thin Red Line Part Deux

[TB4000]

Very well done. You can't really turn away from it.

[Tigerlily21]

I can't wait. Wish there was a better view but the images of the child running look extraordinary. No one shoots more beautiful and poetic film images than Malick. No one.

[Mike85able]

thank for this trailer, malick is a genius, this trailer is fantastic

[faithakiyama]

Is the CC off? I'm pretty sure Brad Pitt says "All things...guide us, to the End of TIme" and not "All the times...guideless, to the End of Time" (Which doesn't really make sense anyway).

Apologies if I'm wrong, though.

[unviaggiatore]

@faithakiyama Probably.. I did not make the English transcript myself (only the timing) and could not check if it was right with this bad sound as it is not my native language. And I had given full confidence to the person that made it (as English is his native language). The sense I understood for his (maybe false) transcription was Jack (Penn) feels lost, guideless without his parents, especially his mother, some years after the death of his brother.

[faithakiyama]

@unviaggiatore No problem at all! I can't be 100% certain myself unless someone else who has seen the trailer in theaters can confirm. I just thought the other transcription would make more sense if Pitt's dialogue was meant to be a broken-up, single statement :)

[unviaggiatore]

@faithakiyama And for "all the times", I thought it was a way to say he will understand all the other times he had fallen before. So it had a sense pleasant to my mind, but I will probably correct it, if it is not what is said.

[janellio]

My god even on a shitty digital cam and at an odd angle you can tell how utterly gorgeous this movie will be.

[grindhouse141]

Well, I love Pitt and Penn but I often find Malick's films to be overlong and kinda boring, and I know that makes me sound unintelligent, but they are, with the exception of Badlands.

[AndrewMann552]

@grindhouse141 Then get the hell out of here and go watch some consumerist popcorn bullshit, your screenname says it all.

[grindhouse141]

@AndrewMann552 Well then I guess my screenname is slightly ironic because I do not care for those kinds of films. I created my youtube account shortly after Tarantino and Rodriguez did Grindhouse, so my screename is a reference to that film. As far as popcorn bullshit goes, I have no doubt that you watch more of that on a regular basis than I do. I can appreciate great works of cinematic art just as well, if not better than the next guy. I was merely suggesting that I found his films a bit slow

[AndrewMann552]

@grindhouse141 I was just being a jerk LOL. Everyone is entitled to like whatever they want, your opinion is your opinion.

[Yoshi5020]

This gives us no clue as to what the movie's about. If it's about anything. Looks like home movies of suburbia shot with an artistic eye and a high quality camera. And...?

[StargazerToSea]

@Yoshi5020

It's about life.

[fleurgi]

looks very good and visually stunning. i like the music they used.

[PIPhilMarlowe]

What is the 2nd musical piece (after Smetana)? Thanks.

[amnesiac07]

I have watched this piece of crap video about 20 times. I wish Fox Searchlight would put it up online, officially.

[johndutchcain187]

as soon as i saw sean penn i knew this movie is gonna be good

[89Obscure]

Movie of the year. Malick is my favourite director, plus i love voice-over. It was so cool in Thin Red Line.

[postshanna]

this is the best movie ever

[toddgreer]

you can't tell a movie by it's trailer - this was put together by someone from the movie studio not Malick

[DBCOOPER888]

@Jove89 Jove89, chill the hell out man. Why are you so defensive? I'm using "crap" to refer to general "stuff", not in a derogatory manner. You act as if I've personally insulted you by posting a neutral comment or something.

[festyosemtex]

Is it just me or are Malicks films all about the same thing.

Ringing the same chord over and over.

And the way he is ringing that chord is, yunno, becoming increasingly pretentious and flat.

Loved Badlands. Liked the Thin Red Line. Not sure about this one.

[PlagueisTheWise]

I think I was being clear when I asked for the part that stars at 1:04, not the beginning of the trailer... But thanks for the info too :)

[ClasicCriminal]

FOX SEARCHLIGHT IF YOU HEAR ME COME ON RELEASE THE QUALITY TRAILER !!!

[andreproq]

It looks like Brad Pitt's performance will destroy a film again. Terrible actor!

[Chradnev]

@andreproq Really? You can tell that from this trailer?

He seems fine.

[Mike85able]

@andreproq your comment is very stupid, Pitt is a great actor.

Pitt in this trailer is perfect

[TVworld7590]

It looks AWESOME....can't wait to see it. Terrence Malick is a fantastic director!

[bulgar]

this will be EPIC

[saguel1]

Will be the first nomination for best picture to be released in 2011....question is, which 4/9 others will join it?

[DBCOOPER888]

Why are there shots of shots of Earth and crap? Something about connecting grand cosmological processes and the connection to everyday life on Earth?

[AndrewMann552]

@DBCOOPER888 The basics of it are that the film follows the growth and "evolution" of Brad Pitt's son while also making cosmic connections to the birth and evolution of Earth.

[DBCOOPER888]

@AndrewMann552 Yeah, like I was saying.

[Asethe]

Lol WTF was that

[aaroncotham]

sean penn is amazing :)

[zuckermanbruno]

IT WILL BE FUCKING FANTASTIC!

[Scorberg]

This'll be the greatest film ever made

[Islander255]

CAN'T. MOTHERFUCKING. WAIT!

[MateoStarr]

Three people have chosen the way of nature.

[RJDUBB0605]

I have never made a prediction from a trailer before but wow this i unlike anything I have ever seen especially when it comes to cinematography.... "best director" , "best cinematography" no doubt in my mind.... academy awards for 2011 wow

[aussiechic402]

i'm going to cry so hard. this is going to be extremely beautiful. i agree with all these positive statements below mine.

[mahawyy]

This is looks great i can't wait.

[Feretier]

John William dude, it's John William !!

[PlagueisTheWise]

Does anyone know the name of the theme that starts at 1:04?

[AndrewMann552]

@PlagueisTheWise It is not John Williams, it's "The Moldau," a classic piece of Smetana. It is also the piece of music cited as the basis for the Israeli national anthem, "Hatikvah," of which John Williams did a nice arrangement for the "Munich" soundtrack. But they are different pieces.

[Feretier]

WTF Ludovic, you're a liar !!! this is bullshit biatch!

[ajitvir90]

The cinematography is astounding. I'm speechless.

Such a beautiful trailer. CANNOT. WAIT.

[Cuss100]

Wheres the 3D dinos? lol just joking. Looks impressive!

[MrJS15]

This will probably end up as one of the best films of the 2010's, earning it's place with such classics like 2001 and the modern masterpiece, Children of Men.

[adam1214]

@MrJS15

hahaha

[MrJS15]

@adam1214

hahaha

[deweydoit]

Jesus. This is going to be beautiful.

[annarntr]

next year's Oscar race is going to be tough...

[postshanna]

im gonna cry

[Enricorvn]

Alexandre Desplat!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[SONROX911]

Oh, and can anyone please write down for me what the woman speaking in the trailer is saying?

[ClasicCriminal]

@SONROX911

dude in the player's window there is a button on the bottom "CC" click it, it'll show you subtitles

[SONROX911]

@ClasicCriminal Is it sad that I didn't realize that the CC button was there, or what it did until your comment? >_> Yeah, little bit. But thanks. I now know something new, so yay.

[SONROX911]

This movie is so visually stunning. It's honestly a beautiful piece of work and I'm very anxious to see it.

[sanetteaS]

Goose bumps! I can't wait for this.

[thevoid99]

i've seen it 3-4 times now and it stills give me tears. no one could create something that beautiful like terry.  he is one of a kind.

[giointothewild]

incredible trailer, very exciting

[Neonman78]

1:47 what's he pointing at?

[mulletkingIII]

@Neonman78 I believe it is an individual pointing at an empty seat he wants to sit in while being completely oblivious to the super awesome trailer that is playing on the screen

[trentkill]

It looks like an epic film. Tree of Life has been on my Most Anticipated list for a while now. Can't wait for it drop in theatres. Malick is a brilliant director.

[wc60616]

i'm tearing up.

[feelingpeanuty]

Another masterpiece from Terrence Malick. I can't wait!

[f4ust85]

the "soundtrack": bedrich smetana - vltava

[MegaCockburn]

no words can describe this, its a gamechanger, even spielberg wont be able to spoil it this time

[natacoil]

aaaaaaaaaahhhhh can't wait to see it!!!! =D

[TheMarkc]

thank u so much for uploading this vid i've waited ages :)

[vedderim]

wow, the cinematography, yeah. That part when he's walking over the pews in the church? Great visuals. This is one of those movies that, by the trailer, look to change people. And 99.9% of movies can't do that on a grand scale

[ClasicCriminal]

I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS TRAILER MY WHOLE LIFE

[sixamsedna]

trademark Malick stamp all around. This will be incredible and touching, no doubt about it.

[Satschinga]

the cinematography...Im speechless...

[Markymarkymark100]

Terrence Malick for best picture, best director, best writer, best everything. He should have won it for the thin red line, but the tree of life will make up for that. Mark my words. A new era of film is upon us. Real film. Film that transcends through the ages. This is what cinema is all about. Truth in moving image. GIVE US TRUTH. This is truth.

[AndrewMann552]

See Fox Searchlight, this is what happens when you decide on cheap marketing tricks (keep the trailer offline for two weeks) in this tech age!

Looks glorious! Finally some REAL cinema is coming to us in 2011!

[mcnuggets1992]

I'm saying this now: "And the best director for a motion picture goes to: Terrence Malick".