Days of Heaven (1978) | Directed by Terrence Malick | Shot by Néstor Almendros & Haskell Wexler | Starring Richard Gere, Brooke Adams, Sam Shepard, Linda Manz Malick shot exclusively during 'magic hour'—the 25 minutes before sunset and after sunrise. Almendros won the Oscar for cinematography despite going blind during production; Wexler completed additional photography. Manz's voiceover was improvised after she watched the footage. The Texas wheat fields were actually shot in Alberta, Canada. B