Lanton Mills
title: "Lanton Mills" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1969-films", "films-directed-by-terrence-malick", "1969-comedy-films", "1969-short-films", "american-comedy-short-films", "films-set-in-the-20th-century", "1960s-english-language-films", "1969-american-films", "thesis-films", "american-student-films", "english-language-comedy-short-films"] topic_path: "arts" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lanton_Mills" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Lanton Mills |
| director | Terrence Malick |
| producer | John Roper |
| writer | Terrence Malick |
| starring | Harry Dean Stanton |
| Terrence Malick | |
| Warren Oates | |
| music | Terrence Malick |
| cinematography | Caleb Deschanel |
| editing | John Palmer |
| released | |
| runtime | 17 minutes |
| country | United States |
| language | English |
| :: |
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Lanton Mills is an American comedy short film written and directed by Terrence Malick and starring Malick, Warren Oates, Harry Dean Stanton (in a leading role), and Paula Mandel. The film was Malick's thesis project for the American Film Institute, was completed in 1969, and is known to have screened in 1974.
Summary
The story concerns two apparently 19th-century cowboys (Stanton and Malick) plotting to rob a bank in Texas, which they do in the 20th century.
A film writer who viewed a VHS copy at the American Film Institute described it:
The producer was John Roper, the cinematographer Caleb Deschanel, and the editor John Palmer, with Malick composing the music.
The film was influenced by Don Quixote and classic westerns.
Cast
- Lanton: Dean Stanton
- Tilman: Terrence Malick
- Gunman: Warren Oates
- Phantom: Lash LaRue
- Mute: Tony Bill
- Teller: Paul Ehrman
- Customer in Bank: Paula Mandel
- 1st cop: Ken Smith
- 2nd cop: John Schmitz
References
References
- "Lanton Mills (S) (1969)".
- Susman, Gary. (September 15, 2017). "Harry Dean Stanton, Consummate Character Actor, Dies at 91".
- Schwartzman, Theresa. "Can Terry Malick Tell a Joke?". Rohstoff Filmmagazin.
- (2003). "The Films of Terrence Malick". Greenwood Publishing Group.
- "Lanton Mills (1969)". BFI.
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