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The Tree of Life 2011

Feature · 2011 · 138 min · Science fiction, Fantasy · Directed by Terrence Malick

The Tree of Life (2011) was filmed in Houston, Austin, Smithville and Dallas, Texas, with locations including Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Rich's nightclub and St. Stephen's Episcopal School. Production also shot in Iceland. It was paid a Texas incentive grant of $434,253 on $6.95 million of Texas spending, reporting 1,142 Texas hires.

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San AntonioCorpus ChristiLubbockMidlandAbileneWacoTylerBeaumontSan AngeloWichita FallsDel RioGalvestonTexarkanaVictoria1010101035E303035353535454520202020371Museum of Fine Arts, Houston3St. Stephen's Episcopal School4Main Street (100–200 blocks)5Thanks-Giving Square6Matagorda Bay Nature Park

Location stills

Numbered as on the location sheet
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, a filming location for The Tree of Life
1Museum of Fine Arts, HoustonHouston
Thanks-Giving Square, a filming location for The Tree of Life
5Thanks-Giving SquareDallas

Texas vendors on this production

Directory
BusinessDepartmentSupplied
Bobbi Colorado & The Wild BunchAnimalsanimal actors and trainers (dogs)
Destination Waco Film Locations DatabaseVenuefilmed in Waco
Sarah Dowling CastingCastingcasting associate
Vicky Boone CastingCastingcasting
Awards

Palme d'Or · National Board of Review: Top Ten Films · FIPRESCI Grand Prix

Texas incentive

All recipients
PaidProjectGrantTexas spendHires
2011Tree Of LifeCottonwood Pictures, LLC$434,253$6,948,0451,142

Shooting in Houston, Austin and Smithville around 2011

YearProductionShot in
2011Spy Kids: All the Time in the WorldAustin
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2011PunctureHouston
2011The Lying Game TV seriesAustin, Manor, Del Valle
2011Beneath the DarknessBastrop, Smithville
2011Storage Wars: Texas TV seriesCarrollton, DeSoto, Fort Worth
2011Bar Rescue TV seriesDallas, Austin, Katy
2011Casey JonesAustin, Dallas
2011Natural SelectionAustin, Smithville
2011Boxing GymAustin

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Image credits (17)

The Tree of Life poster: fair use to identify the work, via Wikipedia; 1 Museum of Fine Arts, Houston: Judson Dunn, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons; 5 Thanks-Giving Square: Andreas Praefcke, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons; Sean Penn: Harald Krichel, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons; Jessica Chastain: Harald Krichel, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons; Brad Pitt: Harald Krichel, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons; Tye Sheridan: Harald Krichel, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons; Fiona Shaw: Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons; Joanna Going: Mingle Media TV, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons; Apollo 13: fair use to identify the work, via Wikipedia; Terms of Endearment: fair use to identify the work, via Wikipedia; Boyhood: © Box Office Mojo, fair use to identify the work, via Wikipedia; Armageddon: fair use to identify the work, via Wikipedia; Letters from Iwo Jima: fair use to identify the work, via Wikipedia; Pearl Harbor: fair use to identify the work, via Wikipedia; Paris, Texas: © Roger Ebert, fair use to identify the work, via Wikipedia; Blood Simple: fair use to identify the work, via Wikipedia.

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