Brooke Adams is an American actress, best known for her film roles in Days of Heaven (1978), Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) and The Dead Zone (1983).
Brooke Adams from a publicity photo for The Daughters of Joshua Cabe Return, 1975
Days of Heaven is a 1978 American romantic period drama film written and directed by Terrence Malick, and starring Richard Gere, Brooke Adams, Sam Shepard and Linda Manz. Set in 1916, it tells the story of Bill and Abby, lovers who travel to the Texas Panhandle to harvest crops for a wealthy farmer. Bill persuades Abby to claim the fortune of the dying farmer by tricking him into a false marriage.
Theatrical release poster
To film the swarm of locusts rising into the sky, the film-makers dropped peanut shells from helicopters while the actors walked backwards. This was then run in reverse so that the ground action moved forward, and the locusts were seen ascending.