Film
Wise Blood
1979 · 1h 46m · Comedy · Drama
An American Masterpiece!
- IMDb
- 6.9
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 89%
- Metacritic
- 84
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Overview
A Southerner--young, poor, ambitious but uneducated--determines to become something in the world. He decides that the best way to do that is to become a preacher and start up his own church.
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Cast
Brad Dourif
Hazel Motes
Dan Shor
Enoch Emory
Amy Wright
Sabbath Lily
Harry Dean Stanton
Asa Hawks
Mary Nell Santacroce
Landlady
Ned Beatty
Hoover Shoates
John Huston
Grandfather
William Hickey
Preacher
J.L. Parker
Karl
Marvin Sapp
Raymond
Richard Earle
Jakob Winslow
Herb Kossover
Jacob Wood
Betty Lou Groover
Leora Watts
John Tyndall
Loki Martinson
Gillaaron Houck
Stranger #1
Philip Mixer
Stranger #2
Crew
- John HustonDirector
- Benedict FitzgeraldScreenplay
- Michael FitzgeraldProducer · Screenplay
- Flannery O'ConnorNovel
- Kathy FitzgeraldProducer
- Gerry FisherDirector of Photography
- Alex NorthOriginal Music Composer
- Roberto SilviEditor
- Stratton LeopoldCasting
Media
Details
- Release date
- October 24, 1979
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 1h 46m
- Rated
- PG
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
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