Movie
Wise Blood
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1979-10-24
- Runtime
- 106 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Ithaca, Anthea, New Line Cinema
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Brad Dourif as Hazel Motes
- Dan Shor as Enoch Emory
- Amy Wright as Sabbath Lily
- Harry Dean Stanton as Asa Hawks
- Mary Nell Santacroce as Landlady
- Ned Beatty as Hoover Shoates
- John Huston as Grandfather
- William Hickey as Preacher
- J.L. Parker as Karl
- Marvin Sapp as Raymond
- Richard Earle as Jakob Winslow
- Herb Kossover as Jacob Wood
Crew
- John Huston - Director
- Benedict Fitzgerald - Screenplay
- Michael Fitzgerald - Screenplay
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