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6.4A 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.
Released: 1979-10-24106 minDir: John HustonComedy, Drama
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
Themes
- based on novel or book
- southern usa
- christianity
- redemption
- preacher
- blindness
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Ratings
IMDb
6.9/10
6,605 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
89%
Metacritic
84/100
- Year
- 1979
- Runtime
- 106 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
- Rated
- PG
- Awards
- 5 nominations
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- Germany
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- Wise Blood
- Director
- John Huston
- Screenwriter
- Flannery O'Connor
- Composer
- Alex North
- Cinematographer
- Gerry Fisher
- Narrative location
- Georgia
- Duration
- 106
- FilmAffinity ID
- 204764
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1979-01-01
- title
- Wise Blood
- distributed by
- Netflix
- review score
- 88%
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