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Wise Blood (1979)
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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. Director:John Huston |
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| Brad Dourif | ... |
Hazel Motes
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| John Huston | ... |
Grandfather
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Dan Shor | ... |
Enoch Emory
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| Harry Dean Stanton | ... |
Asa Hawks
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| Amy Wright | ... |
Sabbath Lily
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Mary Nell Santacroce | ... |
Landlady
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| Ned Beatty | ... |
Hoover Shoates
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| William Hickey | ... |
Preacher
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J.L. Parker | ... |
Karl
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Marvin Sapp | ||
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Richard Earle | ||
| Herb Kossover | ... |
Jacob Wood
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Betty Lou Groover | ||
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John Tyndall | ||
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Gillaaron Houck | ||
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Storyline
US Army war veteran Hazel Motes may not be a believing Christian, somehow observations like the state of a run-down country church, meeting the ridiculous frauds on the streets and memories inspire him to take up, after initially fierce refusal, the part of a traveling preacher when a cab driver insists he looks like one in his new hat. He starts his own new Church of Truth, without the crucified Jesus, his first disciple being an 18-year old simpleton with a 'prophetic gift'... Written by KGF Vissers
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EnglishRelease Date:
(USA) See more »Also Known As:
Der Ketzer See more »Filming Locations:
Macon, Georgia, USABox Office
Budget:
$1,000,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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Sabbath Lily: What I give you the other day was the look of indignation for what I seen you do. It was you that give me the eye.
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Continuity: Hazels' position changes between shots as he talks with the landlady about being clean. See more »Quotes
Hazel: I thought if your girl give me so much eye back there I just might return some of it.Sabbath Lily: What I give you the other day was the look of indignation for what I seen you do. It was you that give me the eye.
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Crazy Credits
Director John Huston is credited in all the titles as "Jhon Huston". Producer Michael Fitzgerald later explained that, wanting to have a child-like look to the credits, they had an actual child write the names. The child misspelled Huston's first name, but they liked it and kept it, as a metaphor for the artificial, off-kilter tone of the story. See more »
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