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Wise Blood  (1979)
An American Masterpiece!


6.3|24 Oct, 1979|106 min
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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.
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Keywords
based on novel or book
southern usa
christianity
redemption
preacher
blindness

Casts

Brad Dourif
Brad Dourif
Hazel Motes
Dan Shor
Dan Shor
Enoch Emory
Amy Wright
Amy Wright
Sabbath Lily
Harry Dean Stanton
Harry Dean Stanton
Asa Hawks
Mary Nell Santacroce
Mary Nell Santacroce
Landlady
Ned Beatty
Ned Beatty
Hoover Shoates
John Huston
John Huston
Grandfather
William Hickey
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
Sharon Johnson
Stranger #3
Joe Dorsey
Stranger #4
Stratton Leopold
Depressed Human
Leonard Holmes
Stranger #5
Daniel Albright
Stranger #6
Tommy Alson
Young Man
Harold Horne
Stranger #7
Jim Barbee
Slade
Gene Howard
Little Boy
Raymond Foskey
Salesman
Vicky Dyer
Little Girl
Elijah Perry
Jerry Bob Jackson
Ken Flower
Ken Guy
Gladys Hill
Lisa Martinson
Ray Wilkes
Slade Bob Jackson
Dan Albright
Dan Albright
Policeman
Allan A. Apone
Allan A. Apone
Gonga the Gorilla (uncredited)
Don Chambers
Street Listener (uncredited)
William Finley
William Finley
Man (uncredited)
Bart Russell
Man in the Street (uncredited)

Crews

Benedict Fitzgerald
Screenplay
John Huston
John Huston
Director
Flannery O'Connor
Flannery O'Connor
Novel
Mike Rutter
Assistant Camera
Kathy Fitzgerald
Producer
Michael Fitzgerald
Michael Fitzgerald
Producer
Stratton Leopold
Casting
Sally Fitzgerald
Set Decoration
Sally Fitzgerald
Costume Designer
Roberto Silvi
Editor
Michael Fronik
Music Editor
Tom Shaw
Assistant Director
Colin Charles
Sound Recordist
Michael Fitzgerald
Michael Fitzgerald
Screenplay
Alex North
Music
Hans Brockmann
Associate Producer
Gerry Fisher
Director of Photography
Uta Freiwald
Wardrobe Supervisor
Wolfgang Limmer
Co-Producer
Allan A. Apone
Allan A. Apone
Makeup Artist

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