Wise Blood (1979)

19791h 43mdir. John HustonUnited States, Germanycomedy dramadrama film

With Brad Dourif, John Huston, Dan Shor, Harry Dean Stanton, Amy Wright, Ned Beatty, William Hickey, William Finley

Directed by John Huston

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Wise Blood is a 1979 black comedy drama film directed by John Huston, based on Flannery O'Connor's 1952 Southern Gothic novel of the same name. It stars Brad Dourif, Ned Beatty, Harry Dean Stanton, Dan Shor, Amy Wright and Mary Nell Santacroce. The film follows the lives of war veteran preacher Hazel "Haze" Motes (Dourif) who preaches an atheistic "Church of Truth Without Christ."

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