1979 | United States | Fiction

Wise Blood

  • English English 105 mins
  • Director | John Huston
  • Writer | Benedict Fitzgerald, Michael Fitzgerald
  • Producer | Michael Fitzgerald, Kathy Fitzgerald

STATUS: Released

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In this acclaimed adaptation of the first novel by legendary Southern writer Flannery O’Connor, John Huston vividly brings to life her poetic world of American eccentricity. Brad Dourif, in an impassioned performance, is Hazel Motes, who, fresh out of the army, attempts to open the first Church Without Christ in the small town of Taulkinham. Populated with inspired performances that seem to spring right from O’Connor’s pages, Huston’s Wise Blood is an incisive portrait of spirituality and Evangelicalism, and a faithful, loving evocation of a writer’s vision.

Faith Satire Southern Eccentric Redemption
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