Directed by:
John HustonScreenplay:
Michael FitzgeraldCinematography:
Gerry FisherComposer:
Alex NorthCast:
Brad Dourif, John Huston, Harry Dean Stanton, Ned Beatty, William Hickey, William Finley, Amy Wright, Dan Shor, Joe Dorsey, Mary Nell Santacroce, Gladys Hill (more)VOD (1)
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Legendary film director John Huston creates one of his most cerebral films that will stay with the viewer for a long time. Set in the American Deep South during the post-war era, Wise Blood stars Brad Dourif as Hazel Motes, an unhinged and aimless war-veteran, who decides to become a Bible-thumping preacher for a quasi-religious cult called `The Church Without Christ`. Linking up with a fraudulent hustler from hellfire-and-brimstone preaching circuit - who pretends to be blind for the assembled believers - Motes is put under pressure by the fraudster to blind himself for real so that he can truly `see the light`. A dark satire on religious movements that, beautifully acted by Dourif, Huston and William Hickey. (Screenbound Pictures)
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Brad Dourif
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John Huston
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