Wise Blood (1979)

Director:

John Huston

Writers:

Flannery O'Connor (novel)
Benedict Fitzgerald (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

17 February 1980 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

An American Masterpiece!

Plot:

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.

Plot Keywords:

Church | Preacher | Disciple | Death | Stealing

Cast

Brad Dourif	...	Hazel Motes
John Huston	...	Grandfather (as Jhon Huston)
Dan Shor	...	Enoch Emory
Harry Dean Stanton	...	Asa Hawks
Amy Wright	...	Sabbath Lily
Mary Nell Santacroce	...	Landlady
Ned Beatty	...	Hoover Shoates
William Hickey	...	Preacher
J.L. Parker
Marvin Sapp
Richard Earle
Herb Kossover
Betty Lou Groover
John Tyndall
Gillaaron Houck
Philip Mixer
Sharon Johnson
Joe Dorsey
Stratton Leopold
Leonard Holmes
Daniel Albright
Tommy Alson
Harold Horne
Jim Barbee
Gene Howard
Raymond Foskey
Vicky Dyer
Jerry Rushing
Ken Flower
Gladys Hill
Ray Wilkes
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Dan Albright	...	Policeman (as Daniel Albright)
Allan A. Apone	...	Gonga The Gorilla (uncredited)
Don Chambers	...	Street Listener (uncredited)

Directed by
John Huston		(as Jhon Huston)

Writing credits
Flannery O'Connor		(novel)
Benedict Fitzgerald		(screenplay) &
Michael Fitzgerald		(screenplay)

Produced by
Hans Brockmann	....	associate producer
Kathy Fitzgerald	....	producer
Michael Fitzgerald	....	producer
Wolfgang Limmer	....	co-producer

Original Music by
Alex North

Cinematography by
Gerry Fisher

Film Editing by
Roberto Silvi

Casting by
Stratton Leopold

Set Decoration by
Sally Fitzgerald

Costume Design by
Sally Fitzgerald

Makeup Department
Allan A. Apone	....	makeup artist (as Al Apone)

Production Management
Stratton Leopold	....	assistant production manager (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Gene Anderson Jr.	....	second assistant director
Tom Shaw	....	assistant director
Tony Huston	....	second assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department
Tom Shaw Jr.	....	property master

Sound Department
Colin Charles	....	sound recordist
Gary Weir	....	boom operator
Michael Minkler	....	sound re-recording mixer (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Bob Bremner	....	gaffer
Bernard Ford	....	camera operator (as Benny Ford)
J.L. Parker	....	generator operator
Mike Rutter	....	first assistant camera (as Michael Rutter)
Jimmy Waters	....	key grip

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Uta Freiwald	....	wardrobe

Editorial Department
Cesare D'Amico	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Michael Fronik	....	music editor
Alex North	....	music adaptor
Bob Badami	....	assistant music editor (uncredited)
Curt Sobel	....	music editor (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Marlowe Thompson	....	transportation

Other crew
Angela Allen	....	script supervisor
Dennis McCarthy	....	assistant: Alex North
Barbara McKenzie	....	title stills
Jim McCarthy	....	post-production accountant (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Anthea
• Ithaca

Distributors

• Svenska Filminstitutet (SFI) (1981) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• Artificial Eye (UK)
• Criterion Collection, The (2009) (USA) (DVD)
• New Line Cinema (1980) (USA)
• Universal Home Entertainment (1998) (USA) (VHS)

Other Companies

• La Da Productions  music edition
• Lee Lighting  lighting
• Sam Shaw Enterprises  post-production sound re-recording

Also Known As:

Der Ketzer (West Germany)
Die Weisheit des Blutes (West Germany)
Jhon Huston's Wise Blood (USA) (complete title)

Runtime:

106 min

Country:

USA | West Germany

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:M | Sweden:15 | Finland:K-16 | France:-12 | UK:15 | USA:PG

Filming Locations:

Macon, Georgia, USA

Company:

Anthea

Quotes:

Hazel: 'Twas like where you're from weren't never there. Where you're going doesn't matter. And where you are ain't no good unless you can get away from it!

Get Clued up and Watch one of Brad's best performances.

Wise Blood is a Drama with a good sense of black humour, it sometimes hits you in the stomach about the D-I-Y religions of the Deep South, or somewhere within the Dixie heartland.

Amy Wright plays a hyper-reilgious weirdo and looks like she is having lots of fun as a female leading role. Brad Dourif is the main character, who is a solider that is honourably discharged from the army and decides to become the man of the world to create a 'Church without Christ, and it does not cost a dime'. This is the first movie I saw with Brad Dourif performing and fell completely in luv with him. With his cool attitude and his Sharp almond-shaped eyes peeping from a fendora hat tilted to one side - you just know that he is gonna be around for a long time, while Actors come and go in Hollywood.

I think he should do more Comedies and leading roles because he does carry movies well and the audience that I have known sits up and pays undivided attention to Brad's spotlight.

It is a strange but fantastic little gem of a movie!!! the cast is full of perfect performers, and satirical scenes (I think one of the minor Actors of the cast dressed as a Mascot kept on getting a good ol' kick up the arse by everybody).

I highly recommend this Movie, it is even brilliant to watch on rainy Sundays. Go watch it.