Wise Blood
“An American Masterpiece!”
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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Cast
36 people
Brad Dourif
Hazel Motes
Known for
Chucky
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Dan Shor
Enoch Emory
Known for
Tron
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
Amy Wright
Sabbath Lily
Known for
The Deer Hunter
The Accidental Tourist
Harry Dean Stanton
Asa Hawks
Known for
Alien
Paris, Texas
Mary Nell Santacroce
Landlady
Known for
Not Without My Daughter
Night Shadows
Ned Beatty
Hoover Shoates
Known for
Rango
Toy Story 3
John Huston
Grandfather
Known for
Chinatown
The Other Side of the Wind
William Hickey
Preacher
Known for
The Nightmare Before Christmas
The Name of the Rose
J.L. Parker
Karl
Also in
Pet Sematary II
Warm Springs
Marvin Sapp
Raymond
Richard Earle
Jakob Winslow
No other roles listed
Herb Kossover
Jacob Wood
No other roles listed
John Huston Director · Benedict Fitzgerald Screenplay Michael Fitzgerald Screenplay
Budget $2M · United States release February 17, 1980 · Produced in United States
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Budget
$2,000,000
Production
Ithaca
Production
Anthea
Production
New Line Cinema
Production · Studio
Ithaca Pictures
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
France · May 23, 1979
Premiere · Cannes Film Festival
United States · February 17, 1980
Theatrical
United States
September 29, 1979 · Premiere · New York Film Festival
October 1, 1979 · Premiere · Chicago International Film Festival
Australia
February 27, 1981 · Theatrical
Colombia
December 25, 1980 · Theatrical
Denmark
September 5, 1980 · Theatrical
Finland
October 9, 1981 · Theatrical
France
October 24, 1979 · Theatrical
Germany
November 17, 1981 · TV
Italy
May 29, 1981 · Theatrical
Mexico
December 2, 1981 · Premiere · XIV Muestra Internacional de Cine
August 25, 1983 · Theatrical
Netherlands
November 24, 2008 · Physical · DVD
Portugal
May 7, 1982 · Theatrical
Sweden
April 15, 1981 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
January 10, 1980 · Theatrical
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