Wise Blood

"An American Masterpiece!"

Feb 17 1980 PG 1h 46m
Comedy, Drama

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

US Army war veteran Hazel Motes may not be a believing Christian, somehow observations like the state of a run-down country church, meeting the ridiculous frauds on the streets and memories inspire him to take up, after initially fierce refusal, the part of a traveling preacher when a cab driver insists he looks like one in his new hat. He starts his own new Church of Truth, without the crucified Jesus, his first disciple being an 18-year old simpleton with a 'prophetic gift'...

Written by

Flannery O'Connor, Benedict Fitzgerald, Michael Fitzgerald

Directed by

John Huston

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Anthea, Ithaca

Languages

English

Awards

5 nominations

Scores
# of Votes
6,884
Average Rating
6.9 out of 10
Metascore
84
Popularity
NA