Wise Blood

1979 PG 1h 46m 6.9

Fresh out of the army, Hazel Motes attempts to open the first Church Without Christ in the small town of Taulkinham.

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'...

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Studio(s): Ithaca, Anthea

Originally Released: United States on Feb 17, 1980

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Budget: $1,000,000.00

Genres: Comedy, Drama

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