Wise Blood (film)

Wise Blood
Original film poster
Directed by	John Huston
Produced by	Kathy Fitzgerald Michael Fitzgerald
Written by	Flannery O'Connor (novel) Benedict Fitzgerald Michael Fitzgerald
Starring	Brad Dourif John Huston Dan Shor Harry Dean Stanton Amy Wright
Music by	Alex North
Cinematography	Gerry Fisher
Editing by	Roberto Silvi
Distributed by	New Line Cinema
Release date(s)	October 24, 1979
Running time	108 minutes
Country	United States Germany
Language	English
Budget	$1,000,000 (est.)

Wise Blood is an American-German 1979 drama film directed by John Huston and based on the 1952 novel Wise Blood by Flannery O'Connor. It was filmed mostly in and around Macon, Georgia, near O'Connor's home "Andalusia" in Baldwin County, using many local residents as extras. Though largely faithful to O'Connor's novel, Huston reframes many scenes from the book as broad comedy accompanied by a bluegrass banjo score. The original music score was composed by Alex North. The film was titled Der Ketzer or Die Weisheit des Blutes when released in German, and Le Malin when released in France.

Wise Blood was shown out of competition at the 1979 Cannes Film Festival, and was released on DVD by Criterion Collection on May 12, 2009.

Cast

• Brad Dourif as Hazel Motes
• John Huston as Grandfather
• Dan Shor as Enoch Emory
• Harry Dean Stanton as Asa Hawks
• Amy Wright as Sabbath Lily
• Mary Nell Santacroce as Landlady
• Ned Beatty as Hoover Shoates
• William Hickey as Preacher

External links

• Wise Blood at the Internet Movie Database
• Wise Blood at AllRovi
• Wise Blood at Rotten Tomatoes