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Wise Blood

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

Director

John Huston

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Awards

5 nominations

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Hazel Motes

Grandfather

Enoch Emory

Asa Hawks

Harry Dean Stanton

Sabbath Lily

Landlady

Mary Nell Santacroce

Hoover Shoates

Preacher

Karl

Raymond

Jakob Winslow

Jacob Wood

Leora Watts

Betty Lou Groover

Loki Martinson

Stranger #1

Gillaaron Houck

Stranger #2

Stranger #3

Stranger #4

Depressed Human

Stratton Leopold

Stranger #5

Stranger #6

Daniel Albright

Young Man

Stranger #7

Slade

Little Boy

Salesman

Little Girl

Jerry Bob Jackson

Ken Guy

Lisa Martinson

Slade Bob Jackson

Policeman

Gonga the Gorilla

Street Listener

Man

Man in the Street

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Landlady Enoch Emory Sabbath Lily

I don't remember this here interstate.
Weren't nothin' but a dirt road once. - Wise Blood

I don't remember this here interstate. Weren't not...

...before he casts you down
into the burning pit of hell... - Wise Blood

...before he casts you down into the burning pit of hell...

Are you fixin'
to work the farm, Haze? - Wise Blood

Are you fixin' to work the farm, Haze?

Why... - Why, yes. - Wise Blood

Why... - Why, yes.

[Whistle Blows] - Wise Blood

[Whistle Blows]

Her hair was so thin it looked like ham gravy tricklin' down her skull - Wise Blood

Her hair was so thin it looked like ham gravy tricklin'...

She told me where they live. - Wise Blood

She told me where they live.

[Clicks Tongue] - Wise Blood

[Clicks Tongue]

[Preacher]
...repent to the Lord and burn your eyes clean. - Wise Blood

[Preacher] ...repent to the Lord and burn your eyes clean.

[Engine Backfires, Sputters] - Wise Blood

[Engine Backfires, Sputters]

I don't have to run away from anything 'cause I don't believe in anything - Wise Blood

I don't have to run away from anything 'cause I...

- [Screeching]
- [Children Laughing] - Wise Blood

- [Screeching] - [Children Laughing]

This thing Hazel I got to show it to you Now Here This afternoon - Wise Blood

This thing Hazel I got to show it to you Now Here This...

Walk easy. I don't wanna
wake the old guard. - Wise Blood

Walk easy. I don't wanna wake the old guard.

Uh, if a room's free,
I'd like to rent it. - Wise Blood

Uh, if a room's free, I'd like to rent it.

It's $20 a week, in advance. - Wise Blood

It's $20 a week, in advance.

It used to be a fire escape there,
but I don't know what happened to it. - Wise Blood

It used to be a fire escape there, but I don't know wha...

[Knocking] - Wise Blood

I thought if your girl give me so much eye back there - Wise Blood

I thought if your girl give me so much eye back there

What the hell kind of of a preacher are you not to see if you can save my soul - Wise Blood

What the hell kind of of a preacher are you not to see if...

I'm just crazy about him - Wise Blood

I'm just crazy about him

My church is the Church Without Christ - Wise Blood

My church is the Church Without Christ

Here. Read that.
That's how I got the scars. - Wise Blood

Here. Read that. That's how I got the scars.

Nobody with a good car - Wise Blood

Nobody with a good car

The bastard not away with my clipping.
Go get it. - Wise Blood

The bastard not away with my clipping. Go get it.

[Snoring] - Wise Blood

[Guard]
Thief! Thief! - Wise Blood

[Guard] Thief! Thief!

I been here all the time,
and you never known it. - Wise Blood

I been here all the time, and you never known it.

[Engine Rattling] - Wise Blood

[Engine Rattling]

Ho-How did he come to believe? - Wise Blood

Ho-How did he come to believe?

Don't make any difference to me
how much you like me. - Wise Blood

Don't make any difference to me how much you like me.

I see you.
I see you. - Wise Blood

I see you. I see you.

Come on, if you don't want to get left. - Wise Blood

Come on, if you don't want to get left.

Look mister That's a good car - Wise Blood

Look mister That's a good car

What's wrong in there? - Wise Blood

What's wrong in there?

[Engine Cranking] - Wise Blood

[Engine Cranking]

It's a grand auto.
Goes as smooth as honey. - Wise Blood

It's a grand auto. Goes as smooth as honey.

Now, then, you can get out.
Now you can leave me alone. - Wise Blood

Now, then, you can get out. Now you can leave me alone.

Well, I declare. - Wise Blood

Well, I declare.

Call me mama now. - Wise Blood

Call me mama now.

You've broken him, and he was mine. - Wise Blood

You've broken him, and he was mine.

[Crowd In Distance: Chattering, Laughing] - Wise Blood

[Crowd In Distance: Chattering, Laughing]

[Crowd Chattering] - Wise Blood

[Crowd Chattering]

♫ [Instrumental Theme] - Wise Blood

♫ [Instrumental Theme]

How long you figure
it'll take you to fix it up? - Wise Blood

How long you figure it'll take you to fix it up?

[Engine Revs, Sputters] - Wise Blood

[Engine Revs, Sputters]

Where you thought you were going to - Wise Blood

Where you thought you were going to

Your conscience is a trick - Wise Blood

Your conscience is a trick

- Those kids were murder today.
- No kidding. - Wise Blood

- Those kids were murder today. - No kidding.

- [Engine Idling]
- [Hoover Chattering] - Wise Blood

- [Engine Idling] - [Hoover Chattering]

You just earned yourself... - Wise Blood

You just earned yourself...

[Chattering] - Wise Blood

Now, what you done that for? - Wise Blood

Now, what you done that for?

How come you done that? - Wise Blood

How come you done that?

Two things that I just can't stand - Wise Blood

Two things that I just can't stand

Shake hands with Gonga. - Wise Blood

Shake hands with Gonga.

What are you doin'? - Wise Blood

What are you doin'?

Hazel. - Wise Blood

This car is just beginning its life A lightning bolt couldn't stop it - Wise Blood

This car is just beginning its life A lightning bolt...

[Engine Stops] - Wise Blood

[Water Sloshes] - Wise Blood

[Water Sloshes]

[Screaming]
He's done it! - Wise Blood

[Screaming] He's done it!

[Object Slides] - Wise Blood

[Object Slides]

That some people have quit doin' - Wise Blood

That some people have quit doin'

[Gulps, Shudders] - Wise Blood

[Gulps, Shudders]

Mr. Motes? - Wise Blood

Hey. What's that over there? - Wise Blood

Hey. What's that over there?

[Siren Wailing] - Wise Blood

[Siren Wailing]

- [Policeman #1] Is this your man?
- That's him. - Wise Blood

- [Policeman #1] Is this your man? - That's him.

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

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Director: John Huston

Writer: Flannery O'Connor, Benedict Fitzgerald, Michael Fitzgerald

Production: N/A

Genre: comedy, drama

Year: 1979

MetaScore: 84/100

ImdbRating: 6.9

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 17 Feb 1980

Awards: 5 nominations

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