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6.4A 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.
Released: 1979-10-24106 minDir: John HustonComedy, Drama
Cast
- Brad Dourif as Hazel Motes
- Dan Shor as Enoch Emory
- Amy Wright as Sabbath Lily
- Harry Dean Stanton as Asa Hawks
- Mary Nell Santacroce as Landlady
- Ned Beatty as Hoover Shoates
Themes
- based on novel or book
- southern usa
- christianity
- redemption
- preacher
- blindness
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Ratings
IMDb
6.9/10
6,605 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
89%
Metacritic
84/100
- Year
- 1979
- Runtime
- 106 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
- Rated
- PG
- Awards
- 5 nominations
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