"An American Masterpiece!" 24 October 1979 Drama, Comedy 106 mins
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.
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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
John Huston as Grandfather
William Hickey as Preacher
J.L. Parker as Karl
Marvin Sapp as Raymond
Richard Earle as Jakob Winslow
Herb Kossover as Jacob Wood
Betty Lou Groover as Leora Watts
John Tyndall as Loki Martinson
Gillaaron Houck as Stranger #1
Philip Mixer as Stranger #2
Benedict Fitzgerald Screenplay
John Huston Director
Flannery O'Connor Novel
Mike Rutter Assistant Camera
Kathy Fitzgerald Producer
Michael Fitzgerald Producer
Stratton Leopold Casting
Sally Fitzgerald Set Decoration
Sally Fitzgerald Costume Designer
Roberto Silvi Editor
Michael Fronik Music Editor
Tom Shaw Assistant Director
Colin Charles Sound Recordist
Michael Fitzgerald Screenplay
Hans Brockmann Associate Producer
Gerry Fisher Director of Photography
Le Malin Trailer
Australia 27 February 1981
Colombia 25 December 1980
Germany 17 November 1981
Denmark 05 September 1980
Finland 09 October 1981
France 24 October 1979
United Kingdom 10 January 1980
Italy 29 May 1981
Mexico 02 December 1981
Netherlands 24 November 2008
Portugal 07 May 1982
Sweden 15 April 1981
United States 29 September 1979
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These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1979:
27 November 1979
A story about a singer/showgirl who poses as a nurse to recover some stolen paintings, which for some reason are hidden in a military insane asylum.
01 January 1979
A queen has a stepdaughter named Baby Love, whom she wants to sell as a bride to the highest bidder. Four individuals present themselves to the castle to contribute to a kind of auction, but the girl, route to all sexual experiences while still a virgin, prefers to set out and lose virginity with a young knife thrower who is, incidentally, also the queen's lover.
07 February 1979
A dentist invites a elderly patient to stay at his home to recover, unaware that he is a jewel thief.
17 November 1979
An under-taker (Renzo Montagnini) unintentionally raises three accident victims from the dead while reading out-loud from a zombie pulp novel.
01 March 1979
Sesame Street celebrated its 10th anniversary in the spring of 1979 with a half-hour PBS special hosted by James Earl Jones titled A Walking Tour of Sesame Street.
29 October 1979
Durga and Vikram Singh have been married for years. Vikram has taken to crime in a big way, and as a result has antagonized a rival gangster, Jaggi.
24 March 1979
The Mother is one of Monteiro’s first essays on the universe of Portuguese oral culture, folktales and obscure colloquialisms.
01 January 1979
Three youngsters set out to unravel the mysteries of a strange castle at the edge of town. In the process they learn about self-esteem and acceptance.
01 January 1979
In 1977, Prince Charles was inducted as honorary chief of the Blood Indians on their reserve in southwestern Alberta.
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