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Box office. $78,072. The Neon Bible is a 1995 drama film written and directed by Terence Davies, based on the novel of the same name by John Kennedy Toole. The film is about a boy named David ( Jacob Tierney) coming of age in Georgia in the 1940s.
Mar 1, 1996 · The Neon Bible: Directed by Terence Davies. With Jacob Tierney, Drake Bell, Gena Rowlands, Diana Scarwid. While on a train, a teenage boy thinks about his life and the flamboyant aunt whose friendship acted as an emotional shield from his troubled family.
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- Drama
- Terence Davies
- 1996-03-01
Released Mar 1, 1995 1h 32m Drama List 55% Tomatometer 11 Reviews 46% Audience Score 250+ Ratings In 1940s Georgia, teenager David (Jacob Tierney) boards a train and escapes the destitute town in...
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- Gena Rowlands
- Terence Davies
- Drama
In 1995 a movie of the book was released. The film The Neon Bible was directed by Terence Davies, with a screenplay by Davies based on Toole's novel. The cast includes Drake Bell, Leo Burmester, Denis Leary, Peter McRobbie, Gena Rowlands, Diana Scarwid, and Jacob Tierney .
- John Kennedy Toole
- 1989
As he peers out through a window into the blackness, David begins to see images of his own life, fragments of the past. So begins this lyrical story of a young boy growing up in a small Southern Bible Belt town in the 1940s with his father whose self-esteem has been destroyed since losing his factory job, and his overly sensitive mother.
- Terence Davies
- Gena Rowlands
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The film is told through the eyes of David (Jacob Tierney), a teenage boy struggling to deal with life in a troubled family. He reflects on his youthful experiences of his father (Denis Leary), an abusive, impoverished worker who disappeared during World War II after enlisting in the army.
Overview. During a train ride, a teenager recalls his upbringing in 1940s small-town Georgia and the events that have led to this point. Terence Davies.
