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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
The Neon Bible is John Kennedy Toole's first novel, written at the age of 16. The novel is a bildungsroman about a callow youth named David in rural Mississippi during the late 1930s to early 1950s.
- John Kennedy Toole
- 1989
In 1940s Georgia, teenager David (Jacob Tierney) boards a train and escapes the destitute town in which he was raised. During the ride, he ponders his lonely...
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- Gena Rowlands
- Terence Davies
- Drama
The Neon Bible. 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. 31 IMDb 6.2 1 h 31 min 1996. X-Ray 7+. Drama. Subscribe to Shout! Factory TV or Fandor, or rent or buy. Watch with Shout! Factory TV. Start your 7-day free trial. Rent. SD $1.99. Buy.
A young boy comes of age in rural Georgia during the 1940s in Terence Davies' challenging, visually powerful drama. Acclaimed for his nostalgic, beautifully photographed reflections on England's past (The Long Day Closes, Distant Voices, Still Lives), Davies looks beyond his home country to America with this adaptation of a novel by John ...
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1995. Time. 92 minutes. Rating. 15. Synopsis. In the rural South in the 1940s, David is a teenage boy with a troubled family. While on a train, he reflects on his past. He recalls his abusive father, an impoverished worker who disappeared during World War II after enlisting in the army.
