The Neon Bible (1995)

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. His abusive father (Denis Leary) enlists in the army during World War II and disappears and David is left to take care of his mother (Diana Scarwid) with his Aunt Mae (Gena Rowlands) who is a singer. It was filmed in the state of Georgia, in the cities Atlanta, Crawfordville, and Madison.

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Cast:

• J.T. Alessi
• Stephanie Astalos-Jones
• Marcus Batton
• Drake Bell
• Sharon Blackwood
• Leo Burmester
• Jill Jane Clements
• Frances Conroy
• Ken Fight
• Charles Franzen
• Aaron Frisch
• Joan Glover
• Bob Hannah
• Virgil Graham Hopkins
• Denis Leary
• Peter McRobbie
• Gena Rowlands
• Diana Scarwid
• Dana Seltzer
• Ian Shearer
• Ducan Stewart
• Duncan Stewart
• Jacob Tierney
• Tom Turbiville
• Sherry Velvet