Eye of God (film)

Eye of God
Film poster
Directed byTim Blake Nelson
Written byTim Blake Nelson
Based onEye of God
by Tim Blake Nelson
Produced byWendy Ettinger
Michael Nelson
Starring
CinematographyRussell Lee Fine
Edited byKate Sanford
Production
company
Minnow Pictures
Distributed byCastle Hill Productions[1]
Release dates
  • January 1997 (1997-01) (Sundance)
  • October 17, 1997 (1997-10-17) (United States)
Running time
84 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Eye of God is a 1997 crime drama film written and directed by Tim Blake Nelson and adapted from his stage play of the same name. It stars Martha Plimpton, Kevin Anderson, Nick Stahl, and Hal Holbrook. The film follows two plot lines which are revealed to be connected in a nonlinear narrative.

Nelson developed the script at the Sundance Institute’s Screenwriters and Directors Labs.[2] The film won the American Independent Award at the Seattle International Film Festival in 1997 and the Bronze Award at the 1997 Tokyo International Film Festival. Nelson was nominated for the Someone to Watch Award at the 1998 Independent Spirit Awards and the Grand Jury Prize at the 1997 Sundance Film Festival. The movie was filmed in the areas of Skiatook, Perry, and Tulsa of Oklahoma in early 1996.

  1. ^ "1997 Sundance Box Office Chart". Filmmaker. Winter 1998. Retrieved November 12, 2022.
  2. ^ Nelson, Tim Blake (Fall 1997). "Doing It All: The Sundance Labs and Festival". National Forum. 77 (4) – via ProQuest.