| The Neon Bible | |
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| Directed by | Terence Davies |
| Screenplay by | Terence Davies |
| Based on | The Neon Bible by John Kennedy Toole |
| Produced by | Elizabeth Karlsen Nik Powell Olivia Stewart Victoria Westhead Stephen Woolley |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Michael Coulter |
| Edited by | Charles Rees |
| Distributed by | Strand Releasing |
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Running time | 92 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| 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. His abusive father (Denis Leary) enlists in the army during World War II and disappears, leaving David to take care of his mother (Diana Scarwid) with his Aunt Mae (Gena Rowlands), who is a singer. It was filmed in Atlanta, Crawfordville and Madison, Georgia.
The film was a selection of the 1995 Cannes Film Festival and the 1995 New York Film Festival.