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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 upbringing. As a sensitive young boy ...
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- Gena Rowlands
- Terence Davies
- Drama
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.
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.
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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.
