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. This film evokes the haunting quality of memory while creating a heartfelt portrait of a boy's life in a rural 1940s Southern town.
Direction
Screenplay
Cast
Jacob Tierney
David, aged 15
Drake Bell
David, aged 10
Gena Rowlands
Mae Morgan
Diana Scarwid
Sarah
Denis Leary
Frank
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Bob Hannah
George
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Aaron Frisch
Bruce
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Charles Franzen
Tannoy Voice
Leo Burmester
Bobbie Lee Taylor
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Sherry Velvet
First Testifier
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Robert Lockhart
Composer
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Michael Coulter
Cinematographer