The Neon Bible

The Neon Bible

91 mins | Drama | Aug. 23, 1995

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.

The Neon Bible

91 mins | Drama | Aug. 23, 1995

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.
IMDb rating 6.2
Producers Channel Four Films, Academy, Mayfair Films, Iberoamerica Films
Original title The Neon Bible
Directors Rich Greenberg, Cas Donovan, Amy Blanc Lacy, Terence Davies, Amy Schmidt
Writers John Kennedy Toole, Terence Davies

Cast

Jacob Tierney

as David (aged 15)

Drake Bell

as David (aged 10)

Gena Rowlands

as Mae Morgan

Diana Scarwid

as Sarah

Denis Leary

as Frank

Bob Hannah

as George

Aaron Frisch

as Bruce

Charles Franzen

as Tannoy Voice

Leo Burmester

as Bobbie Lee Taylor

Sherry Velvet

as First Testifier

Stephanie Astalos-Jones

as Second Testifier

Ian Shearer

as Billy Sunday Thompson

Joan Glover

as Flora

Tom Turbiville

as Clyde

Sharon Blackwood

as Schoolmistress

Peter McRobbie

as Reverend Watkins

Ken Fight

as Schoolmaster

Dana Seltzer

as Jo Lynne

Virgil Graham Hopkins

as Mr. Williams

Ducan Stewart

as Boy in Drugstore

J.T. Alessi

as Boy in Drugstore

Duncan Stewart

as Head Boy

Frances Conroy

as Miss Scover