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Best Film | 1979 | John
1979 | Brad
Best Feature | 1979 | John
The reason why John Huston's name is incorrectly spelled as "Jhon Huston" in the credits is because the producers hired a little girl to write the titles. The producers decided to leave it the way it was because the story was very strange anyway. There is also a shot of a headstone in a cemetery that has the word angel misspelled as " angle".
Actor Brad Dourif was originally sent the script to audition for the character Enoch Emery. But Brad had such a good feeling about the Hazel Motes character, Dourif asked to audition for that instead. The problem was, another actor, Tommy Lee Jones, was currently director John Huston's first choice for the part. However, things didn't go to plan. Jones had to drop out, giving Dourif the opportunity to audition like he wanted to, and then landing the role of Hazel for himself.
Reportedly, the size of the production crew for this picture totaled to only around twenty-five people.
Co-screenwriter Benedict Fitzgerald reports that many of the small roles were played by non-professional locals from the Macon, GA, area, including the prostitute (a real-life prostitute) and the sheriff (the real-life sheriff of Macon). [source: interview with Benedict Fitzgerald in Criterion DVD special features]
Werner Herzog is an avid fan of the film.
"Hazel: No man with a good car needs to be justified!"
"Hazel: ...the Church of Christ Without Christ. Where the blind can't see, the lame don't walk, and the dead stay that way."
