Chicago, Illinois
4/15/1950 Amy Wright
Wise Blood
As sexually frantic, Sabbath Lily,, Enoch Emory's [Harry Dean Stanton] righteous 15-year-old daughter, Amy Wright, reached heights of intentional overkill, akin only to a few Tennessee Williams' film adaptations, or possibly Olivier's role in Richard III.
With Criterion's DVD already in UK stores, and coming to the US, it will be possible for audiences, thirty years denied, to view Amy Wright and BRAD DOURIF's performance thirty thousand movies late, to find what made her great, but unfortunately obscure!Wright
married
Rip Torn,
1976
The couple have two daughters:
(Claire Torn, b. 1992 + Katie Torn, b. 1982)
Wright is a graduate of Beloit College and the University of Chicago Laboratory School.
Studied with Uta Hagen.
Broadway: FIFTH OF JULY and NOISES OFF
Off Broadway: MRS. KLEIN with Uta Hagen
Rip Torn’s
Sanctuary Theatre
HAMLET
MISS JULIE
THE STRONGER
A VILLAGE WOOING...
Wright currently is on the faculty of HB Studio in New York City.
Amy Wright gave up her position as teacher to pursue her dream in New York as actress. Elfin in quality with an intriguing, gap-toothed look, the child-like blonde actress found almost immediate reassurance as an apprentice at actor Rip Torn's Sanctuary Theater, making her stage debut in the company's 1975 production of "Agnes and Joan."
Amy and her much older mentor (married to theater legend, Geraldine Page) began a clandestine personal relationship which produced two daughters. Torn never divorced Ms. Page. His longtime relationship with Amy was exposed shortly before his wife's sudden death of a heart attack in 1987. Amy and Torn married. [Amy appeared with both Torn and Ms. Page in August Strindberg's short plays "Miss Julie", "Creditors" and "The Stronger" in 1977 in repertory at the Hudson Guild Theatre.] Amy's sweetly countrified look and demeanor inspired a number of standout performances in quality productions. At age 26, she earned major attention on stage playing a crippled teen in a successful revival of Lanford Wilson's "The Rimers of Eldrich" in 1976. In 1978 Wilson wrote the stage part of 13-year-old, Shirley Tally in his acclaimed work, "Fifth of July," off-Broadway . The show made a spectacular transition to Broadway in 1980. In 1983 she shared the Drama Desk Award for her ensemble contribution in the comedy farce "Noises Off." Amy's debut film
Martha Coolidge's quirky
Not a Pretty Picture (1976), which led to minor roles in
The Deer Hunter (1978) and Breaking Away (1979) ...
Bed-hopping groupie Stardust Memories; opposite John Savage, Inside Moves (1980); William Hurt's spinster sis, The Accidental Tourist (1988); Southern-baked beauty contest spoof, Miss Firecracker (1989); Jeff Daniels' soon-to-be-married sister, Love Hurts... Ignored by Hollywood and film awards, Wright continued as character actor, also making strong stage showings opposite the late Uta Hagen, in the Off-Broadway winner "Mrs. Klein" 1995... Other stage appearances include:
"Breakfast with Les and Bes" "Hamlet" "A Village Wooing" "The Little Foxes" "Prin" The Scarlet Letter (1995) Tom and Huck Winning Girls Through Psychic Mind Control (2002) Messengers (2004) The Namesake (2006) AND EVEN Rare TV APPEARANCES "Law and Order"
- Scratch... Play for Keeps (2009) .... Ma
- Synecdoche, New York (2008) .... Burning House Realtor
- The Good Shepherd (2006) .... Safe House Operations Officer
- The Namesake (2006) .... Pam
- "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" .... Sister Dorothy (1 episode, 2005)
... aka Law & Order: CI (USA: promotional abbreviation)
- Acts of Contrition (2005) TV episode .... Sister Dorothy - Messengers (2004) .... Nan Parrish
- Winning Girls Through Psychic Mind Control (2002) .... Psychiatrist
- "Undeclared" .... Debra Karp (1 episode, 2002)
- Parents' Weekend (2002) TV episode .... Debra Karp - Besotted (2001) .... Mona
- Amy & Isabelle (2001) (TV) .... Rosie
... aka Oprah Winfrey Presents: Amy and Isabelle (USA: complete title)
- Joe the King (1999) .... Mary
... aka Joe Henry (USA) - Day and an Arabian Knight (1999) .... Day
- Tom and Huck (1995) .... Aunt Polly
... aka The Adventures of Tom and Huck
... aka Tom Sawyer - The Scarlet Letter (1995) .... Goody Gotwick
- Robot in the Family (1994)
- To Dance with the White Dog (1993) (TV) .... Carrie
- Josh and S.A.M. (1993) .... Waitress
- Where the Rivers Flow North (1993) .... Loose Woman
- Lethal Innocence (1991) (TV) .... Margaret Stokely
- Deceived (1991) .... Evelyn
- Hard Promises (1991) .... Shelley
- Final Verdict (1991) (TV) .... Queenie
- In the Line of Duty: Manhunt in the Dakotas (1991) (TV) .... Karen
... aka In the Line of Duty: The Twilight Murders
... aka Midnight Murders - Love Hurts (1990) .... Karen Weaver
- Daddy's Dyin'... Who's Got the Will? (1990) .... Lurlene
- Largo Desolato (1990) (TV)
... aka Vaclav Havel's 'Largo Desolato' (USA)
- Settle the Score (1989) (TV) .... Becky
- Miss Firecracker (1989) .... Missy Mahoney
- The Accidental Tourist (1988) .... Rose Leary
- Crossing Delancey (1988) .... Ricki
- The Telephone (1988) .... Honey Boxe/Irate Neighbor/Jennifer on Answering Machine
- Trapped in Silence (1986) (TV) .... Dana Wendolowski
- Off Beat (1986) .... Mary Ellen Gruenwald
- Beer (1985) .... Stacy
... aka The Selling of America - A Fine Romance (1983) (TV) .... Jean
- Inside Moves (1980) .... Anne
- "NBC Special Treat" .... Bobba June (1 episode, 1980)
- Sunshine's on the Way (1980) TV episode .... Bobba June - Stardust Memories (1980) .... Shelley, Sandy's Bed Hopper
- Wise Blood
- (1979)
- Sabbath Lily
... aka
- Der Ketzer (West Germany)
... aka - Die Weisheit des Blutes (West Germany)
... aka - John Huston's
- Wise Blood
- Heartland (1979) .... Clara Jane
- The Amityville Horror (1979) .... Jackie
- Breaking Away (1979) .... Nancy
- The Deer Hunter (1978) .... Bridesmaid
- Girlfriends (1978) .... Ceil
- Not a Pretty Picture (1976) .... Cindy
No man with a good car needs to be justified!- Hazel Motes
Hazel: ...the Church of Christ Without Christ. Where the blind can't see, the lame don't walk, and the dead stay that way.- Hazel Motes
'Twas like where you're from weren't never there. Where you're going doesn't matter. And where you are ain't no good unless you can get away from it!- Hazel Motes
sexual desires
 Shot almost entirely in Macon, Georgia, director
John Huston's
1979 adaptation of
Flannery
O'Connor's
novel,
as pitch-black
satire
on
religion...
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Wise Blood
(1979)
John Huston
United States
1979
105 minutes
Color
1.78:1
English
In this acclaimed adaptation of the first novel by legendary Southern writer Flannery O’Connor, John Huston vividly brings to life her poetic world of American eccentricity. Brad Dourif, in an impassioned performance, is Hazel Motes, who, fresh out of the army, attempts to open the first Church Without Christ in the small town of Taulkinham. Populated with inspired performances that seem to spring right from O’Connor’s pages, Huston’s Wise Blood is an incisive portrait of spirituality and Evangelicalism, and a faithful, loving evocation of a writer’s vision.
Cast
Hazel Motes
Brad Dourif
Hoover Shoates
Ned Beatty
Asa Hawks
Harry Dean Stanton
Enoch Emory
Dan Shor
Sabbath Lily
Amy Wright
Landlady Mary
Nell Santacroce
Preacher
William Hickey
Grandfather
John Huston
Credits
Director
John Huston
From the novel by
Flannery O’Connor
Producer Michael Fitzgerald and Kathy Fitzgerald
Music Alex North
Editing Roberto Silvi
Screenplay Benedict Fitzgerald and Michael Fitzgerald
Cinematography Gerry Fisher and B.S.C.
Disc Features
* New, restored high-definition digital transfer
* New interviews with actor Brad Dourif, writer Benedict Fitzgerald, and writer-producer Michael Fitzgerald
* Rare archival audio recording of author Flannery O’Connor reading her short story “A Good Man Is Hard to Find”
* A 28-minute episode of the television program Creativity with Bill Moyers from 1982, featuring John Huston discussing his life and work
* Theatrical trailer
* PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by author Francine Prose |
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