A heist of a corrupt preacher goes wrong.A heist of a corrupt preacher goes wrong.A heist of a corrupt preacher goes wrong.
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Brad Koepenick
- Rickey Marcellas Rickey Marcell
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A corrupt television preacher and his congregation are held hostage by a woman, her lover, and her two cousins in an attempt to avenge the theft of her inheritance. A quirky look at the dishonesty of the televangelist industry. —Cate Harrington <charring@basics.org>
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- The comedy you've been praying for.
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- R
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- TriviaShot in Eureka Springs, Arkansas, a town whose tourism relies on religion. When the townspeople got wind of this movie's premise, they picketed the production.
- GoofsOfficer Depaul informs the sheriff that all members of the terrorist group are only armed with pistols (another character makes a similar comment later on). However, one of them carries a shotgun, visible at all times considering that there's cameras filming the group.
False: One officer says, "Look all they got in there is pistols and a two barrel. Don't blow it out of proportion. That's how wars get started." The two barrel is referring to a shotgun.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Hollywood vs. Religion (1994)
Top review
Divinely eccentric fun
Any film that features the immortal Tim Curry as a corrupt televangelist would be worth watching, and this one has even more to offer: Annie Potts as his loopy, big-haired wife; gun-toting good old boys fresh out of jail (and hungry for Moon Pies); dancing angels in fishnet stockings; and a trigger-happy citizens' militia that takes its TV very seriously. This screwball satire features Bill Paxton as our hero, who attempts to quietly steal back his girlfriend's legacy but inadvertently takes the TV studio Tower of Bethlehem hostage--during a live broadcast. Curry and Potts give virtuoso performances, but every one of the quirky supporting characters adds to the fun. While this over-the-top comedy may not be for all tastes, anyone who ever laughed at a Tammy Faye t-shirt should get a kick out of its razor-sharp send-up of televangelism, and fans of Curry, Potts, or Paxton shouldn't miss it.
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- Oriel
- Mar 22, 1999
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- Faule Tricks und fromme Sprüche
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- Gross US & Canada
- $169,785
- Gross worldwide
- $169,785
- Runtime1 hour 33 minutes
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