Glory! Glory! (1989)
A Sinfully Funny Satire of TV Evangelism That's Guaranteed To Beat The Devil
A rock singer revives a failing TV ministry, but the cost may be high when she falls for a reporter planning an exposé.
- Date of release
- 1989-09-25
- TMDB
- 8.0 / 10 (2)
- Runtime
- 3h 26m
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
- Director
- Lindsay Anderson
Casting
- Ellen Greene — Ruth
- Richard Thomas — Rev. Bobby Joe
- James Whitmore — Lester Babbitt
- Winston Rekert — Chet Madison
- Barry Morse — Rev. Dan Stuckey
- George Buza — Vincent
- Barry Stevens — Roger
- Michael Kirby — Warren
- Myron Natwick — Everett
- Richard Comar — Gary
- Ted Simonett — Hank
- Denton Young — Eric
Interesting facts
Glory! Glory! is a 1989 satirical comedy film directed by Lindsay Anderson and starring Ellen Greene that originally aired on HBO in two parts. The film was Anderson's second American production.
Production
Despite the film drawing comparisons to the Jim Bakker scandal that was a news subject at the time of release, the script had originated long before in 1981. Co-writer Bonny Dore had experience polishing the broadcast TV speeches of evangelist Oral Roberts. Said Dore: "I began to see a parallel between a variety show performer and a certain kind of minister.
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