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Marjoe (1972)

You Keep the Faith...Marjoe Keeps the Money
7.4/10
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Director: Howard Smith, Sarah Kernochan

Genres: Documentary

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Runtime: 1h 28m

Release: 24 Jul, 1972

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Cast

Marjoe Gortner, Vernon Gortner, Agnes Benjamin, Sarah Kernochan

Overview

Part documentary, part expose, this film follows one-time child evangelist Marjoe Gortner on the "church tent" Revivalist circuit, commenting on the showmanship of Evangelism and "the religion business", prior to the start of "televangelism". Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2005.

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Chimpanzee

It's a weird one. On the one hand it's an interesting insight into the shady world of evangelism and the mind of a man who doesn't believe what he's preaching. But the film doesn't really go anywhere or tell much of a story. It just seems like a lot of footage of Marjoe evangelising inter-cut with interviews, all of which ends rather abruptly without making any real point or coming to much of a conclusion.

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