Pray TV
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| Directed by | Rick Friedberg |
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| Music by | George S. Clinton |
| Distributed by | Filmways Pictures |
| Release date(s) | 1980 |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Pray TV (also known as KGOD)[1] is a 1980 comedy film spoofing televangelism.
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[edit] Synopsis
Failing UHF TV station KRUD, Channel 17, is "reborn" as Christian television station KGOD. The new format is a big success but attracts an incompatible mix of fringe ministries and broadcasters wanting time on the station. A series of humorous vignettes show the different religious shows the station broadcasts: a faith healer, a radical black nationalist preacher, a preacher with a drive-in church, a Christian game show, etc.
The film is very similar in both plot and style to the film UHF which was released in 1989.[2][3]
[edit] Production
Pray TV stars Dabney Coleman, Paul Cooper, Rosemary Alexander, and Lewis Arquette, with cameos by Paul Reubens and the band Devo (who play a Christian rock band named "Dove"). It was directed by Rick Friedberg.
[edit] Release
Pray TV was picked up by Filmways Pictures in 1980 (under its original name, KGOD).[4] The film premiered on television instead of theatrically,[5] and aired on Showtime in 1983 under its present title.[6]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Associated Press (AP) (June 5, 1983). "Being Nice Didn't Get Coleman Where He Is". The Victoria Advocate: p. 9TV. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=7dFHAAAAIBAJ&sjid=i38MAAAAIBAJ&pg=1958,1207809&dq=pray-tv+coleman&hl=en. Retrieved November 14, 2011.
- ^ David Nusair, "Six Comedy Cult Classics from MGM", reelfilm.com, November 2005
- ^ Scott Weinberg, "Pray TV", DVD Talk, November 15, 2005
- ^ "Acquisitions (p. 26); No title available (p. 41)". Film Bulletin (Wax Publications) 49: 26, 41. 1980. http://books.google.com/books?id=iasqAQAAIAAJ&q=KGOD&dq=KGOD&hl=en. Retrieved November 14, 2011.
- ^ "Pray TV". VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever 1997. Visible Ink Press/Gale/Cengage Learning. 1996. p. xiii. ISBN 0-7876-0780-0. http://books.google.com/books?id=2RacqQu0B3IC&q=KGOD+-+%22Pray+TV%22&dq=KGOD+-+%22Pray+TV%22&hl=en. Retrieved November 14, 2011.
- ^ "Television movies". The Telegraph-Herald: p. 19 (Entertainment Section). March 18, 1983. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=y8dFAAAAIBAJ&sjid=4-cMAAAAIBAJ&dq=pray-tv%20coleman&pg=5761%2C2318983. Retrieved November 14, 2011.
[edit] External links
- Pray TV at the Internet Movie Database
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