Glory! Glory!
Appearance
Glory! Glory! | |
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Genre | Comedy-Drama |
Written by | Stan Daniels Bonny Dore Larry Hovey |
Directed by | Lindsay Anderson |
Starring | Ellen Greene Richard Thomas James Whitmore Barry Morse |
Music by | Christopher Dedrick |
Country of origin | Canada UK |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Executive producers | Bonny Dore Leslie Greif |
Producers | Stan Daniels Seaton McLean Jonathan Goodwill (co-producer) |
Cinematography | Mike Fask |
Editor | Ruth Foster |
Running time | 206 minutes (2 parts) |
Production companies | HBO Atlantis Films (as Atlantis Films Limited) Orion Television The Greif-Dore Company |
Original release | |
Network | HBO |
Release | February 19, 1989 |
Glory! Glory! is a 1989 televangelism comedy film directed by Lindsay Anderson and starring Ellen Greene that originally aired on HBO in two parts.[1][2]
Plot
A radio preacher's operation is controlled by his honest but bland son. When the preacher is made a media superstar by a savvy huckster, the son is left behind. Everything changes when the son wanders into a bar and witnesses the performance of a woman rock and roll singer and he realizes she is just what he needs to rise to the top of the world of televangelism.
Cast
- Ellen Greene as Ruth
- Richard Thomas as Rev. Bobby Joe
- James Whitmore as Lester Babbitt
- Winston Rekert as Chet
- Barry Morse as Rev. Dan Stuckey
- George Buza as Vincent
- Richard Alden as Sen. Monteith
- Philippe Ayoub as Aide
References
- ^ "Glory! Glory!". Turner Classic Movies. Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved July 21, 2016.
- ^ "Glory! Glory!". The New York Times. New York City: The New York Times Company.
External links
Categories:
- 1989 films
- 1989 television films
- Films about television
- Films about Evangelicalism
- Parodies of televangelism
- Films directed by Lindsay Anderson
- American black comedy films
- American films
- 1980s parody films
- American parody films
- Religious comedy films
- 1980s black comedy films
- Canadian television films
- British television films
- 1989 comedy films
- 1980s comedy film stubs