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Marjoe

1972, Movie, PG, 92 mins

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Skeptics will find much to admire in this groundbreaking, Oscar-winning documentary about religious hucksterism. Marjoe Gortner emerged from the womb on January 14, 1944, with his umbilical cord wrapped around his neck. He nearly died at birth, and the attending doctor called his survival a miracle. His parents, both professional evangelists, responded by naming the boy after Mary and Joseph and training him to preach the word of the Lord. At the age of nine months, little Ma... read more leave a comment
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The Academy-Award -winning MARJOE is the ferocious and extraordinary chronicle of a firebrand evangelical preacher who wholeheartedly and humorously exposes himself as a fraud. An evangelist prodigy at the age of four, the film captures an adult Marjoe as he recounts how he discovered the seductions of the 60s counterculture and dropped out of preaching, only to return later, using his swaggering bravado, to woo Pentecostal audiences out of their offerings. Directors Howard Smith and Sarah Kernochan follow Marjoe as he embarks on his "farewell to the faith tour," revealing the secrets of religious hucksterism. MARJOE is both a fiery baptism in the cynical waters of faith healing and evangelical fervor and a fascinating profile of a man who went from hellfire to hell raising.
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Length: 01:28:00
Posted: 1/24/2008
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The Academy-Award -winning MARJOE is the ferocious and extraordinary chronicle of a firebrand evangelical preacher who wholeheartedly and humorously exposes himself as a fraud. An evangelist prodigy at the age of four, the film captures an adult Marjoe as he recounts how he discovered the seductions of the 60s counterculture and dropped out of preaching, only to return later, using his swaggering bravado, to woo Pentecostal audiences out of their offerings. Directors Howard Smith and Sarah Kernochan follow Marjoe as he embarks on his "farewell to the faith tour," revealing the secrets of religious hucksterism. MARJOE is both a fiery baptism in the cynical waters of faith healing and evangelical fervor and a fascinating profile of a man who went from hellfire to hell raising.
Paid | Amazon Video on Demand
Length: 01:28:00
Posted: 1/24/2008
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Year: 1972
Rated PG

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