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Eyes of Tammy Faye (The)
- Director: Fenton Bailey; Randy Barbato
- Producer: Fenton Bailey; Randy Barbato
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It would be so easy to condemn Ms Faye - a founder of the Electric Church - but, this documentary shows something completely different.
A woman - with ridiculous make-up - who judges no-one and accepts everyone.
She survived scandal, drug addiction - experienced more lows than highs.
The film may be a little clumsy at times - but, it does show Faye as a compassionate woman with an unshakable faith - a faith that, perhaps, let her down.
She died in 2007 - RIP Ms Faye, you were a lovely lady.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
A documentary look, mostly through the eyes of Tammy Faye Bakker Messner, at her rise and fall as a popular televangelist with husband Jim Bakker. Traces their rise: her teen marriage to Jim; their children's TV show (she was a puppeteer and singer), success founding the 700 Club, co-founding the Trinity Broadcast Network, and starting PTL Network; her nondenominational version of Christianity reaching out to all; and, their building of Heritage USA, a theme park. Things fall apart as money woes mount for Heritage and for Jim, as Tammy takes pills, and as Jerry Falwell takes PTL. Jim goes to prison; she remarries, finds herself alone again, yet remains unsinkable.
Cast & Characters
RuPaul as Himself;
Tammy Faye Bakker as Herself;
Virginia Fairchild as Herself - aunt;
Johnny Grover as Himself - brother;
Jim Bakker as Himself;
Lori Graham Bakker as Herself;
Mel White as Himself;
Tammy Sue Bakker-Chapman as Herself;
Jamie Bakker as Himself;
Roe Messner as Himself;
Charles E. Shepard as Himself;
Marvin Brooks as Himself - doctor;
James Albert as Himself;
Pat Boone as Himself;
Jim J. Bullock as Himself