The Eyes of Tammy Faye
- Original title
- The Eyes of Tammy Faye
- Year
- 2000
- Running time
- 79 min.
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Director
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- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Co-production United Kingdom-United States;
- Genre
- Documentary | Biography. Religion. Television
- Synopsis
- 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.
- Awards
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2000: Independent Spirit Awards: Nominated for Best Documentary2000: Sundance Film Festival: Nominated for Grand Jury Prize - Documentary2001: Satellite Awards: Nominated for Best Documentary2000: Boston Society of Film Critics Awards: Best Documentary
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