THE EYES OF TAMMY FAYE

Year: 2000
USA: Lions Gate Films
Cast: Tammy Faye Bakker, Jim Bakker, Pat Boone, JM J Bullock, Roe Messner, Roseanne, RuPaul, Reverend Mel White
Directors: Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato
Countries: UK / USA
USA: 79 mins
USA Rated: PG-13 for some sexual content
USA Release Date: 11 August 2000 (Limited Release)
USA Release Date: 28 July 2000 (Limited Release)
USA Release Date: 21 July 2000 (Limited Release)


Synopsis

Narrated by RuPaul THE EYES OF TAMMY FAYE is the archetypal story of the boom-and-bust eighties, and of the extraordinary personalities that rule the world of the televangelist industry; and also the story of a unique woman?s view of her world. Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker were tricked out of their ministry by rival televangelist Jerry Falwell, leader of the moral majority, who needlessly forced their ministry into bankruptcy. Jim Bakker was sentenced to 45 years in prison for fraud. The film claims that the accusations that they embezzled money from their ministry were completely false The film also follows Tammy Faye twelve years later, as she tries to put her life back together and witness her attempts to come to terms with what she has been through.