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Orrex

(67,396 posts)
2. Yes indeed!
Mon Nov 19, 2012, 12:17 AM
Nov 2012

I've also been on a Marjoe Gortner kick lately, so this film is a grand trifecta.

MiddleFingerMom

(25,163 posts)
5. The documentary film "Marjoe" about the hypocrisy and phoniness of tent revival circuits...
Mon Nov 19, 2012, 03:52 AM
Nov 2012

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... is an incredibly underrated and underwatched expose.
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My favorite scene? In the motel room, when he's coaching the obviously hippie
film crew -- passing around a bottle of Jack Daniels -- on how to cope and deal
with the Bible-thumpers they're going to encounter the next day.
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fizzgig

(24,146 posts)
10. i vetoed that one when we came across it on netflix this weekend
Tue Nov 20, 2012, 05:50 AM
Nov 2012

the name was enough for me

pa28

(6,145 posts)
4. I looked up a plot synopsis and I'm going to give it a shot.
Mon Nov 19, 2012, 03:43 AM
Nov 2012

Sounds like it might be the Citizen Kane of foreign Star Wars copycat movies.

Supply Side Jesus

(2,528 posts)
7. So I watched it last night before bed...*SPOILERS*
Mon Nov 19, 2012, 11:52 PM
Nov 2012

how the hell did Elle, robot come back after being smashed to bits by the Galactic Cavemen...? WTF! I enjoyed the most interesting character, a hypochondriac robot who is a helluva quick draw, dying to save the vapid T & A
It was SOOO painful, but SOOOO good

Orrex

(67,396 posts)
8. Presumably, his resurrection would have been fully explained in the sequel
Tue Nov 20, 2012, 01:03 AM
Nov 2012

What a crime, then, that a sequel was never made.

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