laughs so, the eyes of tammy faye. ok, so this is the story of televangelistsjim and tammy faye baker. if you re in america, you d know who they are, but over here, maybe not. they re played byjessica chastain and andrew garfield. the film follows their rise to sort of money spinning televangelism, preaching the prosperity doctrine, which is that god wants you to be successful. god wants his followers to be rich. so, obviously, there is hucksterism involved in this, and, indeed, jim baker did serve time. um, as for tammy faye, she broke ranks with the evangelical right by reaching out to people with hiv/aids in the early 80s, which was seen by the evangelical right as completely beyond the pale and, therefore, became something of an lgbtq icon. she s played in the film byjessica chastain who embraces the role entirely. here s a clip. 0k, do you want a little remover? oh, no. that s it. that will be all. they re permanently lined. 0h. and my eyes are permanently lined and my
televangelists generally come from the evangelical religious right, which we all know a lot more about in the more recent years, but her embracing of people with hiv/aids and her becoming an lgbtq icon is really not what you would ve expected. i think her performance is great. i think the rest of the movie isn t as good as her performance. i think the movie itself i mean, the story is really mind boggling. the film itself, it felt a bit televisual, and maybe there s a kind of thing going, because obviously, i mean, it s based on a documentary, and in a way, it s kind of nothing can match up to the fact, you know, fiction has a hard job of keeping up with fact. and maybe there is a point being made that because it s about televangelism, that it being televisual kind of makes sense? i thought she was great, i thought the film was ok. what did you think? i thought she was fantastic and i spent it s interesting you talk about documentaries, because i spent most of the film
minister might be the lucky escape at the moment. it may well involve throwing a cereal bowl and boris johnson asking, why does everybody hate me? ~ ., . , . , ., hate me? well, who wants any of those prizes hate me? well, who wants any of those prizes when you can have the papers with dan and rob. i thank you for this evening. i think you at home for watching. with a wave of her wound, that is it for now. we will see you soon. bye bye. hello and a very warm welcome to the film review on bbc news. i mjane hill and mark kermode is with me, as ever. hello again, mark. and what have you been watching? well, this week we have the eyes of tammy faye withjessica chastain. you ve just seen it. i m dying to know what you think of it. jackass forever 20 years on, they re still doing it. and moonfall in which the moon.err.falls. laughs . well, that s the review. thank you forjoining us. laughs . so, the eyes of tammy faye. ok, so this is the story of televangelists jim and tammy
you ve just seen it. i m dying to know what you think of it. jackass forever 20 years on, they re still doing it. and moonfall in which the moon.err.falls. laughs . well, that s the review. thank you forjoining us. laughs . so, the eyes of tammy faye. ok, so this is the story of televangelistsjim and tammy faye baker. if you re in america, you d know who they are, but over here, maybe not. they re played byjessica chastain and andrew garfield. the film follows their rise to sort of money spinning televangelism, preaching the prosperity doctrine, which is that god wants you to be successful. god wants his followers to be rich. so, obviously, there is hucksterism involved in this, and, indeed, jim baker did serve time. um, as for tammy faye, she broke ranks with the evangelical right by reaching out to people with hiv/aids in the early 80s, which was seen by the evangelical right as completely beyond the pale and, therefore, became something of an lgbtq icon. she s played in
position. her jewelry boxes untouched. did someone have a bigger prize in mind? a family farm worth a fortune. i did not shoot my mom and i would never shoot my mom. two trials. every emotion hit. two verdicts. there were only two people who knew what happened that day. one of them s dead and the other one is sitting in that chair. too much to bear. it s just been a hell on earth. hello and welcome to dateline. bill and shirley carter built a comfortable life and raised a family on their sprawling farm in america s heartland. as their golden years approached the couple fell into a routine. daily coffee, working the fields and spending time with the grandkids. but one morning gunshots rang out, leaving shirley dead and planting the seeds of a mystery that would turn one family member against another. here s dennis murphy with the farm. council bluffs, iowa. in a small courtroom the new and final scene of a four- yearlong drama was playing out. count