Marjoe

Marjoe is an American documentary film directed by Howard Smith in 1972, who in 1973 received the Academy Award for Best Documentary. The film documents the lucrative business of revival preacher Marjoe Gortner.

Content

Marjoe deals with the career of Christian children preacher Hugh Marjoe Ross Gortner, who was particularly successful in the southern United States. His parents earned with his appearances as a preacher a fortune. The parents already brought him early body language tricks with which he supported his sermons. As an adult, put Gortner this career and business with the belief in question and decided to do a farewell tour. Preached on the stage, he sang and danced as he spoke backstage with the documentary team plain text. He revealed his tactics as he manipulated the often ecstatic audience. At certain techniques was also one that he allegedly babbled under the influence of higher powers, nonsensical stuff (See tongues ). Marjoe is shown how he blesses believers and he speaks of how God spoke to him as a four year old and that he had witnessed as a woman of cancer has been cured.

Publication

With the release of the film enjoyed a great deal of attention. In the southern states it has not been established, since one was afraid of violence in the so-called Bible Belt.

Rediscovering the Negative

The movie was indeed released on VHS, but fell into oblivion. 2002 his negatives were rediscovered in New York City. After they had secured the rights, the film was restored and shown by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

On 15 November 2005 the film in New York City was shown by the IFC Center. The motto of the documentaries shown was: " Stranger Than Fiction".

Award

1973: Oscar for best documentary.

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