The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Fenton Bailey
Tammy Faye Messner
Roe Messner
Jim Bakker
Reverend Mel White
Pat Boone
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Twelve years after the scandalous collapse of the multimillion dollar Christian empire built by Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker, comes a film which tells the inside story of the rise, fall and resurrection of "the Queen of the Eyelashes." One of the most adored and reviled women of her time, the film follows her tale from her first encounter with Jim, through the glory days of PTL, to the scandal that brought both their empire and family tumbling down. This affectionate portrait, narrated by RuPAUL, tracks Tammy Faye's victorious battles against addiction and colon cancer, her divorce, the imprisonment of both Jim Bakker and her second husband, Roe Messner, and her short-lived career as a television talk show host. Interviews include Jim, their son (complete with pierced eyebrow), daughter and others who lived the story first-hand. But it's Tammy herself, one of the most compelling TV stars ever, who manages to be both surprising an endearing as she takes us into her shocking world of Televangelism.
Cast
Tammy Faye Messner
Roe Messner
Jim Bakker
Reverend Mel White
Pat Boone
Tammy Sue Bakker Chapman
Steven Chao
Jim J Bullock
Roseanne Barr
Greg Gorman
Charles Shepard
James Albert
Crew
Fenton Bailey
Fenton Bailey
Randy Barbato
Randy Barbato
Samantha Bickley
Sandra Chandler
Sandra Chandler
Jimmy Harry
John G. Hoffman
Harry Knapp
Eduardo Magaña
Meredith Milton
Sheila Nevins
Edward Rohwedder
Gabriel Rotello
Thairin Smothers
Paul Wiesepape
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States on Video January 30, 2001
Released in United States 2000
Released in United States January 2000
Released in United States June 2000
Released in United States July 2000
Released in United States August 2000
Shown at New Directors/New Films in New York City March 24 - April 9, 2000.
Shown at Florida Film Festival June 8-19, 2000.
Shown at New York Lesbian and Gay Film Festival June 1-11, 2000.
Shown at Newport International Film Festival June 6-11, 2000.
Shown at OUTFEST 2000: The Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Film Festival (Opening Night) July 6-17, 2000.
Shown at Edinburgh International Film Festival (Documentary: Imagining Reality) August 13-27, 2000.
Lions Gate acquired domestic distribution rights to the film at the 2000 Sundance Film Festival.
Released in United States Summer July 21, 2000
Released in United States July 28, 2000 (Los Angeles and San Francisco)
Released in United States on Video January 30, 2001
Released in United States 2000 (Shown at New Directors/New Films in New York City March 24 - April 9, 2000.)
Released in United States January 2000 (Shown at Sundance Film Festival (Documentary Competition) January 20-30, 2000.)
Winner of the 2000 award for Best Documentary from the Boston Society of Film Critics.
Released in United States Summer July 21, 2000
Released in United States July 28, 2000
Released in United States June 2000 (Shown at Florida Film Festival June 8-19, 2000.)
Released in United States June 2000 (Shown at New York Lesbian and Gay Film Festival June 1-11, 2000.)
Released in United States June 2000 (Shown at Newport International Film Festival June 6-11, 2000.)
Released in United States July 2000 (Shown at OUTFEST 2000: The Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Film Festival (Opening Night) July 6-17, 2000.)
Released in United States August 2000 (Shown at Edinburgh International Film Festival (Documentary: Imagining Reality) August 13-27, 2000.)
Co-Winner, along with "Long Night's Journey Into Day" (USA/2000), of the Audience Award for Best Documentary at the 2000 Newport International Film Festival.
