Holy Man (1998)

Eddie Murphy stars as an over-the-top television evangelist who finds a way to turn television home shopping into a religious experience, and takes America by storm.

Director:

Stephen Herek

Writer:

Tom Schulman

Stars:

Eddie Murphy, Jeff Goldblum, Kelly Preston

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Eddie Murphy	...	G
Jeff Goldblum	...	Ricky Hayman
Kelly Preston	...	Kate Newell
Robert Loggia	...	McBainbridge
Jon Cryer	...	Barry
Eric McCormack	...	Scott Hawkes
Sam Kitchin	...	Director
Robert Small	...	Assistant Director
Marc Macaulay	...	Cameraman / Brutus
Mary Stout	...	Laundry Lady #1
Edie McClurg	...	Laundry Lady #2
Kim Staunton	...	Grace
Morgan Fairchild	...	Herself
Betty White	...	Herself
Florence Henderson	...	Herself

Storyline

Ricky Hayman, right hand of Good Buy Shopping Network's owner John McBainbridge, is responsible for over two years of very bad sales numbers. He gets a last chance. Accidentally, he and Kate Newell nearly run over G with his car and decide to take him with them. What they never could guess was that G really is the one good man around. Being on the search for enlightenment, G offers his help generously to save Ricky's job. His natural, uncontrollable behaviour soon gets Ricky into really big trouble, but the sales numbers now go up for the first time in months...

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Plot Keywords:

corporate ladder | media coverage | mystery individual | bulletproof vest | savior | 

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Taglines:

The Comedy Where Nothing's Sacred!

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for some language

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

9 October 1998 (USA)

Also Known As:

El tele-gurú

Filming Locations:

Miami, Florida, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$60,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£246,129 (UK) (19 February 1999)

Gross:

£434,829 (UK) (26 February 1999)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Caravan Pictures, Eddie Murphy Productions, Roger Birnbaum Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

114 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

During the scene where G encourages people to give Ricky a hug or a compliment, one of the control room guys gets up and hugs Ricky. He then compliments him on being 'really tall'. Jeff Goldblum who plays Ricky had previously starred in the movie The Tall Guy.

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Quotes

G: Seventy-five years. That's how much time you get if you're lucky. Seventy-five years. Seventy-five Winters. Seventy-five Springtimes. Seventy-five Summers. And Seventy-five Autumns. When you look at it like that, it's not a lot of time, is it? Don't waste them. Get your head out of the rat race and forget about the superficial things that pre-occupy your existence and get back to what's important now. Right Now. This very second. And I'm not saying, drop everything and let the world come to a ...

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Connections

Referenced in Saturday Night Live: David Spade/Eagle-Eye Cherry (1998)

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Soundtracks

"Lazy Latin"
Written and Performed by Malcolm Lockyer
Courtesy of Zomba Music Services

User Reviews

Fantastic Movie!

This movie was one of the most inspiring I have seen in a long time. Going into the film, I had fairly modest expectations, and merely hoped for a few good laughs. In fact, the movie was very well written, and had a very spiritual message that I found to be both inspiring and refreshing. Bravo Eddie!