Biographical film about televangelists Jim and Tammy Bakker chronicles their rise in the religious arena and their ultimate fall in 1987 after Jim's 1980 dalliance with Jessica Hahn which ...
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| Bernadette Peters | ... | Tammy Faye Bakker | |
| Kevin Spacey | ... | Jim Bakker | |
| Richard Herd | ... | Richard Dortch | |
| Beth Grant | ... | Paulene | |
| John McLiam | ... | Rev. Aubrey Sara | |
| Richard Paul | ... | Rev. Jerry Falwell | |
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Travis Swords | ... | Patrick |
| Jon Lindstrom | ... | Brian | |
| Justin Lord | |||
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Steven Barr | ... | Bodyguard #1 |
| Rod Britt | ... | Finance Executive | |
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Robert Broyles | ... | Construction Foreman |
| Randy Crowder | ... | TV Director | |
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Biographical film about televangelists Jim and Tammy Bakker chronicles their rise in the religious arena and their ultimate fall in 1987 after Jim's 1980 dalliance with Jessica Hahn which came to light and their mismanagement of funding of their PTL ministries. Written by John Sacksteder <jsackste@bellsouth.net>
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29 April 1990 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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"Fall From Grace" only aired on NBC twice way back in 1990-91 sometime. Then the film was shelved, and as far as I know it hasn't re-aired anyplace else.
Kevin Spacey (playing Jim Bakker) and Bernadette Peters (playing the now-former Tammy Faye Bakker; who since remarried and became Tammy Faye Messner) both turned in stellar performances. Bernadette's singing left a lot to be desired, versus the real Tammy's fantastic singing voice.
However, this movie was typical "Hollywood hype" if you ask me. It really was not an accurate portrayal of either the Bakkers nor the Christian empire that was known as Heritage USA and the PTL Club.
It seemed that most of the movie was shot on a Hollywood sound stage. It would have helped to at least shoot some of the scenes on location there in South Carolina on the former Heritage USA property.