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Leap of Faith

  • 19921992
  • PG-13PG-13
  • 1h 48m
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Steve Martin in Leap of Faith (1992)
Fake faith healer Jonas Nightingale is stranded in a small town where he finds he can't fool all of the people all of the time.
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Fake faith healer Jonas Nightingale is stranded in a small town where he finds he can't fool all of the people all of the time.Fake faith healer Jonas Nightingale is stranded in a small town where he finds he can't fool all of the people all of the time.Fake faith healer Jonas Nightingale is stranded in a small town where he finds he can't fool all of the people all of the time.
IMDb RATING
6.1/10
13K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
10,180
983
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    • Director
      • Richard Pearce
    • Writer
      • Janus Cercone
    • Stars
      • Steve Martin
      • Debra Winger
      • Lolita Davidovich
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Richard Pearce
    • Writer
      • Janus Cercone
    • Stars
      • Steve Martin
      • Debra Winger
      • Lolita Davidovich
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 84User reviews
    • 21Critic reviews

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    Steve Martin
    Steve Martin
    • Jonas
    Debra Winger
    Debra Winger
    • Jane
    Lolita Davidovich
    Lolita Davidovich
    • Marva
    Liam Neeson
    Liam Neeson
    • Will
    Lukas Haas
    Lukas Haas
    • Boyd
    Meat Loaf
    Meat Loaf
    • Hoover
    Philip Seymour Hoffman
    Philip Seymour Hoffman
    • Matt
    M.C. Gainey
    M.C. Gainey
    • Tiny
    LaChanze
    LaChanze
    • Georgette
    Delores Hall
    • Ornella
    John Toles-Bey
    John Toles-Bey
    • Titus
    Albertina Walker
    • Lucille
    Ricky Dillard
    • Ricky
    Vince Davis
    • Roger
    Troy Evans
    Troy Evans
    • Dade
    Phyllis Somerville
    Phyllis Somerville
    • Dolores
    David L. Emmons
    • Jerry Joe
    Mark Walters
    • Calvin
    • Director
      • Richard Pearce
    • Writer
      • Janus Cercone
    • All cast & crew
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Jonas's "mind-reading" trick, wherein he receives intimate details about his marks via a small radio, loosely follows the exploits of televangelist Peter Popoff, who performed a very similar trick with his wife at the microphone. Popoff's career took a nosedive when he was publicly "outed" on the Johnny Carson show by professional magician and skeptic James Randi, who had managed to smuggle a radio scanner into one of Popoff's revival meetings.
    • Goofs
      When Will consoles a conflicted Jane by massaging her bare feet in his backyard, an overhead shot shows him rubbing her left foot but when the camera cuts to a medium shot, Will's hand is gently caressing the toes of her right foot for the remainder of the scene.
    • Quotes

      Jonas: Look, I run a show here. It's a lot of smoke and noise and it's strictly for the suckers. I've been pulling one kind of scam or another since I was your age, and if there's one thing I know it's how to spot the genuine article because that's what you've got to watch out for. Not the cops, you can always get around the cops. But the one thing you can never, ever get around is the genuine article, and you, kid, are the genuine article.

    • Crazy credits
      During the closing credits, the 'Angels of Mercy' singers are shown singing to a tent full of people (including some of the cast members).
    • Connections
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    • Soundtracks
      Sit Down You're Rockin' the Boat
      by Frank Loesser
      Performed and Produced by Don Henley
      Don Henley performs courtesy of Geffen Records

    User reviews84

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    Top review
    Leap of Acts
    Steve Martin's actually acting in this movie! Off course he's still in his frame act, but the good thing is, the script demanded his style, and nobody could do it better than him.

    Watch when he preaches, when he dance and sing, when he talks, even when he's lost. And seemingly the other casts (Debra Winger, Meat Loaf, Liam Neeson, Lolita Davidovich, etc.) open their way to expand Martin's performance in this movie.

    The movie itself is light and enjoyable, one of the best movie on it's genre.

    A perfect holiday movie.
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    • albechri
    • May 4, 2000

    Details

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    • Release date
      • December 18, 1992 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Cú nhảy niềm tin
    • Filming locations
      • Plainview, Texas, USA
    • Production company
      • Paramount Pictures
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $23,369,283
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $3,222,768
      • Dec 20, 1992
    • Gross worldwide
      • $23,369,283
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 48 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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