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Steve Martin's most underrated movie: Leap of Faith
Posted on 9/2/14 at 10:47 pm
Posted on 9/2/14 at 10:47 pm
Early 1990s film where he plays a fraudulent touring minister whose "show" stops in a small Midwest town for a revival that ultimately changes his life.
This post was edited on 9/2/14 at 10:50 pm
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Posted on 9/3/14 at 2:13 am to Marc Uffdabees
I really like this movie. It's the right amount of funny and cynical. It was streaming on amazon for a while. This is from the thread I started about it a few months ago that lead to a YouTube/google deep dive of info:
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Per imdb this is loosely based on Peter Popoff who would use a radio to have his revelations about people in his audience. He was exposed on the tonight show.
Posted on 9/3/14 at 3:54 am to TIGERSTORM
Peter popoff is fun to watch while under the influence.
off subject, If Bill had passed on it, I think Steve would have been great in Groundhog Day.
off subject, If Bill had passed on it, I think Steve would have been great in Groundhog Day.
Posted on 9/3/14 at 7:16 am to Marc Uffdabees
good movie that seems to fly under the radar compared to many of his other works.
while much more sillier than 'faith', a guilty pleasure of mine was always 'my blue heaven'...
while much more sillier than 'faith', a guilty pleasure of mine was always 'my blue heaven'...
Posted on 9/3/14 at 8:18 am to vandelay industries
Leap of Faith was good.
My Blue Heaven may have been a little better. It's a good one too.
My Blue Heaven may have been a little better. It's a good one too.
Posted on 9/3/14 at 9:41 am to Dingeaux
A simple twist of fate
Posted on 9/3/14 at 10:21 am to ScottFowler
My Blue Heaven is not only his most underrated film, it's his best. But I do enjoy Leap of Faith.
It is interesting how poorly Roxanne has aged. That was his big movie in the 80s, and I never hear it even mentioned anymore.
It is interesting how poorly Roxanne has aged. That was his big movie in the 80s, and I never hear it even mentioned anymore.
Posted on 9/3/14 at 10:24 am to Marc Uffdabees
great movie. The cast is what makes it.
Posted on 9/3/14 at 11:04 am to Marc Uffdabees
The Spanish Prisoner
Posted on 9/3/14 at 11:20 am to Marc Uffdabees
I'd have given him all my money. 
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You gotta see the whole thing in context, which the clip unfortunately omits, focusing just on Martin's performance. As I recall, it was Jonas's standard schtick when called out on his past, and Winger's reaction shot when he was about to start was hilarious, and at the end of it, I think the choir burst out and brought everyone to the heights of religious ecstasy.
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You gotta see the whole thing in context, which the clip unfortunately omits, focusing just on Martin's performance. As I recall, it was Jonas's standard schtick when called out on his past, and Winger's reaction shot when he was about to start was hilarious, and at the end of it, I think the choir burst out and brought everyone to the heights of religious ecstasy.
Posted on 9/3/14 at 12:05 pm to Baloo
OK, added My Blue Heaven to the Netflix queue.
I really think The Man With Two Brains and Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid were underrated, and it's a shame that they seem to have vanished.
I really think The Man With Two Brains and Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid were underrated, and it's a shame that they seem to have vanished.
Posted on 9/3/14 at 12:07 pm to Tigris
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I really think The Man With Two Brains and Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid were underrated, and it's a shame that they seem to have vanished.
Got 720p rips of both of them on one of my harddrives
Posted on 9/3/14 at 12:31 pm to Baloo
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My Blue Heaven is not only his most underrated film, it's his best
LA Story says "not so fast."
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