The Eyes of Tammy Faye l Sep 24 2021 | Fox Searchlight l Jessica Chastain, Andrew Garfield

[Eric Duncan]

https://variety.com/2019/film/news/jessica-chastain-andrew-garfield-tammy-faye-fox-searchlight-1203210367/

 

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Jessica Chastain and Andrew Garfield are on board to star in the Fox Searchlight biopic “The Eyes of Tammy Faye” with “The Big Sick” director Michael Showalter on board to helm.

Based on the documentary “The Eyes of Tammy Faye,” directed by Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato from World of Wonder, the film tells the extraordinary and outlandish rise, fall and redemption of televangelists Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker, played by Garfield and Chastain. In the 1970s and ’80s, Tammy Faye and Jim rose from humble beginnings to create the world’s largest religious broadcasting network and a theme park, and were revered for their message of love, acceptance and prosperity. Tammy Faye was legendary for her indelible eyelashes, her idiosyncratic singing, and her eagerness to embrace people from all walks of life. However, it wasn’t long before financial improprieties, scheming rivals, and sexual scandal tore their marriage apart and toppled their carefully constructed empire.

 

[The Futurist]

Build it Jessica, it will come.

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[dudalb]

7 hours ago, filmlover said:

 

 

Private Pyle as Jerry Farwell.

 

I'll be the opening night, given by very low opinion of Farwell in particular and Teleevangelist in general.

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September 24, 2021.

 

 

Newly announced Searchlight Pictures theatrical release dates:

THE NIGHT HOUSE – 7/16/21

THE EYES OF TAMMY FAYE - 9/24/21

ANTLERS - 10/29/21

NIGHTMARE ALLEY - 12/3/21

— Boxoffice Pro (@BoxOffice) January 21, 2021

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Moves up a week to September 17 and first pics.

 

 

Jessica Chastain Transforms Into Tammy Faye Bakker in New Biopic: I Was 'Blown Away By Her Story' https://t.co/22k6oUsLcg

— People (@people) June 2, 2021

 

Early contender for Best Makeup right here. 

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[BoxOfficeFangrl]

LOL, they are downplaying Chastain's makeup, Tammy Faye was truly something.

 

The movie seems to be painting Tammy Faye as largely an innocent in everything and I wonder if that's going to hold up to current day scrutiny. Looking at Twitter, there is anger that Hollywood is making a movie about the Bakkers at all, even if it ends up depicting them negatively. This one is going to have to deal with a lot of thinkpieces, I suspect...

[Cap]

Like... I'm here for the aesthetics of this, but I'm super suspicious of them trying to make her out to be some hero.  She was a nut.  Play her as a nut. 

 

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The tone of this looks exactly as I expected with Michael Showalter in the director's chair tbh. I'm sure they're saving the more unflattering material for when people see the movie.

[lorddemaxus]

Michael Showalter is a bad director (Big Sick was pretty good but that's it) and I think this looks really bad. I think Chastain has a good shot at a nom here though.

Edited June 10, 2021 by lorddemaxus

[Chaz]

Never thought I would want Jim Bakker and Jerry Falwell to run a train on me but HERE WE ARE.

[Eric Duncan]

 

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[Eric Duncan]

Metacritic is currently at 54

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Embargo just ended and reactions are all over the place (Hollywood Reporter completely panned it, for instance). Chastain is getting plenty of praise, though.

[Noctis]

4 hours ago, Eric and the Ten Rings said:

Metacritic is currently at 54

 

60 now.