In God We Trust (1980) ( In God We Tru$t ) ( Gimme That Prime Time Religion )

In God We Trust (1980) (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: In God We Tru$t
Alternate Title: Gimme That Prime Time Religion
Language Selections:
English ( Mono )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
93 min

Aspect Ratio:
Anamorphic Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Anamorphic Widescreen
Featurette
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Scene Access
Remastered

Movie filmed in 1980 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Marty Feldman

Written By:
Marty Feldman
Chris Allen

Actors:
Marty Feldman ..... Brother Ambrose
Peter Boyle ..... Dr. Sebastian Melmoth
Louise Lasser ..... Mary
Richard Pryor ..... G.O.D.
Andy Kaufman ..... Armageddon T. Thunderbird
Wilfrid Hyde-White ..... Abbot Thelonious
Severn Darden ..... Priest
Eddie Parks
Stephanie Ross
Richard A. Roth
Barbara Ann Grimes
John J. Koshel
Peter Koshel
Lynda Chase
Bob Yerkes

Synopsis:

Brother Ambrose (Marty Feldman) is asked by Father Thelonious (Wilfrid Hyde-White) to leave their monastery and go to Los Angeles in search of Armageddon T. Thunderbird (Andy Kaufman), a big-time television evangelist. Brother Ambrose's mission is to ask Armageddon T. Thunderbird's Church of Divine Profit to pay off the monastery's mortgage. But as Brother Ambose makes his journey he has to encounter temptation and sin in the guises of a seedy evangelist, Dr. Sebastian Melmoth (Peter Boyle), a street-walking prostitute, Mary (Louise Lasser), and finally the rapacious dollar totting G.O.D. (Richard Pryor).

Comedian Marty Feldman directed and co-wrote this satire of the less-scrupulous side of organized religion. Brother Ambrose (Marty Feldman) is a monk who has spent nearly his entire life within the walls of his monastery and knows little of the outside world. However, when he learns that the monastery has fallen on economic hard times and may be forced to close, he takes it upon himself to raise the funds to save his home. Ambrose ends up on Hollywood Boulevard, where he solicits donations from passers-by and gets a crash course in life in the fallen world from Mary (Louise Lasser), a smart-mouthed hooker. Ambrose and Mary soon encounter Armageddon T. Thunderbird (Andy Kaufman), a fire-and-brimstone televangelist who agrees to help Ambrose by making him a partner in his house of worship, The Church of the Divine Profit. However, Thunderbird's methods don't agree with Ambrose, and eventually he turns to God Himself (Richard Pryor) for help. In God We Trust was Feldman's second and last directorial assignment; the supporting cast also includes Peter Boyle, Wilfrid Hyde-White, and Severn Darden.

Raised in a Trappist monastery, the innocent Brother Ambrose sets out to find money to save the bankrupt monastery. His education in worldliness is provided by a hooker. He eventually petitions G.O.D. for the cash.

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 27 September, 2016.