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.
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- TriviaJonas'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.
- GoofsWhen 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 creditsDuring the closing credits, the 'Angels of Mercy' singers are shown singing to a tent full of people (including some of the cast members).
- ConnectionsEdited into The Clock (2010)
- SoundtracksSit Down You're Rockin' the Boat
by Frank Loesser
Performed and Produced by Don Henley
Don Henley performs courtesy of Geffen Records
It'd been a while since I saw this movie, and I had the chance to get it, yesterday. For starters, Steve Martin was great (as he usually does), so the supporting cast.
One of the many reasons I love this movie is that it show us, graciously, a reality that many people couldn't or wouldn't accept (One of the reasons , I think, its low rate).
Do not let fanaticism cloud your judgment.
Nevertheless, if you like good stories with a nice in-message, or if you're just a fan of Mr. Martin, you can't miss this one.
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Box office
- Budget
- $20,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $23,369,283
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $3,222,768
- Dec 20, 1992
- Gross worldwide
- $23,369,283
- Runtime1 hour 48 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1