The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Sometimes in life, you have to take your lashes.
2021 · 2h 6m · PG-13 Drama, History
Overview
From the 1960s to the 1980s, evangelist Jim Baker and his ambitious wife, Tammy Faye, rose from humble beginnings to build an empire based on big-time evangelical Christianity--only for the couple to fall from grace because of some all-too-human sins.
Director and cast
- Jessica Chastain as Tammy Faye Bakker
- Andrew Garfield as Jim Bakker
- Cherry Jones as Rachel Grover
- Vincent D'Onofrio as Jerry Falwell
- Mark Wystrach as Gary Paxton
- Sam Jaeger as Roe Messner
- Louis Cancelmi as Richard Fletcher
- Gabriel Olds as Pat Robertson
- Fredric Lehne as Fred Grover
- Chandler Head as Little Tammy Faye
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