Marjoe gortner biography

During the late 1970s Gortner attempted to self-finance another similar film, this time a pseudo-fictional drama about an evangelist con-man and based in part on Gortner's real-life experiences.

Skeptic Magazine. Unbeknownst to his father and other ministers of his purpose to reveal this deception, Marjoe agreed to let a film crew follow him throughout his final 1971 national tour of revival meetings before leaving "the business." The fascinating Oscar-winning documentary Marjoe (1972) that resulted, based on his life as a fake evangelist, introduced the public to a new and profoundly hypnotic performer.

The film started shooting in New Orleans, Louisiana, but went bankrupt less than 6 weeks into production. However, as he said to Roger Ebert in an interview, “Some of the hard-sell radio preachers are attacking me. The play, The Word, premiered at the festival with Suli Holum as director and main collaborator.

p. In 2010, the play was recreated as The Word: A House Party for Jesus, with director Whit MacLaughlin. From Abba to Zoom: A Pop Culture Encyclopedia of the Late 20th Century. She also enrolled him in baton-twirling lessons at two and taught him how to speak like a Pentecostal minister.

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Personal life

In 1971, Gortner married Agnes Benjamin, who had appeared in his documentary.^[22] From 1978 to December 14, 1979, Gortner was married to actress Candy Clark.^[23]

Stage play and film retrospective

In 2007, the Philadelphia Live Arts Festival commissioned actor and writer Brian Osborne to write a one-man play about Gortner.

Billboard. We collected all Unique images and pictures of Marjoe Gortner from all over the Internet. Prior to filming the documentary, Marjoe displayed his musical talents. Marjoe later said that was a fictional story that his parents forced him to repeat.