Leap of Faith (1992)
Calling all fans of Elmer Gantry: you’ll love Leap of Faith. Steve Martin stars as a faux-Evangelical who boasts of miracles, swindles people out of their money, then skips town and tries the scam again elsewhere.
Steve, an entire chorus of backup singers, his sound and visual effects team, and his producer Debra Winger, stop in a very small town in Kansas for their next show. While he gives a glitz and glamour show, full of over-the-top energy, Debra spots people in the audience he can fool and tells him about them through an earpiece. However, just as Burt Lancaster did, Steve falls for someone pious and honorable, a hardworking waitress, Lolita Davidovich with a handicapped younger brother, Lukas Haas. Do you think Steve will grow a conscious after bonding with those two? You’ll have to watch the movie to find out. Keep an eye out for Liam Neeson, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Meat Loaf in the supporting cast.
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Steve, an entire chorus of backup singers, his sound and visual effects team, and his producer Debra Winger, stop in a very small town in Kansas for their next show. While he gives a glitz and glamour show, full of over-the-top energy, Debra spots people in the audience he can fool and tells him about them through an earpiece. However, just as Burt Lancaster did, Steve falls for someone pious and honorable, a hardworking waitress, Lolita Davidovich with a handicapped younger brother, Lukas Haas. Do you think Steve will grow a conscious after bonding with those two? You’ll have to watch the movie to find out. Keep an eye out for Liam Neeson, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Meat Loaf in the supporting cast.
More Steve Martin movies here!