Pray TV (1980)
- Directed by
- Rick Friedberg
- Genre
- parody film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 26m
- Rated
- PG
- Rating
- 5.5 of 10 from 6 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A comedy that makes fun of TV preachers. A small television station tries to compete with a big religious broadcast network.
satiricalgoofylampooningdatedlightheartedsillycampyfast-paced
What happens
Pray TV (also known as KGOD) is a 1980 American comedy film spoofing televangelism, directed and co-written by Rick Friedberg. The film stars Dabney Coleman, Archie Hahn, Nancy Morgan, Joyce Jameson, Lewis Arquette, Marcia Wallace and Roger E. Mosley, with cameos by Dr. John and the band Devo (who play a Christian rock band named "Dove", an anagram of Devo). Film critics David Nusair and Scott Weinberg note that the 1989 film UHF is very similar in both plot and style to Pray TV. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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