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Boyd was never a conartist. His sister Marva had taken him to various experts who confirmed he would never walk again. She took him to another con faith healer who blamed Boyd not walking on a lack of faith. It is because he is a genuine "miracle" that cynical Jonas decided not to take him along , as well as leave town.
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* LittleMissConArtist: [[spoiler:The rare [[GenderFlip male]] variant, as Boyd, the wheelchair-bound brother of the woman Jonas is attracted to, reveals that he's been faking being handicapped for ''years'', and offers to join his ministry. It leads to Jonas' OhCrap moment and eventual HeelRealization.]]
-->'''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, [[NotSoDifferentRemark and you, kid, are the genuine article.]]
-->'''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, [[NotSoDifferentRemark and you, kid, are the genuine article.]]
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* GreedyTelevangelist: Jonas Nightengale is an evangelist/faith healer who travels from town to town holding revival services and promising miracles. In reality, his "faith healing" is a con, aided by his skill at cold reading and his manager Jane feeding him information through an earpiece to make it seem like he is receiving it directly from God. Things get complicated when an actual miracle happens.
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It was adapted into a Broadway {{musical}}, which earned unfavorable reviews from critics but still earned a Tony nomination for Best Musical.
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It was adapted into a Broadway {{musical}}, which earned unfavorable reviews from critics but still earned a Tony nomination for Best Musical.
Musical. Director Richard Pearce was a cameraman for 1972 documentary feature ''Film/{{Marjoe}}'', which told a ''very'' similar RealLife story about con man traveling revivalist preacher Marjoe Gortner.
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A 1992 comedy-drama film directed by Richard Pearce and starring Creator/SteveMartin. Also featured in the cast are Creator/DebraWinger, Lolita Davidovich, and Creator/LiamNeeson.
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A 1992 comedy-drama film directed by Richard Pearce and starring Creator/SteveMartin. Also featured in the cast are Creator/DebraWinger, Lolita Davidovich, Creator/LolitaDavidovich, and Creator/LiamNeeson.
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Not So Different has been renamed, and it needs to be dewicked/moved
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-->'''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, [[NotSoDifferent and you, kid, are the genuine article.]]
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-->'''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, [[NotSoDifferent [[NotSoDifferentRemark and you, kid, are the genuine article.]]
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A 1992 comedy-drama film directed by Richard Pearce and starring Creator/SteveMartin. Also featured in the cast are Debra Winger, Lolita Davidovich, and Creator/LiamNeeson.
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A 1992 comedy-drama film directed by Richard Pearce and starring Creator/SteveMartin. Also featured in the cast are Debra Winger, Creator/DebraWinger, Lolita Davidovich, and Creator/LiamNeeson.
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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: The whole revival show was a deliberate take on televangelist Peter Popoff, who used similar tactics to fake miracles in his show. The controversial {{Creator/TBN}} faith healer BennyHinn also influenced Martin's performance as Jonas Nightengale.
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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: The whole revival show was a deliberate take on televangelist Peter Popoff, who used similar tactics to fake miracles in his show. The controversial {{Creator/TBN}} faith healer BennyHinn Creator/BennyHinn also influenced Martin's performance as Jonas Nightengale.
