Fall from Grace (1990 film)

Fall from Grace is a madeforTV movie about the lives of Jim Bakker and his thenwife, Tammy Faye Bakker during the 1980s, and stars Kevin Spacey and Bernadette Peters in their lead roles. The film aired on NBC on April 29, 1990, as well as occasional reruns in later years on the Lifetime Movie Network, and depicts the events that led to the PTL scandal and the Bakkers subsequent downfall.

However, during this time, the Bakkers are being investigated for various acts of scandalous behavior, beginning with Jim Bakkers 1980 affair with thenchurch secretary Jessica Hahn. They are also investigated for fraud specifically, using followers donated funds to support an upscale lifestyle as well as finance the Heritage USA project. These investigations ultimately led to a highlypublicized scandal involving the Bakkers and the PTL ministry in March 1987, which gained national attention. The Bakkers are defrocked, and the PTL ministry and Heritage USA are then taken over by another televangelist, Rev. Jerry Falwell. Jim Bakker is later sentenced to prison on fraud and conspiracy charges but this is not depicted in the movie.Subplots in the film deal with Jim and Tammys constant bickering, as well as Tammys drug abuse that led to rehabilitation at the Betty Ford Center. ........

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