Pass the Ammo


Pass the Ammo is a 1988 film starring Bill Paxton, Annie Potts, Linda Kozlowski and Tim Curry. The film is a spoof of televangelism released right after the reallife Jim Bakker and Jimmy Swaggart scandals. The movies working title during production, ...And Pass the Ammunition, references the phrase praise the Lord and pass the ammunition.

During the hostage negotiations, a series of snowballing scandals involving the ministry come to light. The robbery, hostage taking, and scandal revelations are all broadcast live over satellite television as locals gather in bars to watch. Rev. Porter and the robbers develop a rapport during the hostage situation that resembles shop talk among thieves, as they discuss the best ways of investing stolen money.One comic subplot involves the Christian networks producer, a drugaddled electronics wizard named Stonewall who decorates his workspace with Pink Floyd posters, but was hired by the network because he has found the Lord...he told us so himself. ........

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