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Leap of Faith is a 1992 American comedy-drama film directed by Richard Pearce and starring Steve Martin, Debra Winger, Lolita Davidovich, Liam Neeson, and Lukas Haas. The film is about Jonas Nightengale, a Christian faith healer who uses his revival meetings to milk money out of the inhabitants of Rustwater, Kansas.

Leap of Faith
Original theatrical poster
Directed byRichard Pearce
Written byJanus Cercone
Produced byMichael Manheim
David V. Picker
Starring
CinematographyMatthew F. Leonetti
Edited byJohn F. Burnett
Mark Warner
Don Zimmerman
Music byCliff Eidelman
Billy Straus
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • December 18, 1992 (1992-12-18)
Running time
108 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$20 million[1]
Box office$23.4 million

Plot


Faith healer Jonas Nightengale and his manager Jane Larson break down in Rustwater, Kansas. Learning they will be stuck there for four days waiting for replacement parts to come in for their truck, Jonas decides to hold revival meetings to help pay for the repairs on the truck.

Local sheriff Will Braverman is skeptical and decides to investigate Jonas' past. He learns that Jonas is in fact Jack Newton, a native of New York City who lived a life of crime in his teen years. Braverman shares this information with the townspeople, who have gathered for another tent revival. Jonas storms off the stage, soon returning to successfully spin Braverman's report, leaving the crowd more energized than ever, much to Braverman's exasperation. Nightengale continues his dubious ministry over the next several days as Jane and Braverman find themselves falling for each other.

Nightengale attempts to begin a relationship with local diner waitress Marva, whose brother Boyd walks with crutches following an auto accident. She explains that doctors could not find anything physically wrong with Boyd and his ailment is psychosomatic. Boyd comes to believe that Jonas can make him walk again. During a meeting, Boyd walks to the crucifix and touches the feet of Jesus. He drops his crutches and begins to walk unassisted. The awed crowd sweeps the stage. After the show, an enraged Jonas rails to Jane that he was conned and that Boyd upstaged him.

After the revival, Jonas enters the empty, darkened tent and mocks the crucifix and Christianity. Boyd walks in while Jonas is talking and says he wants to join Jonas on the road. Jonas agrees to meet Boyd the following morning, implying Boyd can come. Marva arrives and sends Boyd out of the tent. She thanks Jonas, who tells her that he will not be meeting her brother Boyd the next morning.

Jonas leaves the tent and sees the crowd that has gathered just outside it — many praying, some sleeping in groups, and others feeding the crowd that has gathered. He begins to understand that Boyd's miracle, and the faith that enabled it, are real after all. He packs a bag and departs alone under the cover of darkness, leaving behind his entire road show and hitching a ride with a truck driver bound for Pensacola, Florida. When asked by the driver if he is in some kind of trouble, Jonas replies, "No sir, no sir. Probably for the first time in my life". As they continue to ride along, the drought, threatening the crop harvest that is the centerpiece of the town's economy, comes to a dramatic end with a miraculous downpour. Jonas laughs silently to himself as he realizes the truth, and the film ends as he rides off into the stormy evening, hanging out the truck window loudly thanking Jesus for the rain.


Cast



Production



Filming


The movie was filmed in Groom, Claude, and Tulia, Texas, though parts of the movie were filmed in Plainview, where the town water tower still has the fictional town mascot painted on the side. Martin was brought in as a replacement after Michael Keaton quit the production.[citation needed] The consultant for cons and frauds was Ricky Jay who was called in a 1993 article of The New Yorker as "perhaps the most gifted sleight-of-hand artist alive".[2]


Reception


On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 64% based on reviews from 22 critics. The site's consensus states: "Steve Martin's layered performance transcends Leap of Faith's somewhat undercooked narrative."[3]

Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film 3 out of 4, and wrote: "The movie itself has considerable qualities, among them Martin's performance as Nightengale. This isn't the sleek, groomed, prosperous Steve Martin we've seen in movies like L.A. Story. It's Martin as a seedy, desperate, bright, greedy man without hope."[4] Janet Maslin of The New York Times wrote: "Well acted and amusingly told, featuring a fine performance by Steve Martin in the central role, this tale ultimately switches gears and takes a deeply serious turn."[5]


Musical adaptation


The Center Theatre Group presented the musical at the Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles, with Rob Ashford as director and choreographer.[6] Performances began on September 11, 2010, with an official opening on October 3, 2010, running through October 24, 2010. Raul Esparza played the role of Jonas Nightengale and Brooke Shields played the role of Marva.[7] The musical began previews on Broadway at the St. James Theatre on April 3, 2012, and opened on April 26, 2012 before closing after only 20 performances. Direction was by Christopher Ashley, choreography by Sergio Trujillo, a revised book by Warren Leight, with a cast featuring Raúl Esparza as Jonas Nightengale, and Jessica Phillips as Marva.[8]


References


  1. "AFI|Catalog".
  2. "The World Wide Website of Ricky Jay". Archived from the original on 2007-06-21. Retrieved 2018-12-16.
  3. "Leap of Faith (1992)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2020-10-20.
  4. Ebert, Roger (1992). "Leap Of Faith movie review & film summary (1992)". Chicago Sun-Times.
  5. Maslin, Janet (18 December 1992). "Review/Film; Steve Martin as a Healer With Faith Only in Lies (Published 1992)". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2012-10-23.
  6. Jones, Kenneth."Leap of Faith, Menken's Gospel-Filled Musical Comedy, Will Premiere in L.A." Archived 2010-01-31 at the Wayback Machine playbill.com, January 28, 2010
  7. Gans, Andrew."Raúl Esparza and Brooke Shields To Star in Leap of Faith at the Ahmanson" Archived 2010-07-26 at the Wayback Machine playbill.com, June 21, 2010
  8. Jones, Kenneth (January 12, 2012). "Leap of Faith's Broadway Launch Will Be April 3; Jessica Phillips, Raul Esparza, Kendra Kassebaum Star". Playbill. Archived from the original on January 16, 2012. Retrieved January 13, 2012.



На других языках


[de] Der Schein-Heilige

Der Schein-Heilige (Originaltitel: Leap of Faith) ist eine US-amerikanische Filmkomödie aus dem Jahr 1992. Die Regie führte Richard Pearce, das Drehbuch schrieb Janus Cercone. Die Hauptrollen spielten Steve Martin und Debra Winger.
- [en] Leap of Faith (film)

[ru] Сила веры (фильм)

«Сила веры» (англ. Leap of Faith — Прыжок веры (дословное название) — американский кинофильм 1992 года, трагикомедия, режиссёр Ричард Пирс. В главных ролях Стив Мартин, Дебра Уингер, Лолита Давидович, Лиам Нисон и Лукас Хаас.



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