In God We Tru$t (1980)

User Rating:

4.9/10   

Director:

Marty Feldman

Writers:

Chris Allen (writer)
Marty Feldman (writer)

Release Date:

26 September 1980 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

This is Brother Ambrose. Lead him not into temptation. For he's sure to follow.

Plot:

Raised in a Trappist monastery, the innocent Brother Ambrose (Feldman) sets out to find money to save the bankrupt monastery...

Plot Keywords:

Money | God | Minister | Church | Chase

US TV Schedule:

Wed. July 29

4:20 AM

MAX

Cast

Marty Feldman	...	Brother Ambrose
Peter Boyle	...	Dr. Sebastian Melmoth
Louise Lasser	...	Mary
Richard Pryor	...	G.O.D.
Andy Kaufman	...	Armageddon T. Thunderbird
Wilfrid Hyde-White	...	Abbot Thelonius
Severn Darden	...	Priest
Eddie Parks
Stephanie Ross
Richard A. Roth
Barbara Ann Grimes		(as Barbara Ann Walters)
John J. Koshel
Peter Koshel
Lynda Chase		(as Lynda Chase-Chankin)
Bob Yerkes		(as Brayton 'Bob' Yerkes)

Also Known As:

Gimme That Prime Time Religion
In God We Trust (Europe: English title) (alternative spelling)

Runtime:

97 min | Spain:92 min (DVD edition)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Finland:K-16 (cut) (1981) | Iceland:12 | Australia:M | Spain:13 | Norway:15 (1993) | UK:15 | USA:PG

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Universal Pictures

Trivia:

To prepare for his role as Aramgeddon T. Thunderbird, Andy Kaufman practiced preaching on city streets. During filming, he never broke character.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When Brother Ambrose pushes the table in at the dinner the wire used to pull it to its place is visible.

Quotes:

Mary: It may not be the best of all possible worlds, but it's the only damn one we've got.

Movie Connections:

Edited into 42nd Street Forever Part 4 (2009) (V)

A clear-eyed look at religion in America

Marty Feldman plays a meek monk who emerges from the monastery he's lived in all his life to get the money needed to save it. He travels to the big city and meets a number of characters who are obsessed with religion, money, or both. This movie manages to show devotion, delusion and hypocrisy with clarity and, yes, grace, while providing plenty of laughs. Blessed are the meek, for they get off easy in this one; the greedy and vicious are not so lucky. Andy Kaufman's performance as Armageddon T. Thunderbird is brilliant, chilling, and not to be missed.