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Marjoe Cover Image DVD DVD

Marjoe

Smith, Howard (Added Author). Kernochan, Sarah (Added Author). Gortner, Marjoe (Added Author). Silk, Lawrence. (Added Author). Palevsky, Max (Added Author). Cinema 10. (Added Author). Docurama (Firm) (Added Author). New Video Group. (Added Author).

Summary: A documentary on Marjoe Gortner, who was trained by his holy roller parents to hustle for Jesus and began preaching on the evangelical circuit when he was three years old. Follows Marjoe during his last months of rock-style preaching before his retirement at 28, and includes his comments on life as a con-man and the ethics of his colleagues in the religion business.

Item details

  • ISBN: 0767087887
  • ISBN: 9780767087889
  • Physical Description: videorecording
    videodisc
    1 videodisc (ca. 88 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Publisher: New York : Docurama : distributed by New Video Group, [2006]

Contents / Notes

General Note:
Originally part of a set that included the documentary: Thoth.
DVD release of the 1972 documentary.
Special features: filmmaker biographies.
Creation/Production Credits Note: Executive producer, Max Palevsky ; editor, Larry Silk ; camera, Ed Lynch ... [et al.].
System Details Note:
DVD ; Region 1 ; Dolby Digital stereo., NTSC.
Awards Note:
Academy Awards, USA, 1972: Oscar - Best Documentary, Features (Howard Smith, Sarah Kernochan).

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Genre: Biographical films.
Documentary films.

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  • 4 out of 4 copies are currently available at PINES.
  • 1 out of 1 copy are currently available at Flint River Regional Library System. (Show)
  • 1 out of 1 copy are currently available at Peachtree City Library. (Show)

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Flint River Regional Library System:
      Peachtree City Library 		DVD 921 GORTNER ( Send Text)
 31022006252750 ADULT Available
Okefenokee Regional Library System:
      Appling County Public Library 		DVD 921 MAR ( Send Text)
 31042006775212 AV Available
Okefenokee Regional Library System:
      Clinch County Public Library 		DVD 921 MAR ( Send Text)
 31042006777366 AV Available
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      Waycross-Ware Co. Public Lib. 		DVD 921 MAR ( Send Text)
 31042006770643 AV Available
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