God's Angry Man

1981 · 44 MIN · IMDB 6.7 · 938 VOTES · DIR. Werner Herzog

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Overview

The documentary follows Gene Scott, famous televangelist involved with constant fights against FCC, who tried to shut down his TV show during the 1970s and '80s, and even argues with his viewers, complaining about their lack of support by not sending enough money to keep going with the show.

Dialogue Timeline — 288 lines

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00:00:30 This is Dr. Gene Scott live from his television studio
00:02:31 to slander, blackmail, and tax evasion.
00:03:47 saying that people worship the great god "Twosides".
00:04:58 Could you describe one of these incidents?
00:05:45 There was just a poor diabetic man inside. Sure, I've had doors kicked in
00:06:55 One of the fellows on the staff here said to me:
00:07:49 he'd come home atweekends to help me with church work.
00:09:08 So we are very proud of our son.
00:10:19 We don't have enough telephones tonight
00:15:04 This could be a million-dollar-night.
00:16:46 And I'm fortunate that my dad, who's 74, is still active and can help me out.
00:20:35 but that's very recent.
00:21:42 struggling for survival. And they identify with that.
00:23:09 I can'twalk by a guy kicking a dog without going up to him and kicking him in the ass.
00:24:04 so that I could go to Australia with a clear conscience
00:24:57 I had the mumps when I was 19 years old.
00:29:07 Do you understand it? God's work hangs on a miserable 600 dollars!
00:31:17 Games? Gimmicks? Words? Massage? Or life and death?
00:32:39 There are people who grab the hymn book and promise a great crusade and say:
00:33:59 someone else looks at it first. I'm never alone, I don't have any privacy.
00:35:01 In fact, I'm won'th more dead than alive to them right now.
00:36:07 You see, this misunderstanding makes me very sad.
00:37:13 Yet I'm the guy who gets attacked.
00:38:28 He portrays them as apes, and explains how one should beat bureaucrats over the head.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed288
Dialogue density6.5 lines / min
First line00:00:30
Final line00:38:28

Production Record

DirectorWerner Herzog
LanguageGerman
IMDb votes938