''God's Angry Man'' is a 1981
documentary film, directed by
Werner Herzog about
Gene Scott, a U.S. pastor and
Stanford
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PhD who served for almost fifty years as an ordained minister and religious broadcaster in Los Angeles. The film was produced for television. The German title ''Glaube und Währung'' translates as ''Faith and Currency''.
The film consists of footage of Scott on the set of his television program ''Festival of Faith'' and interviews with Scott and Scott's parents conducted by Herzog. The footage from Scott's television program focuses almost exclusively on his fund-raising efforts and an elaborate rant against the
Federal Communications Commission (F.C.C.). Scott at one point refuses to speak until his viewers pledge an additional $600. After several minutes of silence, he yells angrily at the camera until a production assistant informs him that they have received $700. Scott represents the F.C.C. on his show by a
cymbal-banging monkey toy
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1981 films
1981 documentary films
German documentary films
West German films
Religious broadcasting in the United States
Documentary films about Christianity in the United States
Documentary films about television
1980s German films
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