Salvation! (1987 film)

Salvation!
File:Salvationposter.jpg Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Beth B
Produced by	Beth B
Written by	Beth B Tom Robinson
Starring	Stephen McHattie Dominique Davalos Exene Cervenka Viggo Mortensen Rockets Redglare
Music by	New Order
Cinematography	Francis Kenny
Edited by	Elizabeth Kling
Distributed by	Circle Films
Release dates	1987 (1987)
Running time	80 min
Country	United States
Language	English

Salvation! (also known as Salvation!: Have You Said Your Prayers Today?) is a 1987 film by Beth B, starring Viggo Mortensen, Exene Cervenka and Stephen McHattie. The film is a parody of televangelism released right after the real-life Jim Bakker and Jimmy Swaggart scandals.

The film was released on VHS, but not as yet on DVD.

The film tagline was "SEX. POWER. MONEY. All in the name of God."

Plot

McHattie plays Reverend Randall, a Staten Island-based televangelist who has been bilking his flock and secretly watches pornography while he is rehearsing his sermons in his stately home. Cervenka plays Rhonda Stample, a born again Christian. After Rhonda's non-believer husband, Jerome (Viggo Mortensen), loses his factory job, he and two cousins enlist Rhonda in a plot to entrap Rev. Randall in a sex scandal and blackmail him.

Soundtrack

The soundtrack album was released on Factory Benelux/Les Disques du Crépuscule (catalogue TWI-774) and Factory Australasia (catalogue FACT-182) in February 1988.

Soundtrack

Salvation!: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Soundtrack album by Various artists
Released	1988
Genre	Modern rock, alternative rock, post-punk, electronic
Label	Factory Benelux/Les Disques du Crépuscule TWI-774 Factory Australasia FACT-182
Producer	Various

Side A:

1. New Order: "Salvation Theme"
2. Jumpin' Jesus (Arthur Baker and Stuart Kimball, vocals by Stephen McHattie): "You Can't Blackmail Jesus"
3. Cabaret Voltaire: "Twanky Party"
4. New Order: "Touched by the Hand of God"
5. Dominique* (Dominique Davalos): "Play The Beat"
6. The Hood: "Nightmare"

Side B:

1. New Order: "Let's Go"
2. The Hood: "Salvation! Have You Said Your Prayers Today"
3. Arthur Baker: "Come On"
4. New Order: "Sputnik"
5. Cabaret Voltaire: "Jesus Saves"
6. New Order: "Skullcrusher"
7. Dominique*: "Destroy All Evil"

CD editions include the 12" remix of "Touched By The Hand Of God".

Singles from the soundtrack were The Hood "Salvation"/Jumpin' Jesus "You Can't Blackmail Jesus" (FAC 182) and New Order "Touched By The Hand Of God" (FAC 193).

External links

• Salvation! at IMDb

• Discogs.com
• Factoryrecords.org
• Discogs.com
• Discogs.com
• Factoryrecords.org