Why We'll Never Forget Robert Mapplethorpe However, it wasn’t long before financial improprieties, scheming rivals, and sexual scandal tore their marriage apart Tammy Faye was legendary for her indelible eyelashes, her idiosyncratic singing, and her eagerness to embrace people from all walks of life. In the 1970s and ’80s, Tammy Faye and Jim rose from humble beginnings to create the world’s largest religious broadcasting network and a theme park, and were revered for their message of love, acceptance and prosperity.
Based on the documentary “ The Eyes of Tammy Faye,” directed by Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato from World of Wonder, the film tells the extraordinary and outlandish rise, fall and redemption of televangelists Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker, played by Garfield and Chastain.
Jessica Chastain and Andrew Garfield are on board to star in the Fox Searchlight biopic “ The Eyes of Tammy Faye” with “ The Big Sick” director Michael Showalter on board to helm.
