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NUMBER ONE

#61

The ending
F R O M
LEAP OF FAITH (1992)

This was a really unique and uplifting film sequence from this smaller, lesser known film. Throughout this film, we deal with such cynicism after seeing Jonas Nightingale, played by Steve Martin, who is a con-man preacher, going around to cities, filling people with a hope he doesn't believe in to make money. His tour breaks down in a small town, where a true miracle finally does happen and it's the sequence which ends this film. A young boy, who was paralyzed and couldn't walk, is actually healed during one of Jonas's tent revivals, to the astonishment of even Jonas. "The real article" has finally faced him, and no one has any explanation except that it was God himself who did this. Jonas decides to hang it up for good and is even more convinced of God's miracle when it finally rains in this town who had been begging for rain for so long.

One very sweet segment of this sequence has Jonas emerging from the tent after the miracle and looking at all the people who had arrived because of it. He looks around and we see various people reading the Bible, talking to their children, hugging their loved ones, etc. And through these moments, we see a profound change happening to Jonas, and it's truly touching.


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