Touch

Name: Touch
Director: Paul Shrader
Released: 1997

The Run Down.

With the discovery of Juvenal, a miracle healer, evangelist turned RV dealer Bill Hill envisions riches. Hill manages to snare Juvenal with the help of a former associate, Lynn Faulkner. However, Hill's plans of book deals and TV talk show visits hits a snag when Lynn falls for Juvenal and has second thoughts about exploiting him. (IMDB)

Release Year: 1997

Source: Novel ( Touch)

Director: Paul Shrader

Written by: Paul Shrader

Production: United Artists

Starring: Skeet Ulrich, Christopher Walken

Runtime: 96 Minutes

How should a reviewer rate a film like this? I am not "recommending" the picture because I don't think it delivers what any reasonable filmgoer is likely to expect from it. Unreasonable filmgoers are another matter. You know who you are.

— Roger Ebert

The Book: Touch

A Michigan woman was blind and now she can see, after being touched by a young man who calls himself Juvenal. Maybe it was just coincidence, but Bill Hill—who used to run the spectacular Uni-Faith Ministry in Dalton, Georgia, and now sells RVs—can see dollar signs when he looks at this kid with the magic "touch." The trouble is that others see them also, including a wacko fundamentalist fascist with his own private army of the faithful and an assortment of media leeches. But everyone who's looking to put the touch on the healer is in for a big surprise—because Juvenal's got a trick or two up his sleeve that nobody sees coming.

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