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Gravitas Ventures |
Release Date:
November 16, 2007
Summary:
From producer Morgan Spurlock ("Super Size Me") and director Rob VanAlkemade comes a serious docu-comedy about the commercialization of Christmas. Bill Talen was a lost idealist who hitchhiked to New York City only to find that Times Square was becoming a mall. Spurred on by the loss of his neighborhood and inspired by the sidewalk preachers around him, Bill bought a collar to match his white caterer's jacket, bleached his hair and became the Reverend Billy of the Church of Stop Shopping. Since 1999, Reverend Billy has gone from being a lone preacher with a portable pulpit preaching on subways, to the leader of a congregation and a movement whose numbers are well into the thousands.
Through retail interventions, corporate exorcisms, and some good old-fashioned preaching, Reverend Billy reminds us that we have lost the true meaning of Christmas. What Would Jesus Buy? is a journey into the heart of America – from exorcising the demons at the Wal-Mart headquarters to taking over the center stage at the Mall of America and then ultimately heading to the Promised Land … Disneyland. (Palisades Pictures)
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Details
| Rating: | Rated PG for thematic material and brief mild language. |
| Production: | Palisades Pictures |
| Genres: | Comedy, Documentary |
| Country: | USA |
| Language: | English |
| Home Release Date: | May 27, 2008 |
| Director | Credit |
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| Rob VanAlkemade | Director |
| Cast | Credit |
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| Adetola Abiade | Alto |
| Ben Cerf | Bass |
| Ben Dubin-Thaler | Bass |
| Gina Figueroa | Alto |
| James Solomon Benn | Choir Director/Choreographer |
| Leah Farrell | Tenor |
| Mike Flthye | Drums |
| Misun Choi | Soprano |
| Paul Allen | Tenor |
| Paul Norman Allen | Tenor |
| Reverend Billy | Reverend Billy |
| Rick Becker | Trombone |
| Savitri Durkee | Church Director |
| Shannon Baxter | Soprano |
| Producer | Credit |
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| Andie Grace | Associate Producer |
| Felix Werner | Executive Producer |
| Jedd Wider | Executive Producer |
| Jeremy Chilnick | Co-Producer |
| Kathrin Werner | Executive Producer |
| Morgan Spurlock | Producer |
| Peter D. Hutchison | Producer |
| Stacey Offman | Producer |
| Todd Wider | Executive Producer |
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