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What would Jesus buy? / Palisades Pictures ; Morgan Spurlock presents a Warrior Poets production ; in association with Werner Film ; a film by Rob VanAlkemade ; producers, Peter Hutchison, Stacey Offman, Morgan Spurlock ; directed by Rob VanAlkemade.
Annenberg Circulation Desk DVD HF5415.33.U6 W43 2008
Available
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Talen, William.
- StopShopping Gospel Choir.
- Christmas--Economic aspects--United States.
- Christmas.
- Consumption (Economics)--Moral and ethical aspects--United States.
- Consumption (Economics).
- Protest movements--United States--Citizen participation.
- Protest movements.
- Political activists--United States.
- Political activists.
- Street theater.
- Political participation.
- Consumption (Economics)--Moral and ethical aspects.
- United States.
- Street theater--United States.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Propaganda films.
- Feature films.
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (91 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Arts Alliance America, [2008]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
- System Details:
- DVD, NTSC, Region 1; Dolby Digital.
- digital
- optical
- Dolby
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- region 1
- Summary:
- "Bill Talen (aka Reverend Billy) 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."--Container. Follows Reverend Billy and the Stop Shopping Gospel Choir (a changing group of volunteers) as they go on a cross-country mission to save Christmas from the Shopocalypse.
- Participant:
- Reverend Billy, Savitri D., the Stop Shopping Gospel Choir.
- Credits:
- Cinematography, Alan Deutsch ... [et al.]; editors, Gavin Coleman, Stela Georgieva; music, William Moses.
- Notes:
- Videodisc release of the motion picture produced in 2007.
- Special features: public access show featuring Reverend Billy and the Stop Shopping Gospel Choir; deleted scene; original theatrical trailer; printable carol lyrics.
- Aspect ratio 16:9.
- OCLC:
- 236489931
- Publisher Number:
- 829567049525
- 670495 Arts Alliance America
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