J.R. “Bob” Dobbs and The Church of the SubGenius

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• Genre(s): Documentary
• Language(s): English
• Director(s): Sandy K. Boone
• Cast(s): Nick Offerman, Richard Linklater, Penn Jillette, Gerald V. Casale, Tom Myers See all Cast & Crew

• Duration: 1h 25min
• Music: Eric Friend,Curtis Heath
• Award(s): Grand Jury Prize 2019 (Won)
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• Similar To: A Gorilla Story: Told by David Attenborough, The Perfect Neighbor
• Story:
  What started out as an inside joke amongst two self proclaimed weirdos in Ft. Worth, Texas soon becomes much more than they bargained for. Frustrated by the rising consumer-driven culture, out-of-work pals Douglass St. Clair Smith and Steve Wilcox decide to turn their conservative southern ideology on its head and invent a new religion all their own. Spurred on by the overreach of religion and zealous televangelists of the day, the pair concoct religious monikers (Reverend Ivan Stang and Dr. Philo Drummond), a newly minted prophet (J.R. "Bob" Dobbs), and devise a crusade to expose the conspiracy of normalcy by using humor as the ultimate weapon.
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