Don Verdean

Theatrical - Limited 2015-12-11

Cast Sam Rockwell Jemaine Clement Amy Ryan Danny McBride Will Forte Leslie Bibb
Directed by Jared Hess

Genres: Comedy

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7/10

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Hired by an ambitious small-town pastor to find sacred relics in the Holy Land, a self-proclaimed Biblical archaeologist comes up short and his attempt to cover up his failure fuels a comic conspiracy from the filmmaking team behind Napoleon Dynamite and... See more Nacho Libre.

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Review: Don Verdean

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This was originally reviewed as part of our Sundance 2015 coverage. PLOT: Don Verdean (Sam Rockwell) is a self-described “biblical archaeologist” whose findings are often met with disbelief and derision. Now eking out a living on the church lecture tour,...

Sam Rockwell hunts for religious artifacts in first trailer for Don Verdean

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Do you remember the absolute hysteria which followed the release of NAPOLEON DYNAMITE? That film just exploded as everyone and their Uncle Rico would bust out their best Napoleon Dynamite impressions at every opportunity. Neither of Jared Hess' follow-up films,...

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Review: Don Verdean

Posted 10 years ago

This was originally reviewed as part of our Sundance 2015 coverage. PLOT: Don Verdean (Sam Rockwell) is a self-described “biblical archaeologist” whose findings are often met with disbelief and derision. Now eking out a living on the church lecture tour,...

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Review: Don Verdean

This was originally reviewed as part of our Sundance 2015 coverage. PLOT: Don Verdean (Sam Rockwell) is a self-described “biblical archaeologist” whose findings are often met with disbelief and derision. Now eking out a living on the church lecture tour,...

Posted 10 years ago

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Sam Rockwell hunts for religious artifacts in first trailer for Don Verdean

Posted 10 years ago

Do you remember the absolute hysteria which followed the release of NAPOLEON DYNAMITE? That film just exploded as everyone and their Uncle Rico would bust out their best Napoleon Dynamite impressions at every opportunity. Neither of Jared Hess' follow-up films,...

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