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

Synopsis

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 Nacho Libre.

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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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