Morgan Spurlock From ‘Super Size Me’ Asks ‘What Would Jesus Buy?’

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Morgan Spurlock, who you’ll remember from gaining 25 pounds eating nothing but McDonald’s in the game-changing documentary “Super Size Me,” is back as the producer of “What Would Jesus Buy?”.

I have downloaded the following still images of the documentary from a press FTP server. The first six images display the good reverend in action and the last is director Rob VanAlkemade.

Here’s the storyline:

The charismatic reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping Gospel Choir take us on a cross-country crusade to save Christmas from the Shopocalypse.

Their mission begins on Black Friday when families bloated from their Thanksgiving turkeys spend the night freezing in mile-long lines to trample each other at early bird sales.

Reverend Billy is here to invade the parking lots and temples of commerce to liberate consumers from their corporate trances.

From preaching at the Mall of America to exorcising the demons from Wal-Mart headquarters, Billy takes his gospel to the promised land.

In Chicago, the documentary opens on Nov. 30 at Landmark’s Century Centre Cinema. The film will also open in Austin, Dallas, Denver, Los Angeles, New York City, Portland, Seattle and San Francisco.

VanAlkemade said this in his director’s statement on the documentary:

The plan was simple.

In six weeks, we would assemble a very specific plan and synopsis, a substantial budget from producers and philanthropists compelled to help slow down our shopping, a brave and gifted crew and two vintage bio-diesel buses able to transport 40 tireless performance activists [across the country].

With all of that support behind us, we knew we just had to get out there and save Christmas from the Shopocalypse.

After this successful tour, my story editor and I quickly traveled the country interviewing specialists. Our total tape count (to the delight of our editors) was nearly 900 hours.

We were all inspired by the idea of spreading the good gospel to the skeptical and strived for the same while crafting the edit.

I’m sure many who may not be entirely receptive to performance activism in their everyday lives can easily connect with some of our themes.

The story behind the product on the shelf matters. Our own time is more valuable than any object. The holiday season is an opportunity to reflect on what means the most to us and to act accordingly.

Our intention is to start a conversation and to encourage some change starting perhaps in our own personal routines.

[As] it’s also a holiday film, we do need to enjoy ourselves even as we’re facing the end of the world from shopping.