- published: 26 Aug 2016
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Actors: David Magdael (miscellaneous crew), Winston Emano (miscellaneous crew), Morgan Spurlock (producer), Anne Stulz (miscellaneous crew), Jeremy Chilnick (producer), Stacey Offman (producer), Darnina Hodge (miscellaneous crew), Jerry Goralnick (actor), Jedd Wider (producer), Reverend Billy (actor), Evan Cutler (miscellaneous crew), Laura Newman (actress), Dia Sokol Savage (miscellaneous crew), Todd Wider (producer), Rob VanAlkemade (director),
Plot: An examination of the commercialization of Christmas in America while following Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping Gospel Choir on a cross-country mission to save Christmas from the Shopocalypse (the end of humankind from consumerism, over-consumption and the fires of eternal debt.) The film also delves into issues such as the role sweatshops play in America's mass consumerism and Big-Box Culture. From the humble beginnings of preaching at his portable pulpit on New York City subways, to having a congregation of thousands - Bill Talen (aka Rev. Billy) has become the leader of not just a church, but a national movement.
Keywords: activism, advertising, arrest, bankruptcy, big-box-stores, brand, buying, child-labor, christmas, civil-disobedienceActors: David Magdael (miscellaneous crew), Winston Emano (miscellaneous crew), Morgan Spurlock (producer), Anne Stulz (miscellaneous crew), Jeremy Chilnick (producer), Stacey Offman (producer), Darnina Hodge (miscellaneous crew), Jerry Goralnick (actor), Jedd Wider (producer), Reverend Billy (actor), Evan Cutler (miscellaneous crew), Laura Newman (actress), Dia Sokol Savage (miscellaneous crew), Todd Wider (producer), Rob VanAlkemade (director),
Plot: An examination of the commercialization of Christmas in America while following Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping Gospel Choir on a cross-country mission to save Christmas from the Shopocalypse (the end of humankind from consumerism, over-consumption and the fires of eternal debt.) The film also delves into issues such as the role sweatshops play in America's mass consumerism and Big-Box Culture. From the humble beginnings of preaching at his portable pulpit on New York City subways, to having a congregation of thousands - Bill Talen (aka Rev. Billy) has become the leader of not just a church, but a national movement.
Keywords: activism, advertising, arrest, bankruptcy, big-box-stores, brand, buying, child-labor, christmas, civil-disobedienceActors: Jo Ann Kaplan (editor), Alexander Marengo (director), Jonathan Wicks (miscellaneous crew), Sian Busby (miscellaneous crew), Claron McFadden (actress), John Hackney (miscellaneous crew), Alastair Miles (actor), John Mark Ainsley (actor), Sarah Connolly (actress), Christopher Robson (actor), Debra Hauer (producer), Colette Flight (miscellaneous crew), Rosa Mannion (actress), Nicholas McGegan (actor), David Fielding (actor),
Genres: Music,Actors: Steve Eveleigh (editor), Howard Goodall (actor), Renée Fleming (actress), James Levine (actor), Roberto Alagna (actor), John Kelleher (producer), Rodney Greenberg (director), Alexander Marengo (miscellaneous crew), Roberto Scandiuzzi (actor), Fiona Seatter (miscellaneous crew), Luciana D'Intino (actress), James Wills (producer),
Genres: Music,Actors: Plácido Domingo (actor), Steve Eveleigh (editor), Roberto Alagna (actor), Peter Maniura (producer), Angela Gheorghiu (actress), Robert Lloyd (actor), The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House (actor), Susan Graham (actress), Dwayne Croft (actor), Galina Gorchakova (actress), Lillian Watson (actress), Leontina Vaduva (actress), Verónica Villarroel (actress), Kriss Rusmanis (director), Asher Fisch (actor),
Genres: Music,Actors: Peter Sellars (miscellaneous crew), Peter Sellars (actor), Jean-Pierre Gorin (writer), Jean-Pierre Gorin (director), José van Dam (actor), Rainer Mockert (producer), Dawn Upshaw (actress), Esa-Pekka Salonen (actor), Dunya Ramicova (actress), Arnold Schoenberg Chor (actor), Tom Krause (actor), Urban Malmberg (actor), George Tsypin (actor), Manfred Frei (producer), John Aler (actor),
Genres: Documentary, Music,Actors: Paul Brooke (actor), Montserrat Caballé (actress), Ruggero Raimondi (actor), Samuel Ramey (actor), Marilyn Horne (actress), Claudio Abbado (actor), Francisco Araiza (actor), Giorgio Surjan (actor), Raquel Pierotti (actress), Choeur de Radio France (actor), Chamber Orchestra of Europe (actor), Eva Lind (actress),
Genres: Music,Actors: Leonard Bernstein (actor), José Carreras (actor), Kirk Browning (director), Montserrat Caballé (actress), Plácido Domingo (actor), Luciano Pavarotti (actor), Kiri Te Kanawa (actress), James Levine (actor), Joan Sutherland (actress), Mirella Freni (actress), Marilyn Horne (actress), Nicolai Ghiaurov (actor), Jessye Norman (actress), Metropolitan Opera Chorus (actor), Kathleen Battle (actress),
Genres: Music,Actors: Adolph Faylauer (actor), Franklyn Farnum (actor), Douglas Evans (actor), Robert Easton (actor), Herbert Evans (actor), Harry Carter (actor), Ralph Brooks (actor), James Conaty (actor), James Conaty (actor), Rory Calhoun (actor), Bill Baldwin (actor), Leif Erickson (actor), Harry Carter (actor), Johnny Duncan (actor), Joseph Forte (actor),
Plot: Young 'Jane Froman' (qv) lands a job at a Cincinnati radio station thanks to less-successful singer Don Ross. Managed by Ross, her career soars, but their personal relationship doesn't. World War II arrives and the USO calls Jane to Europe, where a plane crash puts her in the hospital with mangled legs. Will she walk again? Her travails are complicated by a romantic triangle with Ross and airline pilot John Burn...
Keywords: accidental-nudity, entertainer, female-protagonist, nipple-slip, singer, world-war-twoActors: Eduard von Winterstein (actor), Helmut Weiss (actor), Veit Harlan (director), Will Meisel (composer), Henny Porten (actress), Hanni Weisse (actress), Hilde Sessak (actress), Lili Schoenborn-Anspach (actress), Erich Kestin (actor), Reinhold Bernt (actor), Ilse Fürstenberg (actress), Gerhard Bienert (actor), Gaston Briese (actor), Paul Mederow (actor), Else Elster (actress),
Genres: Comedy, Romance,