21st Calgary Underground Film Festival

April 18-28, 2024 Globe Cinema

12th CUFF.Docs Documentary Film Festival

November 20-24, 2024 Globe Cinema

J.R. "Bob" Dobbs And The Church Of The Subgenius

United States, 2019: 85 minutes: Alberta Premiere
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description

The Church of the SubGenius has been called "the most aggressively preposterous theology the world has ever known!" But what is the Church? Filmmaker Sandy K. Boone explores the underground movement that has galvanized the imaginative, the artistic, the nerdy, even the deranged - to examine the simmering dystopia in their culture, and do absolutely nothing about it - except, maybe, poke fun at it all.

OFFICIAL SELECTION
SXSW 2019
Fantasia Film Festival 2019
Sydney Underground Film Festival 2019
Dallas International Film Festival 2019

DIRECTOR'S BIO
Sandy K Boone is the founder of Sandy K Boone Productions, a TV and Film Production company based in Austin, Texas. She was an associate producer on RICHARD LINKLATER - DREAM IS DESTINY, and produced films such as Ethan Hawke’s BLAZE, Karen Skloss’ THE HONOR FARM, and Keith Maitland’s documentary TOWER. J.R. "BOB" DOBBS AND THE CHURCH OF THE SUBGENIUS is Sandy's first feature documentary. Her late husband David Boone was an early disciple of the Church of the SubGenius.

press for J.R. "Bob" Dobbs And The Church Of The Subgenius

"Not only a colorful piece of weird-Texas history but a surprising commentary on the current state of the world."
- The Hollywood Reporter
"Boone gives us both a nostalgic account on this underground movement and how their sci-fi inspired dystopia applies to each decade of history, up till today, where the documentary earns its whole-hearted earnestness."
- Film Inquiry

details

Documentary / Comedy / Female Filmmaker

English
85 minutes

special guest

Director Sandy Boone in attendance!

credits

Director
Sandy K Boone

Executive Producers
Sandy K Boone
Louis Black

Producers
Michelle Randolph-Faires
Alyssa Spiller Sajovich
Jason Wehling
Suzanne Weinert

Screenwriters
Sandy K Boone
Jason Wehling

Cinematographers
David Layton
Kyle Cockayne
Fady Hadid

Cast
Richard Linklater
Nick Offerman
Penn Jillette
Harry S. Robins

Music
Curtis Heath

Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/subgeniusmovie/

Twitter:
https://twitter.com/subgeniusmovie

Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/subgeniusmovie

Official website:
https://www.skboone.com

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awards

Winner Grand Jury Prize, Dallas International Film Festival 2019
Winner Jury Award, Melbourne Documentary Film Festival 2019

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