Religulous (2008)

Director:

Larry Charles

Writer:

Bill Maher (written by)

Release Date:

3 October 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Documentary | Comedy

Tagline:

Do you smell something burning?

Plot:

Bill Maher's take on the current state of world religion.

Plot Keywords:

Jew | Muslim | Christian | Religion | Atheist

Awards:

2 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Bill Maher	...	Himself
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Steve Burg	...	Himself
Francis Collins	...	Himself
George Coyne	...	Himself
Jeremiah Cummings	...	Himself
Jose Luis De Jesus Miranda	...	Himself
Reginald Foster	...	Himself
Ted Haggard	...	Himself (archive footage)
Dean Hamer	...	Himself (as Dr. Dean Hamer)
Ken Ham	...	Himself
Julie Maher	...	Herself
Kathy Maher	...	Herself
Aki Nawaz	...	Himself (as Propa-Gandhi)
Andrew Newberg	...	Himself
Fred Phelps	...	Himself (archive footage)
Mark Pryor	...	Himself
Ray Suarez	...	Himself
Yisroel Dovid Weiss	...	Himself
John Westcott	...	Himself
Geert Wilders	...	Himself
Jim Bakker	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Osama Bin Laden	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
George W. Bush	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Kirk Cameron	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Johnny Carson	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Larry Charles	...	Himself (uncredited)
Tom Cruise	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jerry Falwell	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Theo van Gogh	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Charlton Heston	...	George Taylor (archive footage) (uncredited)
Benny Hinn	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Mike Huckabee	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Kim Hunter	...	Zira (archive footage) (uncredited)
Michael Jackson	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Bishop Don Magic Juan	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Larry King	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Joe Lieberman	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
John McCain	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Pope John Paul II	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Pat Robertson	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Oral Roberts	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
George C. Scott	...	Abraham (archive footage) (uncredited)
Britney Spears	...	Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)
John Travolta	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Max von Sydow	...	Jesus (archive footage) (uncredited)

Directed by
Larry Charles

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Bill Maher		written by

Produced by
Chelsea Barnard	....	field producer
Roberta Brodsky	....	field producer
Cara Casey	....	field producer
Jesse Johnston	....	executive producer
Alexandra Lambrinidis	....	associate producer
Bill Maher	....	producer
Kevin O'Donnell	....	line producer
Flavia Oertwig	....	field producer
Lisa Rudin	....	associate producer
Charlie Siskel	....	executive producer
Jonah Smith	....	producer
Palmer West	....	producer

Cinematography by
Anthony Hardwick

Film Editing by
Jeff Groth
Christian Kinnard
Jeffrey M. Werner

Production Management
Tommaso Colognese	....	production supervisor: Italy
Brad Goodman	....	post-production supervisor
Kevin Kolovich	....	production supervisor: England
Mary Prendergast	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Dale Stern	....	first assistant director

Sound Department
James Bailey	....	foley artist
Jason George	....	sound
Scott Harber	....	production sound mixer
Geoffrey G. Rubay	....	sound re-recording mixer
Geoffrey G. Rubay	....	supervising sound editor
Fabrizio Donati	....	audio restorer (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Scott M. Davids	....	vfx supervisor: level 256 FX
Jalal Jemison	....	digital compositor
Jalal Jemison	....	graphics animator
Benjamin Locke	....	graphics animator
Benjamin Locke	....	main title animator
Aaron Peak	....	colorist: Hollywood-DI
Neil W. Smith	....	DI supervisor: Hollywood-DI

Camera and Electrical Department
David Mickler	....	camera operator: behind the scenes
Sam Moon	....	camera operator: "c" camera: England
Mark Schwartzbard	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Owen A. Smith	....	camera operator

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Jason Alper	....	stylist: England

Editorial Department
Thomas J. Cabela	....	assistant editor
Evan Goldstein	....	post-production coordinator
Micky Hohl	....	post-production assistant
Jeff Mee	....	assistant editor
Aaron Peak	....	on-line editor
Silja Tõnisson	....	first assistant editor

Music Department
Richard Henderson	....	music consultant
Chris Robertson	....	music clearance

Other crew
Robyn Adams	....	researcher
Bhanu Bhatnagar	....	production assistant: England
Kate Coe	....	archival researcher
Classietta Foreman	....	field coordinator
Octavia Hartland	....	production assistant: England
Dave Herrmann	....	production assistant
Calum Latham	....	production assistant: England
Aaron Millar	....	location manager
Aaron Millar	....	location scout
Mark Monto	....	security
Greg Wishnev	....	researcher

Thanks
Cliff Dorfman	....	special thanks
Ned Goldreyer	....	special thanks
Julie Maher	....	in loving memory of

Production Companies

• Thousand Words

Distributors

• A-Film Distribution (2008) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Ascot Elite Entertainment Group (2008) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Icon Film Distribution (2008) (Australia) (theatrical)
• Lionsgate (2008) (USA) (theatrical)
• Metropolitan Filmexport (2009) (France) (theatrical)
• Village Films (2008) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Blue Sky Media (2008) (Czech Republic) (all media)
• Sandrew Metronome Distribution (2009) (Finland) (DVD)
• TVA Films (2008) (Canada) (all media)

Other Companies

• Diamond Time  music clearances
• Dolby Laboratories  sound mix
• Hollywood-DI  digital intermediate services
• Lions Gate Records  soundtrack

Also Known As:

A Spiritual Journey (USA) (fake working title)
Untitled Larry Charles Project (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for some language and sexual material.

Runtime:

101 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Hebrew | Arabic | Persian | Spanish

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:R (certificate #44539) | UK:15 | Australia:M | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | South Africa:18 | New Zealand:M | Ireland:15A | Portugal:M/12 | Finland:K-11 | Germany:12 | Netherlands:12 | Mexico:B15 | Hong Kong:IIB

Filming Locations:

's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands

Company:

Thousand Words

Trivia:

Originally scheduled for release in March 2008 to coincide with the Easter holiday. But the 2007 Writers Guild strike caused delays in post-production. The release date was pushed back to July 11, 2008 and finally, October 3, 2008.

Goofs:

Errors in geography: The truck stop chapel is not actually located in Raleigh, NC, as claimed in the film, but is near Charlotte, NC. Raleigh and Charlotte are further from each other than LA and San Diego. Charlotte is an extremely conservative town compared with Raleigh.

Quotes:

Bill Maher: It's like the lotto. "You can't get saved if you don't play."

Movie Connections:

Features Pimps Up, Ho's Down (1999)

Soundtrack:

I Think We're Alone Now

Funny view on Religion

This film was everything I expected and more... To admit, I never really knew much about Bill Maher when I went to see this film. I saw this at the Atlantic film festival and I loved it. My friend had told me that it was going to be good, so when I saw it in the schedule I said " Hmm, maybe i'll see this." So we did. It was hilarious, I wet myself at several points. But! It was also VERY insightful. I actually learned quite a bit about how religion can be REALLY stupid. And it's true. I really enjoyed the interviews with some people who just take everything way to seriously. I loved the comedy being used to explain things that are very serious. So I completely suggest this to everyone, not just Bill Mahers fans.

" You don't need to pass an IQ test to be a senator."