The Making of '...And God Spoke' (1993)

A documentary on the making of a big budget Bible picture. This is a spoof that shows the inside action on a film set where everything that could possibly go wrong goes wrong.

Director:

Arthur Borman

Writers:

Arthur Borman (story), Mark Borman (story),

Stars:

Michael Riley, Stephen Rappaport, Tamara Mello

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Michael Riley	...	Clive Walton
Stephen Rappaport	...	Marvin Handleman
Tamara Mello	...	Dial S Woman
Ashlie Rhey	...	Nude Ninja
Monique Parent	...	Nude Ninja (as Monique Paurent)
Lisa Comshaw	...	Nude Ninja (as Lisa Sutton)
Jensung	...	Wilhelm / Jimmi Lee
Daniel Tisman	...	Chip Greenfield
Tino Orsini	...	Walter / Writer
Jason Edwards	...	Peter Carbone / P.D. (as Jay Edwards)
Peter Macdissi	...	Jordan Sales Rep.
Nathalie Canessa-White	...	Girl #1 (as Natalie Lake)
Renée Felix	...	Girl #2 (as Renee Felix)
Darlene Waye	...	Girl #3
Christy Taylor	...	Eve (as Christy Michelle)

Storyline

A documentary on the making of a big budget Bible picture. This is a spoof that shows the inside action on a film set where everything that could possibly go wrong goes wrong.

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Plot Keywords:

bible | spoof | tattoo | depiction of god | film making | 

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Taglines:

The World Was Created In Six Days. It Was Beautiful. But It Was Way Over Budget!

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Genres:

Comedy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language

Details

Official Sites:

Director's Cut [us] story,cast,photos

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

23 September 1994 (USA)

Also Known As:

...And God Spoke

Box Office

Gross:

$62,598 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Brookwood Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

82 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo Dolby (DVD version) (as Dolby Surround)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Quotes

Clive Walton: [about Academy Awards] We had a business associate who had a friend who knew this guy who had a friend who got sick, who got a couple of passes. I was very exciting.

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Crazy Credits

A scene at the very end of the credits shows Clive and Marvin outside a movie theater with a group of appreciative fans.

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Connections

References The Exorcist (1973)

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Soundtracks

"Tell The World To Take A Hike"
Written by Will Ryan
Published by Animatoons Music
Copyright © 1993

User Reviews

slow and not especially funny

This mockumentary begins decently with an interview with the directors, who establish amusing, neurotic characters and show some of their early, horrible work. It's kind of cute, but over the next half hour, before I gave up, that was the only amusing scene in the movie.

While it wouldn't matter if the film were actually entertaining, I'd like to point out that the premise doesn't make a lot of sense. These guys are established as z-movie makers who have put out a series of low budget, profitable films. So why is it that they suddenly are unable to keep to a schedule or get their actors together or even get usable footage? Yes, it could be that they had taken on something so huge that they overextended themselves, but the movie doesn't really show that, which is a shame, because that would have had the potential to be funny. This would have made more sense if they were shown as novice filmmakers.

The best parts of the movie were the little clips of terrible filmmaking strewn throughout, especially Jesus on the Water. The filmmakers would have been better off making a purposely bad movie than attempting to make a good mockumentary.