The Proper Care and Feeding of an
American Messiah

Chris Hansen
U.S., 2005
English
95 minutes • Color
Production: Theoretical Entertainment
Screenplay: Chris Hansen, D.M. Lovic
Cinematography: Damon Crump
Music: D.M. Lovic, B. Franklin Lyon
Principal Cast: Dustin Olson, Ellen Dolan, Joseph Frost, Tony Hale

SHOWTIMES:
Thur Apr 26 8:15pm (Key Cinemas)

Fri Apr 27 4:00pm Indy Men’s Magazine Screening Room (Landmark)

The Proper Care & Feeding of an American Messiah is a mock documentary story of a man who thinks he is a messiah. Not the messiah, but rather a local, regionally-selected messiah for his own hometown. He’s on a quest, desperately trying to raise money for a town-wide rally where he hopes to announce his deity – and to determine his true, God-given “special purpose” in life – which may or may not have something to do with ailments of the lower gastrointestinal tract, but he won’t be sure until he hears more or less directly from God.

Writer/director Chris Hansen’s mockumentary is an astute comic exploration of America’s preoccupation with religion that reveals the dubious results when marketing and capitalism become an indispensable part of spirituality. - Elisabeth Hegmann