What Would Jesus Buy?

What Would Jesus Buy?
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Rob VanAlkemade
Produced by	Morgan Spurlock Peter Hutchison Stacey Offman
Starring	Bill Talen
Music by	Steve Horowitz Wade Tonken William Moses
Distributed by	Warrior Poets
Release date	2007 (2007)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

What Would Jesus Buy? is a 2007 documentary film produced by Morgan Spurlock and directed by Rob VanAlkemade. The title is a take-off on the phrase, "what would Jesus do?". The film debuted on the festival circuit on March 11, 2007, at the South By Southwest (SXSW) conference in Austin, Texas. It went into general U.S. release on November 16, 2007.^[1]

The film follows the exploits of the satirical group Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping. Although founded as a performance collective rather than an actual religious organization, members of the group express spiritual viewpoints against excessive consumerism and materialism, particularly in the context of Christmas. The aforementioned Reverend Billy, played by social activist Bill Talen, is intended by its non-Christian performer not as parody but as a living example of past radical preachers.