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A high school slacker who's rejected by every school he applies to opts to create his own institution of higher learning, the South Harmon Institute of Technology, on a rundown piece of property near his hometown.


“Fraud works in mysterious ways.”
Biblical archaeologist Don Verdean is hired by a local church pastor to find faith-promoting relics in the Holy Land. But after a fruitless expedition he is forced to get creative in this comedy of faith and fraud.

Sam Rockwell
Don Verdean

Jemaine Clement
Boaz

Amy Ryan
Carol

Danny McBride
Tony Lazarus

Will Forte
Pastor Fontaine

Leslie Bibb
Joylinda Lazarus

Steve Park
Poon-Yen

Sky Elobar
Dr. Stanley
Yaniv Moyal
Israeli Police Officer

P.J. Boudousqué
Gary
Don Verdean is a comedy film released in 2015 exploring themes of israel, faith, christianity, pastor, lie, fraud. Directed by Jared Hess, it stars Sam Rockwell, Jemaine Clement, Amy Ryan. Biblical archaeologist Don Verdean is hired by a local church pastor to find faith-promoting relics in the Holy Land. But after a fruitless expedition he is forced to get creative in this comedy of faith and fraud.
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