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John Safran vs God

John Safran vs God

John Safran vs God

2004 1 Seasons 8 Episodes ⭐ 7.8 Documentary Comedy

John Safran vs God is an eight-part television documentary series by John Safran which was broadcast on SBS TV of Australia in 2004. It has been described in a media release as "John Safran's most audacious project yet". It had a much more serious tone than Safran's previous work Music Jamboree. The show was released by Ghost of Your Ex-Boyfriend Productions and SBS Independent, was co-written with Mark O'Toole, directed by Craig Melville, and produced by Selin Yaman. The series won the 2005 Australian Film Institute Award for Best Comedy Series. The show's opening theme is Hate Priest by the band Mozart on Crack. The opening sequence features John in a black suit breaking out of a patch of black scorched earth with his bare hands during a thunderstorm. The words "when the thousand years are over Satan will be released from his prison" are spoken in a low pseudo-ominous voice.

John Safran vs God is an eight-part television documentary series by John Safran which was broadcast on SBS TV of Australia in 2004. It has been described in a media release as "John Safran's most audacious project yet". It had a much more serious tone than Safran's previous work Music Jamboree. The show was released by Ghost of Your Ex-Boyfriend Productions and SBS Independent, was co-written with Mark O'Toole, directed by Craig Melville, and produced by Selin Yaman. The series won the 2005 Australian Film Institute Award for Best Comedy Series. The show's opening theme is Hate Priest by the band Mozart on Crack. The opening sequence features John in a black suit breaking out of a patch of black scorched earth with his bare hands during a thunderstorm. The words "when the thousand years are over Satan will be released from his prison" are spoken in a low pseudo-ominous voice.

Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

Fatwa

How difficult is it to get a fatwa placed on someone? John travels to the UK Shariah court to find out - and he chooses

EP 2

Buddha

John enlists the help of some indigenous Australians to broker a land rights deal with some well-intentioned Melbournian

EP 3

A Jew in the KKK

Can a Jew join the Ku Klux Klan? In Episode Three, John travels to Orange County, California to meet the KKK Grand Drago

EP 4

Mormons

John learns about a blossoming new cinema niche market, Mormon Films. So he travels to Mormon heartland, Salt Lake City

EP 5

More Mormons

John journeys to Sicily to meet with a priest. But not just any priest, Father Pino - who he met on Race Around The Worl

EP 6

Israelis and Palestinians

John tries to promote world peace to Palestinian and Israel activists by bringing in Sara-Marie from Big Brother to thro

EP 7

The Bible Code

Encouraged by Australian soccer legend Johnny Warren, John travels to Mozambique to lift the thirty year curse on the Au

EP 8

The Exorcism

In the final episode, John faces his demons, undergoing a Christian exorcism by preacher Bob Larson.

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