Batsh*t Valley explained

Batsh*t Valley is a 2019 two-part episode of the acclaimed Emmy Award-nominated mockumentary series Documentary Now!.

Inspirations

It parodies the hit Netflix docuseries Wild Wild Country^[1] and the 2012 documentary film The Source Family.^[2]

Summary

In 1980,^[3] cult leader Father Ra-Shawbard (Owen Wilson), under the surveillance of FBI agent Bill Dawes (Michael Keaton), and his followers (alongside his militant second-in-command Ra-Sharir (Necar Zadegan^[4]) has taken over the small town of Chinook, Oregon (soon to be renamed Ra-Shawbard's Butthole).^[5]

See also

• Pittsburgh Steelers - the robes that Ra-Shawbard's followers wore were based on the color schemes of the Super Bowl-winning team
• Holy Hell - 2016 documentary about the Buddhafield cult

External links

• Part 1 on IMDb
• Part 2 on IMDb

Notes and References

1. https://peabodyawards.com/stories/the-best-documentary-now-episodes-and-the-must-watch-docs-that-inspired-them/ The Best ‘Documentary Now!’ Episodes, and the Must-Watch Docs That Inspired Them - The Peabody Awards
2. https://www.indiewire.com/features/general/documentary-now-behind-the-scenes-owen-wilson-cult-leader-1202045486/ ‘Documentary Now!’: Behind the Scenes of How Owen Wilson Became a Cult Leader - IndieWire
3. https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/documentary-now-wild-wild-country-batshit-valley-792405/ See ‘Documentary Now!’ Spoof ‘Wild Wild Country’ With ‘Batsh-t Valley’ - Rolling Stone
4. https://www.thedailybeast.com/owen-wilson-on-playing-a-cocaine-fueled-cult-leader-in-documentary-now Owen Wilson on Playing a Cocaine-Fueled Cult Leader in ‘Documentary Now!’ - The Daily Beast
5. https://www.avclub.com/documentary-now-provides-a-wildly-accurate-satire-of-n-1832778086 Documentary Now! provides a wildly accurate satire of Netflix's cult docuseries|A.V. Club