On Becoming a God in Central Florida (TV Miniseries)
2019 · Series · 60 min. · United States
TV Miniseries (2019). 10 Episodes. Year 1992. A recently widowed, impoverished Orlando water park employee schemes and cons her way up the ranks of the multi-billion dollar pyramid scheme which ruined her financially in the first place. A dark comedy with Kirsten Dunst as Krystal Gill, a minimum-wage-earning water park employee who will eventually scheme her way up the ranks of Founders American Merchandise: a cult-like pyramid scheme run by a powerful man named Obie Garbeau II (Ted Levine). The same cultish, flag waving, multi-billion dollar pyramid scheme that drove her family to ruin. Oscar-nominated filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos was originally set to direct the series, but the Greek filmmaker is no longer involved. Premiere: August 25 on Showtime.
Direction Robert Funke · Matt Lutsky · Charlie McDowell · Rodman Flender · Kim So-yong · Jeremy Podeswa · Julie Anne Robinson · Daniel Scheinert · Rose Troche
Cast Kirsten Dunst · Alexander Skarsgård · Théodore Pellerin · Ted Levine · Mary Steenburgen · Mel Rodriguez · Beth Ditto · Usman Ally · Eric Allan Kramer · Julie Benz · John Jelks · Melissa De Sousa · Josh Fadem · Sharon Lawrence · Kevin J. O'Connor · Da'Vine Joy Randolph · Billy Slaughter · Shari Headley · Danny Jacobs · Samantha Beaulieu · Lucy Golden · Ken Knight · Mike R. Moreau · Anthony Michael Frederick · P.J. Marshall · Lois Smith · Geoffrey Owens · Erin Ownbey · Joy Jacobson · Cotton Yancey · Dayne Catalano · Scott A. Martin · Bernard Hocke · Julia Lashae · Shane LeCocq · Eric Cepeda · Ann Mahoney · Kim Collins · Caroline Fourmy · Jason Edwards · Brick Jackson · Terese Aiello · Sylvia Grace Crim · Erick Chavarria · Rebecca Chulew · John C. Coffman · Danny Cosmo · Juan Gaspard · Katia Gomez · Evelyn Gonzalez · April Hartman · Richard Haylor · Brent Phillip Henry · Ian Hoch · Danielle Hoetmer · Joe Knezevich · Hedy Rose Kraft · Ashton Leigh · Eduardo Losan · Kassandra Marron · Phil Meyer · Fabian C. Moreno · Michael Papajohn · Graham Sibley · Ronald Joe Vasquez · Bill Martin Williams
Soundtrack Danny Bensi · Saunder Jurriaans
Screenplay Robert Funke · Matt Lutsky · Jessica Blaire · Mike Goldbach · Stephanie Riggs · Carlos Rios
Cinematography Tobias Datum
Original title On Becoming a God in Central Florida
5.9
266 votes (FilmAffinity)
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