Louis Theroux: Shooting Joe Exotic

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Louis Theroux: Shooting Joe Exotic
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Genre Documentary film
Directed byJack Rampling
Starring
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producerArron Fellows
Producers
  • Emma Whitehead
  • Cath Boggan
Production locationUnited States
Running time90 minutes
Production company Mindhouse Productions
Release
Original network BBC Two
Original release5 April 2021 (2021-04-05)
Related
America's Most Dangerous Pets

Louis Theroux: Shooting Joe Exotic is a British documentary film presented by Louis Theroux. It was released on 5 April 2021 on BBC Two. The documentary, centred on former zoo owner and convicted felon Joe Exotic, looks back at unseen footage from Theroux's previous documentary that featured Exotic, America's Most Dangerous Pets (2011), and also features Theroux interviewing other people associated with Exotic, including his legal team, former colleagues, his estranged brother and niece, and Howard and Carole Baskin. [1]

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On 16 March 2021, it was announced that Louis Theroux had filmed a follow up to his 2011 documentary film America's Most Dangerous Pets . Theroux traveled to Oklahoma to speak to a team trying to get Joe Exotic out of prison, and spoke to friends and family of Exotic's who haven't spoken on camera before. [1] [2] [3] He also spoke to Howard and Carole Baskin. [4] [5]

The documentary film is directed by Jack Rampling, produced by Emma Whitehead and Cath Boggan, and executive produced by Arron Fellows for Theroux's Mindhouse Productions. [1]

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