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This itemizing has nothing to do with the religious/ethnic affiliation of the filmmakers or actors -- only the characters who are portrayed. Most of these films have been made by non-Latter-day Saint filmmakers. Many of the actors who have portrayed Latter-day Saint/Mormon characters in these motion pictures are usually not really members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Related pages on this part and elsewhere: LDS Cinema: theatrically-launched motion pictures made by and about Latter-day Saints Box office desk for LDS Cinema films only Tv films and miniseries with major LDS/Mormon characters Short movies that includes LDS characters Movies with minor LDS characters and references Some mainstream LDS-themed documentaries LDS Videos: Films produced by the institutional Church, and a few independently-produced direct-to-video films made primarily for an LDS audience or to be used by the Church Awards and nominations (Academy Awards, Golden Globe Awards, etc.) for actors portraying Latter-day Saint characters Selected print bibliography: books about historic Latter-day Saints portrayed in films some LDS references in comic books Science Fiction Movies and Books with LDS Characters or References: hundreds of titles Note that a few of the Latter-day Saint characters listed here (resembling Butch Cassidy) weren't active church-goers as adults. In some of these movies, the Latter-day Saint character's religious affiliation/ethnicity isn't a significant ingredient within the film's total plot, but is a significant part of the character (e.g., Donnie Brasco; Goodbye Lover). In different movies, Latter-day Saint Christian themes are central to the plot (e.g., God's Army; Brigham Young: Frontiersman).

The total U.S. field office gross for the films on this list of motion pictures with major Latter-day Saint characters is over $973,967,289. Movie TitleTotal U.S. Box Office GrossYearRankforYearACTOR and LDS/Mormon characterDirectorScreenwriterOther Info Ocean's Eleven $183,405,771 2001 8 Scott Caan as Turk MalloyCasey Affleck as Virgil Malloy Steven Soderbergh Stephen W. Carpenter; Ted Griffin Rated PG-13. Budget: $Ninety million. Turk and Virgil Malloy, two of the titular Eleven, are Latter-day Saints from Provo, Utah. The brothers are hired to drive the getaway automobile and do different jobs for the heist central to the plot. Details Rain Man $172,825,435 1988 1 Dustin Hoffman as Raymond Babbitt ("Rain Man") Barry Levinson Barry Morrow; Ronald Bass Rated R. Hoffman acquired an Academy Award for his function. The movie also garnered Academy Awards in the perfect Director, Best Picture, and Best Original Screenplay categories. It was nominated in the most effective Art Direction-Set Decoration, Best Cinematography, Best Film Editing, Best Original Musical Score classes. Note that though the Hoffman's character and savant skills are based mostly on the actual-life "Rain Man" (Kim Peek, a Latter-day Saint), the story and occasions on this movie are fictitious. Deep Impact $140,464,664 1998 8 Ron Eldard as Mission Commander Oren MonashJennifer Jostyn as Marietta Monash Mimi Leder Bruce Joel Rubin; Michael Tolkin Rated PG-13. $75 million funds. Science fiction movie about impending comet. Utah-raised actor Ron Eldard performs the pivotal function of Mission Commander Oren Monash, a Latter-day Saint astronaut. Monash pilots the ship Messiah from the Earth to the oncoming comet that threatens to destroy most life on Earth. After preliminary attemps to destroy the comet fail, Monash sacrifices himself and his crew by utilizing the remaining nuclear bombs on board their ship to destroy the comet, thus saving the world. Details Ocean's Twelve $125,531,634 2004 Casey Affleck as Virgil MalloyScott Caan as Turk Malloy Steven Soderbergh George Nolfi Rated PG-13. Budget: $85 million. Casey Affleck and Scott Caan are featured as Virgil and Turk Malloy, two Latter-day Saint brothers from Provo, Utah who are part of the titular "Twelve" that assist Danny Ocean (George Clooney) in three elaborate European heists. Caan and Affleck have 9th and tenth billing the movie poster for their Mormon roles. One in every of the primary scenes within the movie shows the brothers at a wedding dinner, as one in all them is getting married. Their large Latter-day Saint saint household is launched. The Malloy brother who is getting married even introduces and thanks the bishop from his ward. This is the sequel to "Ocean's Eleven" (2001). Directed by Steven Soderbergh. Also stars Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Andy Garcia, Don Cheadle, Bernie Mac, Julia Roberts, Peter Fonda, Elliott Gould, Eddie Izzard, Shaobo Qin, Carl Reiner, Bruce Willis. Screenplay by George Nolfi (whose one different main movie credit score is because the screenwriter of "Timeline" (2003), which starred Latter-day Saint actor Paul Walker in the lead position. S.W.A.T. $116,877,597 2003 18 James DuMont as Gus Clark Johnson Robert Hamner (characters); story: Ron Mita, Jim McClain; screenplay: David Ayer, David McKenna Rated PG-13. Budget: $80 million manufacturing; $30 million P&A. Subplot has lead character (Colin Farrell) assigned to work w/ LDS S.W.A.T. agent Gus (in command of gear cage). Farrell amicably teases Gus about temptation to eat junk meals, which Gus claims is towards the Word of Wisdom. Details Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid $102,308,900 1969 1 Paul Newman as Butch Cassidy George Roy Hill William Goldman Rated PG. Co-stars Robert Redford because the Sundance Kid. Butch Cassidy (whose real identify was Robert Leroy Parker) was born and raised as a Latter-day Saint. As an grownup he was not an active Church member. Fletch $46,700,000 1985 14 Tim Matheson as Alan StanwykRobert Sorrells as Marvin StanwykPenny Santon as Velma Stanwyk Michael Ritchie Gregory McDonald (novel); Andrew Bergman (screenplay) Rated PG. Chevy Chase stars as "Fletch," a journalist who investigates non-churchgoing Latter-day Saint airline executive Alan Stanwyk, a bigamist from Provo, Utah who is the film's foremost antagonist character. Film has extensive references to Utah, many scenes in Provo, Utah, and a number of LDS references. Tim Matheson, as "Alan Stanwyk, has 6th billing. Details Donnie Brasco $41,974,656 1997 51 Gerry Becker as FBI Section Chief Dean Blandford (Donnie Brasco's boss) Mike Newell e book: Joseph D. Pistone, Richard Woodley; screenplay: Paul Attanasio Rated R. Johnny Depp stars in title position. Depp is an undercover FBI agent infiltrating the mafia. His boss in the FBI is a Latter-day Saint. Al Pacino co-stars as a mobster Depp works under. Details. Paint Your Wagon $31,678,778 1969 7 Jean Seberg as Elizabeth Woodling/RumsonJohn Mitchum as Jacob WoodlingSue Casey as Sarah Woodling Joshua Logan Paddy Chayefsky; Alan Jay Lerner; Frederick Loewe Rated PG-13. After a profitable Broadway run, Paramount spent an estimated $20 million to turn this manufacturing into a movie. 7th most profitable film of 1969. Academy Award nomination for Best Musical Score. Stars Lee Marvin and Clint Eastwood as California prospectors. A town full of prospectors pressure a Mormon man (John Mitchum) touring by way of town to "sell" his Mormon wife (Jean Seberg) to Lee Marvin. But whereas Marvin is away from the city, Seberg falls in love with Eastwood and declares she would like each him and Marvin as husbands. Fire within the Sky $19,724,334 1993 seventy four D.B. Sweeney as Travis WaltonScott MacDonald as Dan WaltonGeorgia Emelin as Dana Rogers Robert Lieberman Travis Walton (book); Tracy Torme (screenplay) Rated PG-13. The movie's essential character is a Latter-day Saint lumberjack named Travis Walton. The movie is predicated on Walton's ebook recounting his abduction by aliens. The movie is ready within the Latter-day Saint group of Snowflake, Arizona, and has some overt references to Latter-day Saints. Details Wonder Boys $19,389,454 2000 98 Katie Holmes as Hannah Green Curtis Hanson Michael Chabon (novel); Steven Kloves (screenplay) Rated R. $35 million budget. Considered one of movie's important characters is Hannah Green, an LDS faculty scholar from Provo, Utah renting a room from lead character, writing professor Grady Tripp (Michael Douglas). Hannah is performed by actress Katie Holmes, who has 5th-billing within the film. Details Punch-Drunk Love $17,791,031 2002 112 David Stevens as DavidNathan Stevens as NateJim Smooth Stevens as JimMichael D. Stevens as Mike D. Paul Thomas Anderson Paul Thomas Anderson Rated R. $25 million price range. Critically acclaimed film premiered at Cannes Film Festival, the place it was nominated for a Golden Palm. Starring Adam Sandler and Emily Watson. Four blond brothers are the dispatched from Provo, Utah by the movie's very profane-speaking unhealthy man, performed by Philip Seymour Hoffman, an actor who appears in all of P.T. Anderson's movies. (The brothers are played by 4 precise Latter-day Saint brothers from Provo, Utah.) The brothers are to attack and rob Adam Sandler's character after he foolishly provides his credit card quantity to a corrupt phone-sex business, and, when he did not want to call the service any more, angers the owner of the enterprise, played by Hoffman. The film would not mention "Mormons," however many reviewers referred to as the Stevens' characters "Mormons," and so they had been identified as such on the director's personal webpage. Bugs! (IMAX) $16,401,500 2003 127 Papilio, an ideal Mormon butterfly Abby Aron; Mike Slee Mike Slee Rated G. The 40-minute 3D IMAX movie is divided into two sections exploring the survival mechanisms of two insects: an incredible Mormon butterfly and a inexperienced mantis. Narrated by Judi Dench Family Plot $13,200,000 1976 24 William Devane as Edward Shoebridge, a.okay.a. Arthur AdamsonAlfred HitchcockVictor Canning (novel); Ernest Lehman (screenplay) Rated PG. Budget: $3 million. "Arthur Adamson," one in all movie's 4 main characters, was adopted when he was a child by Latter-day Saint parents. His adoptive parents died when he was a teenager. When this film takes place Adamson is a grifter. He is just not an energetic Church member, and has most likely not been since he was a teen. There are a number of Latter-day Saint references, including a lengthy citation from the Book of Mormon. Details Somewhere in Time $9,070,000 1980 36 Jane Seymour as Elise McKenna Jeannot Szwarc Richard Matheson Rated PG. Budget: $5.1 million. Original price range: $Four million. The movie's principal feminine character "Elise McKenna" was based fully on well-known real-life Mormon actress Maude Adams, who was born in 1872. Christopher Reeve plays "Richard Collier," a contemporary man who falls in love with "Elise" after seeing her photograph and then travels back in time 70 years to be along with her. Details Six Degrees of Separation $6,410,676 1993 128 Heather Graham as ElizabethEric Thal as RickFred SchepisiJohn Guare Rated R. Adaptation of John Guare's play. Two major characters are Rick and Elizabeth, a younger Mormon couple from Utah who meet Paul (lead actor Will Smith) in Central Park, after which let him keep of their residence. When Paul asks if there are any black people in Utah, Rick responds, "Maybe two. Yes, the Mormons introduced in two." Paul's manipulation's drive Rick to commit suicide. Details One Night at McCool's $6,276,532 2001 139 Andrew Dice Clay as twins: "Utah" and "Elmo," his "Mormon brother"Harald ZwartStan Seidel Rated R. Andrew Dice Clay plays a man often known as "Utah" (an apparently non-working towards Mormon), and his extra religious twin brother. Utah is killed by his girlfriend, Jewel (Liv Tyler), while attempting to rob a bar. Much of the film focuses on the investigation into Utah's killing. In the movie's climax, Utah's "Mormon brother" (intentionally made to seem like a Latter-day Saint missionary) confronts the movie's principal characters (Matt Dillon, Paul Reiser, John Goodman), declaring that he has come to avenge his brother. Michael Douglas co-stars. Details The other Side of Heaven $4,720,371 2001 151 Christopher Gorham as Elder John GrobergAnne Hathaway as Jean Sabine[Other Latter-day Saint characters, including Tongans.] Mitch Davis John Groberg (book); Mitch Davis (screenplay) Rated PG. Budget: $7 million. Produced by Academy Award-winner Jerry Molen. Recounts the true story of a missionary in Tonga. Melvin and Howard $4,309,490 1980 86 Paul Le Mat as Melvin DummarElizabeth Cheshire as Darcy DummarPamela Reed as Bonnie DummarMelissa Williams as Sherry DummarDabney Coleman because the decide Jonathan Demme Bo Goldman Rated R. True story of billionaire Howard Hughes' famous "Mormon Will." Hughes had a motorcycle accident in the Nevada desert, after which met a Mormon named Melvin Dummar, who acted as a "good Samaritan," rescuing Hughes and returning him to his house, all without understanding who he actually was. Hughes favored Melvin a lot that he named him in his will. Mary Steenburgen received an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her position as "Lynda Dummar," spouse of the title character. The film additionally obtained an Academy Award for Best Screenplay. Details The Covered Wagon $3,800,000 1923 James CruzeJack Cunningham; Emerson Hough Great classic silent movie about pioneers heading west. Budget: $782,000 The Work and the Glory $3,347,647 2004 Alexander Carroll as Nathan SteedSam Hennings as Benjamin SteedBrenda Strong as Mary Ann SteedTiffany Dupont as Lydia McBrideBrighton Hertford as Melissa SteedColin Ford as Matthew SteedSarah Darling as Emma SmithJonathan Scarfe as Joseph SmithJarron Vosburg as young Joseph SmithRyan Wood as Hyrum Smith Russ Holt Gerald N. Lund (creator); Russ Holt (screenplay) Rated PG. Budget: $7.5 million. Movie adaptation of finest-selling historical novel sequence set in time of Joseph Smith. Messenger of Death $3,074,000 1988 104 Charles Dierkop as Orville BeechamJeff Corey as Willis BeechamJohn Ireland as Zenas Beecham J. Lee Thompson Rex Burns (novel); Paul Jarrico (screenplay) Rated R. Stars Chuck Bronson as Garret Smith, a journalist serving to police investigate the homicide of Orville Beecham's fundamentalist Mormon family, who had been apparently killed by folks opposed to their religion. Bronson's character tracks down a serial killer who preys on the group of fundamentalists, who've damaged away from the mainstream Church. The characters on this movie are not members of the mainstream Church based in Salt Lake City. Heavenly Creatures $3,049,000 1995 155 Kate Winslet as Juliet Hulme Peter Jackson Frances Walsh; Peter Jackson Rated R. Set in New Zealand. Peter Jackson acquired Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay. Winslet gained the London Film Critic Circle's ALFS Award for British Actress of the Year for this role. Film's events happen before Hulme joined the Church. Hulme does not consider this movie an correct portrayal of the events depicted. God's Army $2,628,829 2000 172 Matthew Brown as Elder AllenRichard Dutcher as Elder DaltonJacque Gray as Sister FronkDeSean Terry as Elder BanksMichael Buster as Elder KinegarLuis Robledo as Elder SandovalJeff Kelly as Elder MangumJohn Pentecost as President BeecroftLynn Carr as Sister BeecroftKelli Coleman as Sister Monson Richard Dutcher Richard Dutcher Rated PG. Cost $300,000 to make. In addition to its impressive box workplace returns, "God's Army" had over $2 million in gross sales the first month it was launched on video/DVD. This means that within a year of its release, the movie generated combined field office/video sales 15 times increased than what it cost to make.Clearly "God's Army" wasn't the primary movie by or about Latter-day Saints, however Dutcher referred to as this the "beginning of Mormon cinema." By this he meant that he hoped the film would launch a brand new niche genre in filmmaking -- independent films by and clearly about Latter-day Saints. Received the primary ever AML Award for Film. Brigham Young: Frontiersman $2,500,000 1940 Dean Jagger as Brigham YoungTyrone Power as Jonathan KentLinda Darnell as Zina WebbJohn Carradine as Porter RockwellMary Astor as Mary Ann YoungVincent Price as Joseph SmithJean Rogers as Clara YoungAnn E. Todd as Mary KentWillard Robertson as Heber KimballStanley Andrews as Hyrum Smith[More.] Henry Hathaway Louis Bromfield; Lamar Trotti Academy Award-winner Dean Jagger starred within the title position. Jagger later joined the Church, however was not a member when this movie was made. Conrad Lane wrote: "There have been many spectacular sequences, such because the Mormons crossing the ice, the locust plague, and spectacular scenes of covered wagons (a few of which were lifted from The big Trail). But the whole thing simply didn't come off, and public response did not cowl the $2,700,000 outlay." Details Riding Giants $2,271,826 2004 156 Jeff Clark as himself Stacy Peralta Stacy Peralta; Sam George Rated PG-13. This documentary is divided into three segments, every of which profiles an actual-life extreme surfer. These are males devoted to seeking out and riding the most important waves. Northern California resident Jeff Clark is featured in 2nd segment, and obtained 3rd billing on the movie poster. Clark is a descendant of Utah Latter-day Saints. He was born in California and raised in the Church. At age 23 he met and married fellow Latter-day Saint Constance, a younger lady he met by the Church. Within the mid-1980s Clark came to low level in his life when he divorced and lacked zeal for surfing. He went to church and prayed for route. Beginning in the early nineteen nineties Clark gained famed all through the browsing world as a big-wave surfer. La Resa dei conti(a.okay.a. "The massive Gundown") $2,000,000 1966 Sergio Sollima Tulio Demicheli; Sergio Donati; Sergio Sollima; story: Fernando Morandi, Franco Solinas The primary of Sergio Sollima's politically oriented Spaghetti Westerns. Cuchillo, one in every of the principle characters, encounters a camp of Latter-day Saint pioneers and a lot of Latter-day Saint characters. Goodbye Lover $1,923,061 1999 191 Ray McKinnon as Detective Nathan Rollins Roland Joffé Ron Peer, Joel Cohen, Alec Sokolow Rated R. Featuring Ray McKinnon as a Latter-day Saint police detective, "Rollins", who's ceaselessly the subject of ethnic jokes and rude feedback uttered by his accomplice (Ellen DeGeneres). Also stars Patricia Arquette, Don Johnson, Mary-Louise Parker. Details The Book of Mormon Movie, Vol. 1: The Journey $1,672,730 2003 191 Dustin Harding as Joseph SmithNoah Danby as NephiBryce Chamberlain as LehiMark Gollaher as LamanJan Broberg Felt as SariahCragun Foulger as LemuelJacque Gray as Nephi's WifeKirby Heyborne as Sam Gary Rogers Gary Rogers; Craig Clyde Rated PG-13. Budget: $2,00,000. Dramatic adaptation of 1st Nephi and the start of 2nd Nephi from the Book of Mormon. Around 600 B.C., the prophet Lehi leads his family, including the faithful Nephi, out of Jerusalem into the wilderness and ultimately across the ocean to the American continent. Northfork $1,420,578 2003 197 Marshall Bell as Mr. StallingSaralyn Sebern as Mrs. StallingGinny Watts as Mrs. Stalling Michael Polish Mark Polish; Michael Polish Rated PG-13. Budget: $1,900,000. In a rural area of Montana being evacuated by the film's primary characters in anticipation of a flood, Mr. Stalling is a deeply religious polygamous taxidermist who has built a house within the shape of Noah's ark, and intends to float safely when the flood comes. The film does not identify these or any characters as "Mormons" but some reviewers have recognized them as Mormon fundamentalists. In the filmmakers' commentary monitor, the author/director states that Mr. Stalling is a man practicing "plural marriage or polygamy," and that the character represents a mix-match of religion (implying that the character is impressed partially by early Latter-day Saints, but not intended to be a Latter-day Saint per se. Furthmore, of their documentary in regards to the making of "Northfork," the Polish brothers explain that the 6 members of the evacuation committee who are the central characters of one of many film's two tales are based on members of some totally different religious groups, however are primarily based mostly on Latter-day Saint missionaries. The actors portraying the members of the evacuation committee include the movie's prime-billed star James Woods, as well as Mark Polish, Graham Beckel, Josh Barker, Peter Coyote and Jon Gries. Saints and Soldiers $1,310,470 2004 179 Corbin Allred as Nathan 'Deacon' Greer Ryan Little Matt Whitaker; Geoffrey Panos Rated PG-13. Production price range: $780,000. Corbin Allred stars as a Latter-day Saint serviceman in World War II, trapped behind enemy strains in Germany: the nation he had previously come to as a full-time missionary. The Singles Ward $1,250,798 2002 214Will Swenson as JonathanConnie Young as CammieDaryn Tufts as EldonKirby Heyborne as DallenMichael Birkeland as HyrumWally Joyner as Bro. AngelLincoln Hoppe as DeVerlTarance Edwards as TroyGretchen Whalley as StacieSedra Santos as Laura Kurt Hale John E. Moyer; Kurt Hale Rated PG. Budget: $500,000. All-out comedy about a singles ward. Jonathan Jordan should regulate to live as a newly single Latter-day Saint. Film features vast array of cameos, together with Richard Dutcher, Julie Stoffer (MTV's "Real World"), soccer legend Steve Young, Danny Ainge, Ruth Hale, Wally Joyner, Shawn Bradley, Thurl Bailey and extra. The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper $1,214,767 1981 ninety four Treat Williams as J.R. Meade (a.ok.a. D.B. Cooper) Roger Spottiswoode J.D. Reed (book); Jeffrey Alan Fiskin (screenplay) Rated PG. Of their guide D. B. Cooper, the true McCoy (Salt Lake City: University of Utah, 1991), Bernie Rhodes and Russell P. Calame, two FBI agents who worked the instances, make the argument that the famed D.B. Cooper was actually Richard McCoy, a Latter-day Saint police officer who labored at Brigham Young University. Details The very best Two Years $1,163,450 2004 ninety four KC Clyde as Elder RogersKirby Heyborne as Elder CalhounDavid Nibley as Elder JohnsonCameron Hopkin as Van PeltScott Christopher as Kyle HarrisonMichael Flynn as Pres. Sandburg Scott S. Anderson Scott S. Anderson Rated PG. Budget: $400,000. Story of 4 Latter-day Saint missionaries serving in contemporary Holland, adapted from Anderson's profitable stage play, which was based on his personal mission experiences. The R.M. $1,111,615 2003 192 Kirby Heyborne as Jared PhelpsWill Swenson as Kori SwensonBritani Bateman as Kelly PowersTracy Ann Evans as Emma PhelpsMerrill Dodge as Brigham PhelpsMichael Birkeland as DeweyMaren Ord as Sariah PhelpsLeroy Te'o as HumuWally Joyner as Brother Jensen Kurt Hale John E. Moyer; Kurt Hale Rated PG. Budget: $500,000. Comedy about an R.M. (returned missionary) who experiences Job-like challenges in adjusting to publish-mission life. Wagonmaster $1,000,000 1950 ninety four John FordJohn Ford; Patrick Ford Sometimes spelled: "Wagon Master" or "WagonMaster." Joseph Harder, IMDb:"Along with the even more underrated, The Sun Shines Bright, Wagon Master was one in all Ford's favourite films. It is a Western of distinctive magnificence and narrative purity, well acted by members of Ford's 'stock company', together with Jane Darwell, Alan Mowbray, Ward Bond,and Harry Carey, Jr. Like nearly all of Ford's movies,it's a meditation on freedom and community. It's also noteworthy for a much more positive portrayal of Indians than in most of Ford's motion pictures. Ford, for all his faults, stays the supreme poet of American Democracy."Rod Crawford, IMDb: "A group of Mormons hoping to discovered a brand new colony in the trackless San Juan River nation rent horse traders Travis and Sandy as wagonmaster and information. One attraction for Sandy is "redheaded gal" Prudence. Soon they're joined by Doc Hall's broken down medicine show, with "scarlet ladies" Denver and Fleuretty. Then the Clegg boys, barely psycho outlaws, decide a Mormon wagon practice will make supreme camouflage..." Brigham City $905,073 2001 204 Richard Dutcher as Sheriff Wes ClaytonMatthew Allen as Terry (deputy)Wilford Brimley as Stu (retired sheriff)Carrie Morgan as PegWendy Gardiner as April (Terry's spouse)Sterling Brimley as Glen (the mayor)Rick Macy as ErnieNick Whitaker as SpencerJon Enos as EdRichard Clifford as SteveFrank Gerrish as Ralph Richard Dutcher Richard Dutcher Rated PG-13. Opened April 6, 2001. Budget: $900,000. A classic homicide thriller with a "Mormon noir" twist, set in the fictionalized Latter-day Saint town of Brigham, Utah. Most main and minor characters are Latter-day Saints. Also stars Tayva Patch because the non-member FBI agent from New York. Jack Weyland's Charly $814,666 2002 230 Heather Beers as CharlyJeremy Elliott as SamDiana Dunkley as JoEllen RobertsRandy King as Frank Roberts Adam Thomas Anderegg Jack Weyland (novel); Janine Gilbert (screenplay) Rated PG. Budget: $950,000. Adaptation of the most popular LDS market novel in historical past. Latter Days $809,475 2004 191 Steve Sandvoss as Elder Aaron DavisMary Kay Place as Gladys DavisJoseph Gordon-Levitt as Elder Ryder C. Jay Cox C. Jay Cox Rated R. Budget: $850,000. "Latter Days" is about a promiscuous and shallow GLBT social gathering boy named Christian who, on a guess, seduces a Latter-day Saint missionary ("Elder Davis"). Their ensuing relationship awakens Christian to spiritual values, as Elder Davis criticizes Christian for his complete lack of beliefs and moral values. Elder Davis leaves his mission, is excommunicated and embraces a GLBT way of life. Writer/director C. Jay Cox, greatest recognized because the screenwriter of the hit function film "Sweet Home Alabama," primarily based "Latter Days" in giant part on components from his personal life. Cox himself served a full-time mission, after which he left Church exercise and embraced a GLBT way of life. Mean Creek $603,943 2004 203 Rory Culkin as Sam Jacob Aaron Estes Jacob Aaron Estes Rated R. This unbiased characteristic movie debuted in competition at the prestigious Sundance Film Festival in January 2004. The protagonist and not less than one of the other foremost characters are from a Latter-day Saint family, a truth which is subtly but successfully alluded to by a CTR sticker and an Angel Moroni sticker on the door of their house. The writer/director stated that he included these clues within the film so as to add texture and a bit faith-based background to the characters. Plot synopsis: A gaggle of children determine to play a prank on the school bully. When their plan goes awry, they should deal with the ethical and authorized penalties of their actions. Orgazmo $582,024 1997 223 Trey Parker as Joe Young Trey Parker Trey Parker Two variations have been launched: Rated R and NC-17. Parker made this low-price range movie before his success because the creator of the cable Tv series "South Park." Obviously this film a few missionary who becomes an "adult" movie star/superhero is offensive to many filmgoers (both for moral or aesthetic causes), however Parker maintains his film does not make fun of Latter-day Saints. In an interview he was asked "Have you ever identified any Mormons in your personal life?" Parker answered:"I grew up in Colorado, so we had lots of Mormons that we went to high school with. Actually, my first girlfriend was Mormon. Every Mormon I've ever met is a superb person, and to me this was a terrific character -- I didn't exit of my way to make him surrender his religion, like Joe's been silly all this time. He remains a Mormon, he wins, he destroys evil, and stays a Mormon. The Mormons win." The Cremaster Cycle $514,622 2003 235 Matthew Barney as Gary GilmoreLauren Pine as Bessie GilmoreWally Grant as an LDS Elder Matthew Barney Mathew Barney Budget for "Cremaster 2": $1.7 million (IMDb.com). "Cremaster 2," one of many 5 "artwork movies" movies that includes the "Cremaster Cycle," options the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, beehives, and myriad different Latter-day Saint/Utah photographs. Director Matthew Barney plays the part of Gary Gilmore, the movie's lead role. Gilmore (who had a Latter-day Saint and an abusive, alcoholic Catholic father) was executed for murdering two Latter-day Saint males in Utah. The "Cremaster" films have been initially displayed in advantageous art museums, earlier than being proven in artwork home theaters. In an official synopsis of "Cremaster 2," a number of the film's many Latter-day Saint elements are famous: "Barney depicts Gilmore's homicide of a Mormon gasoline station attendant in each sculptural and dramatic types... This act units in movement the trial and verdict that will condemn him to loss of life, a sentence he embraces regardless of all efforts to overturn it. Barney levels the judgment of Gilmore in the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. Gilmore welcomes demise, refusing to appeal his sentence and choosing execution by firing squad, in a literal interpretation of the Mormon perception that blood have to be shed in order for a sinner to acquire salvation. His execution is staged as a prison rodeo in a cast-salt enviornment in the course of the flooded Bonneville Salt Flats. Gilmore is lowered onto a bull and he rides to his death. In Barney's interpretation of the execution, Gilmore was much less eager about attaining Mormon redemption than in performing a chronological two-step that may return him to the space of his alleged grandfather, Houdini..." Pride & Prejudice $372,752 2003 253 Kam Heskin as Elizabeth BennetOrlando Seale as DarcyLucila Sola as JaneKelly Stables as LydiaHonor Bliss as Anna DarcyBen Gourley as Charles BingleyNicole Hamilton as KittyKara Holden as Caroline BingleyRainy Kerwin as MaryHenry Maguire as Jack WickamHubbel Palmer as CollinsCarmen Rasmusen as Charlotte Andrew Black Jane Austen (novel); Anne K. Black, Jason Faller, Katherine Swigert Rated PG. Budget: $350,000. Contemporary Latter-day Saint retelling of the classic Jane Austen novel. SLC Punk! $299,200 1999 257 Salt Lake City James Merendino James Merendino Rated R. In the early 1980's Stevo and Heroin Bob are the only two dedicated punks within the "Mormon stronghold" of Salt Lake City, Utah. Essentially a narrative of non-LDS slackers searching for "outsider" standing by rebelling in opposition to the ethics, values and excessive expectations of the Latter-day Saint group they dwell in. Despite being made fully as a response to this neighborhood, the movie actually incorporates just one overt reference to the Church, and only a few over references to Utah. IMDb.com: "Two punks live in Salt Lake City. The film covers their all-day routine. The realism of the character-narrated movie may be mentioned. One of the punks will get unwell, stays in hospital for three weeks, comes out again. Three events are coated and one live performance including a combat between punks, rednecks and others." The house Teachers $196,123 2004 259Michael Birkeland as GregJeff Birk as NelsonElizabeth Sands as Melissa Blazermany others Kurt Hale John E. Moyer; Kurt Hale Rated PG. Production funds: $425,000; preliminary P&A: $75,000. Buddy comedy about two mismatched home teachers who encounter catastrophe as they try to do all of their home teaching on the final day of the month. Baptists at Our Barbecue $172,151 2004 285 Dan Merkley as Tartan JonesHeather Beers as CharityMicaela Nelligan as Wynona WingateFrank Gerrish as Conroy HatchJan Broberg Felt as Tartan's momRhett Willman as Ian SmithOscar Rowland as EarlSteve Anderson as ?? Christian Vuissa Robert Farrell Smith (novel); Christian Vuissa (screenplay) Rated PG. Tartan is a 29-yr-outdated Latter-day Saint forest ranger who decides to flee his home in Utah and take a job anyplace else so as to escape the fixed pressure to get married. He finally ends up within the bizarre little mountain city of Longwinded, which is evenly divided between 262 Latter-day Saints and 262 Baptists. Tartan's arrival breaks the tie and escalates the longstanding feud within the town. Meanwhile, Tartan courts the one seemingly regular person in town: Charity (Heather Beers), who went there immediately after her fiance broke up along with her. Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars $162,548 1973 Mick Ronson as himself D.A. Pennebaker Rated PG. $162,548 U.S. box office shown is for film's 2002 theatrical re-launch, in restored, remastered version. This is essentially a concert film featuring David Bowie in his "Ziggy Stardust" persona, and his band, led by Latter-day Saint glam rocker Mick Ronson. Mobsters and Mormons $145,613 2005 Scott Christopher as Michael JaymesBritani Bateman as Kate JaymesOlesya Rulin as Julie JaymesJan Broberg Felt as Louise MeansDan Larsen as President PerryAlex Nibley as RyanKathy Varga as Ryan's spouseJoseph L. Puente as Sunday School Teacher[extra] John E. Moyer John E. Moyer Budget: $350,000. Mark DeCarlo plays "Carmine 'Beans' Pasquale", a low-stage mob enforcer in New Jersey who is pressured by the FBI to testify in opposition to his superiors. In order to protect him and his household from recriminations, the federal Witness Relocation Program provides him a new identity "George Cheeseman" and strikes him to a predominantly LDS community in Utah. He experiences culture shock (and his new neighbors experience some shock as effectively) as he adjusts to live among Latter-day Saints. The first counselor in the bishopric (performed by Scott Christopher) extends frienship however some neighbors are less welcoming. Pasquale's outdated employers within the mob find out the place he is, and produce hazard to the otherwise peaceful neighborhood. Sons of Provo $120,488 2005 Will Swenson as Will JensenKirby Heyborne as Kirby LaybourneDanny Tarasevich as Danny JensenJennifer Erekson as Jill KeithPeter D. Brown as Grayson JensenMaureen Eastwood as Yvonne BolschweilerMichael Birkeland as lodge clerkAlison Akin Clark as ShantelCurt Dousett as Bishop BestorJeremy Elliott as Jeremy JacksonCarrie Morgan as ShaelaAlan Osmond as himselfmany extra Will Swenson Will Swenson; Peter D. Brown Rated PG. Production finances: $200,000. Mockumentary a couple of Latter-day Saint boy band. Handcart $98,666 2002 333 Jaelan Petri as Samual HunterStephanie Albach as AbigailChris Kendrick as MooseShannon Skinner as PatriciaGretchen Condie as GretchenJoel Bishop as Edward MartinLincoln Hoppe as Tanner Hunter Kels Goodman Kels Goodman; Mark von Bowers Rated PG. Budget: $300,000. Historical pioneer epic set in opposition to the tragedy of the Martin Handcart trek. Thumbsucker $85,327 2005 Lou Taylor Pucci as Justin CobbTilda Swinton as Audrey CobbVincent D'Onofrio as Mike CobbChase Offerle as Joel Cobb Mike Mills Walter Kirn (novel); Mike Mills (screenplay) Rated R. Budget: $4,000,000. Feature film adaptation of acclaimed novelist Walter Kirn's novel Thumbsucker. Although not autobiography, the ebook has many autobiographical elements, including the fact that the title character and his family met LDS missionaries and all turned energetic converts to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The last third of the novel is about younger oral obsessive Justin Cobb and his household joining the Church, after which he turns into a full-time missionary. These overtly LDS parts have been rendered generic within the movie adaptation. Out of Step $80,000 2002 345 Alison Akin Clark as Jenny ThomasMichael Buster as Paul TaylorTayva Patch as Jenny's motherRick Macy as Jenny's father Ryan Little Michael Buster; Willow Leigh Jones; Nikki Schmutz Rated PG. Total final production budget: $700,000. Jenny is a gifted dancer from Utah who get accepted to a prestigious dance program in New York City, the place she finally ends up torn between two males, a Latter-day Saint movie pupil (played by Michael Buster), and a non-LDS musician (performed by Jeremy Elliott). The Work and the Story $14,474 2003 424 Nathan Smith Jones as Peter BeuhmannKirby Heyborne as Ephraim ThomasJennifer Hoskins as Judy SchumwayEric Artell as Kevin EvansRichard Dutcher as Richard DutcherDave Boud as Dave SkousenDan Merkley as Michael-Enoch Glaser Nathan Smith Jones Nathan Smith Jones Total manufacturing budget: $120,000 (doesn't include prints and promoting). A mockumentary (fictional film made in documentary fashion) about the mysterious disappearance of Richard Dutcher, founder of the modern LDS Cinema movement. Three young Latter-day Saint filmmakers scramble to take Dutcher's place as the brand new leading creator of LDS Cinema films. This Divided State $6,500 2005 Kay Anderson as himselfJoe Vogel as himselfJim Bassi as himselfAlex Caldiero as himselfDennis Potter as himselfKen Brown as himself Steven Greenstreet Steven Greenstreet NR (not rated). Budget: $15,000. Fascinating fly-on-the-wall documentary (with out narration) that captures a controversy that arose in Utah County, Utah, the place roughly 90% of the population are members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The student physique officers at the predominantly LDS college Utah Valley State College (UVSC) used scholar activity funds to ask controversial "liberal" documentary filmmaker Michael Moore to speak on campus. Moore, who had acquired an Academy Award for his 2002 documentary Bowling for Columbine (about gun violence in America), was one of many most generally-acknowledged figures in popular tradition at the time, and was a popular speaker on school campuses. However the invitation to speak at UVSC came throughout the center of a U.S.-led war in Iraq which had prompted Michael Moore to criticize the presidential administration of George W. Bush. Moore had lately stirred considerable controversy nationwide with the discharge of his documentary Fahrenheit 9/11, a documentary-format movie that criticized the Bush administration's involvement in Iraq. Moore had change into a goal of conservative political criticism and was viewed as an embarrassment by many reasonable liberals and Democrats. At the same time, Moore was additionally heralded as an modern filmmaker and a proponent of free speech and unfettered dialogue. Moore's invitation to talk on campus divided the county and the state, with Latter-day Saints on each sides, expressing fervent assist or criticism. Many hated the truth that Moore had been invited to talk at UVSC, and an opposition movement successfully arranged for conservative talk present host Sean Hannity to offer a "pre-emptive" speech from a counterbalancing viewpoint. Some opponents of Michael Moore's even go to tried unsuccessfully to have the event cancelled. These opponents included Kay Anderson, who simply provided to jot down a examine that may more than reimburse UVSC for the cost of cancelling the visit. Although Anderson was one of many few on either side of the controversy that truly was prepared to back up his views with action and a major monetary incentive (or "bribe", some would possibly say), his provide was extensively castigated by those who supported inviting Moore to campus. A small minority of critics even considered Moore's invitation as an anti-LDS transfer by UVSC, though the student officers who issued the invitation and stood by their determination have been returned missionaries and energetic Latter-day Saints. Moore was not known to have ever been important of Latter-day Saints, and when he truly spoke at UVSC he exhibited a suprising stage of consciousness of and admiration for Latter-day Saints. In the end, some observers felt that neither the speeches by Michael Moore nor Sean Hannity had been sufficiently noteworthy or attention-grabbing sufficient to warrant so many weeks of controversy and media attention. The genuinely fascinating occasions were those who happened in Utah main up to these speeches, and it's these occasions which can be captured in this compelling and unusual documentary.

The next movies have been launched in business theaters (although in some cases their industrial theatrical launch was very limited), however we wouldn't have U.S. box office information for them. Listed chronologically: Movie TitleYearACTOR and Mormon characterDirectorScreenwriterOther Info Day of Defense 2003 John Foss as Elder BurkeAllan Groves as Elder Davis Adam Lawson A. Melvin Mcdonald (novel); Jim Westwood (screenplay) Budget: $500,000. Well-intentioned however poorly obtained courtroom and theological drama centering on a debate over the precise of two Latter-day Saint missionaries to preach the Gospel in a small Southern Protestant city that has handed legislation intended to stop them from being ready to do so. The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story 2003 Scot Williams as Percy HockmeisterCaroline Dhavernas as Passion Peter Greenaway Peter Greenaway Budget: $10,000,000 (source: IMDb.com). From overview by Jonathan Romney, reporting for screendaily.com from the Cannes Film Festival, 5 June 2003: The story traces Luper (adventurer, collector and polymath) from childhood in Wales in the 1920s, by his adventures in the Moab Desert, Utah, to imprisonment in Antwerp railway station in 1938. Looking for vanished cities in Utah, Luper (Feild) falls foul of the crypto-fascist Mormon family Hockmeister, after glimpsing the vampish [Latter-day Saint girl] Passion (Dharnernas) in her bathtub. Luper is captured and submitted to various indignities, however hits it off... with Passion.Tulse additionally meets Latter-day Saints again in Belgium, where they are involved in politics. The film is the primary part of an eight-hour trilogy that's part of a large multi-media mission that features 92 DVDs, an intensive web sight, art installations and a video sport. Director Greenaway informed reporters: "I think that Mormonism, for me -- and that i communicate as an absolute atheist -- is an extraordinary, very virtually contemporary instance of learn how to construct a religion. And that to me was an enchanting investigation." Messengers of Truth 2003 Mark DeWitt as Elder WoodHumberto Arcila as Elder DiazDave Romero as KevinWilliam Jones as President Lofton"Smokey Tom" Hodgins as Epaphroditus WoodMark Daemon as Elder WrightMarc Miller as Elder AndersonMike Tulumello as Elder HensenMarcus Noel as Elder GrantElizabeth Esquibel as Sister LeeJane Harris as Sister Dixon Brent Jones Brent Jones First proven at Sunstone Symposia in 2001 and 2002 below the title "Missionary Position." Shown on a industrial theater screen in April 2003, with 10 scheduled screening in a single Salt Lake City artwork movie theater. Written and directed by BYU graduate Brent Jones. Ultra-low price range, unbiased, and typically irreverent. Unrated; probably PG-13. Comedy a couple of Latter-day Saint missionary serving in San Diego who tries to do all the appropriate issues however encounters many disastes and setbacks. His onerous-driving, numbers-obsessed mission president assigns him to reform a rebellious junior companion missionary who has unorthodox ways and a shaky testimony. This video was eviscerated by movie critics who dismissed it as amateurish, utterly unfunny and poorly executed. The Beaver Trilogy 2001 Groovin' Gary as himselfSean Penn as Groovin' LarryCrispin Glover as Groovin' Larry Trent Harris Trent Harris Comedy/documentary. 83 minutes complete working time. Black and white. "The Beaver Trilogy" is definitely a mix of 3 films, all of which tell the same story, all filmed by non-churchgoing Latter-day Saint filmmaker Trent Harris. The first phase, "The Beaver Kid," is an precise documentary about Gary, a young Mormon who's also referred to as "The Beaver Kid" as a result of he's from the predominantly LDS city of Beaver, Utah. He's quite quirky, and appears unreserved when he dresses up as Olivia Newton-John and performs for a expertise show in his small city. The documentary segment is followed by two re-enactments of the documentary "The Beaver Kid 2" (starring a younger Sean Penn within the title position) and "The Orkly Kid" (starring Crispin Glover). "The Beaver Trilogy" gained the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Independent/Experimental Film and Video Award. A bit of trivia: In the final credit of "The Beaver Trilogy," there is a particular thanks to LDS convert Melvin Dummar, whose band Melvin and the Dreamers did fundraising for the venture. Melvin Dummar was later depicted within the Academy Award-successful movie "Melvin and Howard" (1980). Plan 10 from Outer Space 1994 Stefene Russell as LucindaCurtis James as TalmadgePatrick Michael Collins as Larsen Trent Harris Trent Harris Comedy. IMDb: "A lady accidentally discovers the Plaque of Kolob which leads her to find an insidious alien plot for world domination documented by... early Mormon prophet." Also stars Academy Award nominee Karen Black as "Nehor."Harris: "...in Salt Lake City alone, we offered 10,000 tickets... the funny thing is, Mormons prefer it! That they had me communicate at a Mormon symposium, after which they showed the movie. All of them obtained an enormous yuk out of it." The great Brain 1978 Jimmy Osmond as Tom Fitzgerald (title role) Sidney Levin John D. Fitzgerald (novel); Alan Cassidy (screenplay) Rated G. Tells the fictionalized story of John D. Fitzgerald's youth, as a half-Catholic, half-Mormon boy growing up in flip-of-the-century Utah, the place practically all his neighbors are Latter-day Saints. John D. Fitzgerald's novels are narrated by a fictional version of his youthful self. The title character, the "Great Brain" is John's older brother Tom Fitzgerald. The books are instructed from the angle of the youthful brother (John). John remained Catholic throughout his life and was never baptized as a Latter-day Saint. Tom Fitzgerald (the film's title character) grew to become a Latter-day Saint, served a mission in China, and lived the rest of his life in Price, Utah. Goin' Coconuts 1978 Donny Osmond as himselfMarie Osmond as herself Howard Morris Raymond Harvey Rated G. Set in Hawaii. Grossed $213,220 in Hong Kong. When giving interviews, Donny and Marie Osmond constantly mention this movie first when asked if they have any regrets about their careers. Damnation Alley 1977 Jan-Michael Vincent as Tanner (major character) Jack Smight Roger Zelazny (novel); Lukas Heller, Alan Sharp (screenplay) Rated PG. Budget: $Eight million. A significant segment of the novel takes place in Salt Lake City, where there are minor Latter-day Saint characters. In the movie, Tanner stops in Salt Lake to refuel, however the novel's Utah characters and prolonged scenes aren't portrayed. In the novel, Tanner is an ethnic Mormon, but his parents died when he was a child and he was not raised in the Church. These background details aren't clear within the film model. Brigham 1977 Maurice Grandmaison as Brigham YoungRichard Moll as Joseph Smith Comments from IMDb itemizing:"This film offers with the early years of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons), and extra particularly with the life of Brigham Young. It is an correct portrayal of his life from the time he met Joseph Smith (Richard Moll, "Bull" from the sitcom "Night Court"), by his management in the course of the trek westward, and finishes with his last years of life because the President of the LDS Church. In these politically-appropriate times, many may be offended by the movie's depiction of polygamy, however the topic is handled in a forthright and tasteful manner. The movie additionally delves into a few of the extra profound beliefs and doctrine of the church, without resorting to sermonizing or a preachy tone. No apologies are made -- only the portrayal of pioneer life among the Mormons, a "peculiar" people (by some people's requirements), with a captivating story that has but to be instructed totally on the massive display."From an article in the St. Louis Riverfront Times:"When Dutcher hears the name Brigham, a low-budget polemic concerning the LDS chief who introduced the flock to Utah, he moans painfully: '...sure, what an embarrassment. Those (motion pictures) worked towards me, too. There have been some LDS filmmakers who have been making motion pictures for the past 20 years or so -- only a pair have had something to do with actual Mormon themes and actual Mormon characters. And people which have been made were just abysmal.'" The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox 1976 Thayer David as Josiah Widdicombe, Mormon Patriarch Melvin Frank Melvin Frank; Jack Rose; Barry Sandler Thayer David has the fourth-billed role as Josiah Widdicombe, a "Mormon Patriarch," in this comedy Western. Within the third-billed position Conrad Janis performs Gladstone, Widdicombe's assistant. George Segal and Goldie Hawn star as a gambler and a saloon singer. Jessi's Girls 1975 Sondra Currie as JessicaGeoffrey Land (?) as her husband Al Adamson Bud Donnelly Rated R. A young Latter-day Saint couple is attacked by a bunch of outlaws. They kill the man and [depart the girl] for useless within the desert. With the final ounce of her power she will get to the hut of an previous hermit who nurses her again to well being and teaches her tips on how to shoot. The woman then frees three feminine criminals and seeks vengeance on the outlaws. Lo chiamavano Trinita (a.k.a: "They Call Me Trinity") 1971 Dan Sturkie as Tobias Enzo Barboni Enzo Barboni (screenplay); Gene Luotto (English dialogue) Rated G. Terence Hill stars as a nomadic gunslinger ("Trinity") who joins his reformed-outlaw brother to defend a village of Latter-day Saint farmers from the evil Farley Granger and his outlaw gang. The Latter-day Saints really are a prominent a part of this film, although the main focus is on the non-LDS lead character and his brother. One of the film's major characters is Tobias, the chief of the Latter-day Saints. The Latter-day Saints are portrayed as pacifists, unwilling to battle back in opposition to Farley Granger gang or the Mexican outlaws who harrass them. Eventually Trinity convinces them to defend themselves in order that their community will not be destroyed by the outlaws, but they accomplish that by totally non-lethal means. The depiction of the Latter-day Saints is kind of positive. In some methods they appear like Amish or Quakers, but they're particularly referred to as "Mormons" in the movie. This film is nicely worth watching in large part as a result of it is a truly hilarious comedy, sending up countless tropes of the Western genre. Box office gross was SEK 7,845,000 in Sweden. And may We Die 1966 Judge Whitaker (Wetzel O. Whitaker) Scott Whitaker Western. 53 min. IMDb.com: Pancho Villa's males harrass and kill Americans throughout the Mexican Revolution (early twentieth Century) for aiding Villa's enemies. Raphael and Vincente (leaders of a small Mormon congregation) are arrested on charges that they support Villa's opponents and follow the improper religion. In jail they overhear plans to hurt the Mormon community of Dublan. Raphael sends his little brother Pedro to warn the unarmed settlement. Dublan fasts and prays for a god-given answer to the risk, as Raphael and Vincente are promised dying by firing squad except they renounce their faith. Advise and Consent 1962 Don Murray as Senator Brigham Anderson Otto Preminger Allen Drury (novel); Wendell Mayes (screenplay) One in all the best political dramas within the history of cinema. Based on Drury's Pulitzer Prize-successful novel, which was on the brand new York Times greatest-seller list for 70 weeks, this was a much-anticipated, major motion image. 140 minutes. "Brigham Anderson," the fictional senator from Utah played by Don Murray, is either an important or second most vital character within the movie. Although Sen. Anderson's story is finally a tragic one, that is one of the vital positive portrayals of an LDS character present in in Hollywood film.Daniel Bubbeo (IMDb): "Robert Leffingwell (Henry Fonda) is the president's candidate for Secretary of State. Prior to his approval, he should first undergo a Senate investigation to determine if he's qualified. Leading the Senate committee is idealistic Senator Brig Anderson, who soon finds himself unprepared for the political dirt that is revealed, together with Leffingwell's previous affiliations with a Communist group. When Leffingwell testifies about his political leanings, he proves his innocence. Later, nonetheless, Anderson learns that he lied underneath oath and even asks the president to withdraw Leffingwell for consideration, particularly after the younger senator begins receiving blackmail threats a couple of skeleton in his personal closet." Ocean's 11 1960 Clem Harvey as Louis Jackson Lewis Milestone George Clayton Johnson (story); Jack Golden Russell (story); Harry Brown; Charles Lederer; Billy Wilder (uncredited) One of the titular Eleven is a Latter-day Saint cowboy from Salt Lake City. Details Blood Arrow 1958 Phyllis Coates as Bess Charles Marquis Warren Fred Freiberger A devout Latter-day Saint girl should cross Indian territory to acquire a needed smallpox serum for her settlement. The Maverick Queen 1956 Howard Petrie as Butch Cassidy Joseph Kane Zane Grey (novel); Kenneth Gamet; DeVallon Scott Other than that includes Latter-day Saint outlaw Butch Cassidy, this can be an adaptation of one of many Zane Grey novels which most prominently options Latter-day Saint characters and settings. The Lawless Rider 1954 Rose Bascom as Texas Rose BascomFrankie Darro as Jim Bascom Yakima Canutt Johnny Carpenter; Edward D. Wood Jr. Famed Latter-day Saint cowgirl is the lead actress in this film, playing a character based on herself in a fictionalized story. Non-Latter-day Saint actor Frankie Darro performs Rose's fictional brother "Jim." Wild Horse Mesa 1947 Wallace Grissell Zane Grey (novel); Norman Houston Black and White. Sixty one min. Adaptation of one among Zane Grey's novels which most prominently features Latter-day Saint characters. Bad Bascomb 1946 S. Sylvan Simon D.A. Loxley (story); screenplay: William R. Lipman, Grant Garett Western. IMDb.com: It's just after the civil war when the elderly outlaw Bascomb and his gang attempt to rob a financial institution. They run into a lure as officers are waiting in ambush. Bascomb and the cold blooded killer Yancy escape and be a part of a Mormon wagon practice heading for Utah. They be taught there's gold hidden on the prepare and finally Yancy finds it. The plan is to take the gold and flee however a nine yr previous lady has grow to be attached to Bascomb and Bascomb is beginning to alter his thoughts. Thunder Town 1946 Steve Clark as Sheriff Matt WarnerSyd Saylor as Utah McGirk Harry L. Fraser Oliver Drake Matt Warner, the famous Latter-day Saint outlaw who became a sheriff in Price, Utah is a serious character on this Western. Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground 1943 Al Bridge as Matt Warner Lewis D. Collins Elizabeth Beecher; Harry L. Fraser (story) The famous Latter-day Saint outlaw who became a sheriff in Price, Utah is a significant character on this Western. The Riders of the Purple Sage 1941 Mary Howard as Jane WithersteenRobert Barrat as Judge DyerLynne Roberts as BessKane Richmond as Adam DyerLeRoy Mason as Jerry Card James Tinling Zane Grey (novel); William Bruckner; Robert F. Metzler 58 min. Black and white. Produced by Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp. Adaptation of Grey's Western novel about Jane, a Latter-day Saint ranch heiress, and different LDS characters. The Heritage of the Desert 1939 Evelyn Venable as Miriam NaabRussell Hayden as David NaabRobert Barrat as Andrew NaabPaul Guilfoyle as Snap Thornton Lesley Selander Zane Grey (novel); Norman Houston (screenplay); Harrison Jacobs (extra dialogue) 73 min. Black and white. Produced by Paramount Pictures. Often known as: "The way of the West", "When the West Was Young." Adaptation of a Zane Grey Western novel about John Hare, rescued from outlaws by a heroic Latter-day Saint: August Naab ("Andrew" within the movie). Desert Mesa 1935 Victor Adamson Victor Adamson IMDb.com: Reissued in 1941 as "Mormon Conquest", this backside-of-the-barrel entry from Victor Adamson/Art Mix/Denver Dixon productions finds jobless cowpuncher Jim Kirk (Wally West as Tom Wynn)riding into Cottonwood, Arizona searching for the man who swindled his father. Old pal Art James (Victor Adamson as Denver Dixon) tells him that Ed Calder (Horace B. Carpenter), a shady rancher who moved in a number of months in the past, is perhaps his man. Jim joins Art at the Crazy K Ranch owned by Sam Kent (Bill McCall) and his daughter Sally (Tonya Beauford), with Bill Dobbs (Allen Greer) as their foreman. Jim saves Sally from badman Lynx Merson (Lew Meehan), who is out to get her father for past transgressions. Later, it is found that El Garto, a bandit from under the border, is actually Merson, and is working with Calder. A Study in Scarlet 1933 Edwin L. Marin Arthur Conan Doyle (novel); Robert Florey; Reginald Owen 71 minutes. Adaptation of the very first Sherlock Holmes story, during which Holmes' faces off towards Latter-day Saints. Wild Horse Mesa 1932 Henry Hathaway Zane Grey (novel); Frank Howard Clark; Harold Shumate Black and White. 65 min. Adaptation of one of Zane Grey's novels which most prominently options Latter-day Saint characters. The Heritage of the Desert 1932 Sally Blane as Judy NaabJ. Farrell MacDonald as Adam NaabGordon Westcott as Snap Naab Henry Hathaway Zane Grey (novel); Frank Partos; Harold Shumate 60 min. Black and white. Produced by Paramount Pictures. Also referred to as: "The best way of the West", "When the West Was Young." Adaptation of a Zane Grey Western novel about John Hare, rescued from outlaws by a heroic Latter-day Saint: August Naab ("Adam" within the film). The Rainbow Trail 1932 Minna Gombell as RuthWilliam L. Thorne as DyerAlice Ward as Jane Withersteen David Howard Zane Grey (novel); Barry Conners; Philip Klein 65 minutes. Black and White. Produced by Fox Film Corporation. Adaptation of Zane Grey's Western novel. Riders of the Purple Sage 1931 Marguerite Churchill as Jane WithersteenNoah Beery as Judge DyerYvonne Pelletier as BessFrank McGlynn Jr. as Adam Tull Hamilton MacFadden Zane Grey (novel); Barry Conners; John F. Goodrich; Philip Klein 58 min. Black and white. Produced by Fox Film Corporation. Adaptation of Grey's Western novel about Jane, a Latter-day Saint ranch heiress, and other LDS characters. Wild Horse Mesa 1925 George B. Seitz Zane Grey (novel); Lucien Hubbard Silent. Black and White. Ninety five min. Budget: $125,000 (IMDb.com). Adaptation of one in all Zane Grey's novels which most prominently options Latter-day Saint characters. The Rainbow Trail 1925 Lucien Littlefield as Joe LakeVivien Oakland as Bessie ErneCarol Holloway as Jane Withersteen Lynn Reynolds Zane Grey (novel); Lynn Reynolds Silent. Black and White. Produced by Fox Film Corporation. Adaptation of Zane Grey's Western novel. Riders of the Purple Sage 1925 Mabel Ballin as Jane WithersteenWarner Oland as Judge DyerBeatrice Burnham as Millie ErneSeesel Ann Johnson Bess Erne, as little oneCharles Le Moyne as Richard TullMarian Nixon as Bess Erne Lynn Reynolds Zane Grey (novel); Edfrid A. Bingham fifty six min. Silent. Black and white. Produced by Fox Film Corporation. Adaptation of Grey's Western novel about Jane, a Latter-day Saint ranch heiress, and other LDS characters. The Heritage of the Desert 1924 Bebe Daniels as MescalErnest Torrence as August NaabAnne Schaefer as Mrs. Naab (as Ann Schaeffer)Jim Mason as Snap Naab (as James Mason)Tom London ("Leonard Clapham") as Dave Naab Irvin Willat Zane Grey (novel); Albert S. Le Vino Silent. Black and white. Produced by Famous Players-Lasky Corporation. Adaptation of a Zane Grey Western novel about John Hare, rescued from outlaws by a heroic Latter-day Saint: August Naab. Married to a Mormon 1922 H.B. Parkinson Frank Miller Silent. Black and white. British-made anti-Mormon propaganda film. Starring Evelyn Brent, Clive Brook, George Wynn, Booth Conway, Molly Adair Trapped by the Mormons 1922 Louis Willoughby as Isoldi KeeneWard McAllister as Elder KaylerOlaf Hytten as Elder Marz H.B. Parkinson Frank Miller (screenplay); Winifred Graham (novel) Silent. Black and white. British-made anti-Mormon propaganda film during which small city English women are captured to be taken to Salt Lake City as wives. Based on the novel The Love Story of a Mormon, by Winifred Graham. Innocent younger English lass Nora Prescott (played by Evelyn Brent) is the daughter of Mormon-hating mother and father, and engaged to marry sailer Jim Foster (George Wynn). Nora is mesmerized by Isoldi Keene, who's intent on making her his wife, and using her to lure different single women to Salt Lake. But Nora is saved by her wheelchair-bound father and her sailor boyfriend. Re-issued 1928 as "The Mormon Peril." Action 1921 J. Farrell MacDonald as Mormon Peters John Ford Peter B. Kyne (story); J. Allen Dunn (story); Harvey Gates Western. Silent. Universal Pictures. Adapted from the Peter B. Kyne story, "Three Godfathers." Also starring Hoot Gibson, Francis Ford, Clara Horton. Also launched as "Let's Go." The Fighting Shepherdess 1920 Noah Beery as Mormon Joe Millard Webb; Edward José Frank Mitchell Dazey; Lenore J. Coffee; Caroline Lockhart (novel) Western. Romance. A young lady fights to keep her Wyoming sheep ranch from being overrun and destroyed by cattle ranchers. Produced by Louis B. Mayer and Anita Stewart. The Rainbow Trail 1918 Mary Mersch as Jane WithersteenWilliam Burress as WaggonerGenevieve Blinn as Ruth Frank Lloyd Zane Grey (novel); Charles Kenyon; Frank Lloyd 60 minutes. Silent. Black and White. Produced by Fox Film Corporation. Adaptation of Zane Grey's Western novel. Riders of the Purple Sage 1918 Mary Mersch as JaneMurdock MacQuarrie as TullMarc Robbins as DyerKathryn Adams as Masked rider/MillieJ. Holmes as Jerry Carol Frank Lloyd Zane Grey (novel); Frank Lloyd (screenplay) Produced by Fox Film Corporation. Adaptation of Zane Grey's anti-Mormon Western novel a few Latter-day Saint ranch heiress and other LDS characters. A Mormon Maid 1917 Mae Murray as DoraFrank Borzage as Tom RigdonHobart Bosworth as John HogueEdythe Chapman as Nancy HogueNoah Beery as Darius BurrRichard Cummings as Lion of the Lord Robert Z. Leonard Charles Sarver (screenplay); Paul West (story) A handsome Latter-day Saint man (played by Utah native Frank Borzage, who later turned first particular person ever to receive the Academy Award for finest Director) saves an exquisite Latter-day Saint woman (Mae Murray) from being pressed into joining the "harem" of a villainous older man. A Study in Scarlet 1914 Francis Ford Arthur Conan Doyle (novel); Grace Cunard Short, silent film. Adaptation of the very first Sherlock Holmes story, wherein Holmes' faces off in opposition to Latter-day Saints. Silent short movie. A Study in Scarlet 1914 Agnes Glynne as Lucy FerrierHenry Paulo as John Ferrier George Pearson Arthur Conan Doyle (novel); Harry Engholm Short, silent movie. Adaptation of the very first Sherlock Holmes story, wherein Holmes' faces off towards Latter-day Saints. Silent brief movie. The Mormon 1912 J. Warren Kerrigan within the title role Allan Dwan 1 reel. 35 mm. Short, silent anti-Mormon movie starring J. Warren Kerrigan and Pauline Bush. Produced by American Film Manufacturing Company. Released 25 January 1912. The plot focuses on polygamy and kidnapping women, based on false ideas perpetuated by pulp fiction and anti-Mormon propaganda circulated at the time. The movie envisions Mormons in the early days of the West routinely ambushing non-Mormon wagon trains in order kidnap girls. The girls would then be taken into Mormon territory the place they'd grow to be polygamous wives. The protagonist of the film (performed by Warren Kerrigan) is a young Latter-day Saint despatched as a scout to observe the wagon path, report on the number of men and women in each wagon occasion, and assist in the raids. Sooner or later he sees by his telescope a solitary wagon crossing the plains. He tells the Elders, among them his father, an necessary local Mormon chief. But when he returns to observe the wagon more, he is entranced by the eyes of a girl travelling with the wagon. He falls in love along with her and wishes to have her for himself, slightly than enable her to be captured by the other Mormons. He renounces his faith and warns the individuals travelling with the wagon. The younger man fights off his own people. His father returns dwelling grieving that the son left the faith. The woman's husband was killed within the attack, so the younger Mormon who fought off the assault is ready to take take that man's place, travelling toward a brand new life with the woman who is his newfound love.

According to some sources, greater than thirty anti-Mormon movies had been made between the years 1910 and 1945. The primary of those was the Nordisk Films Kompagni film "Mormonens Offer," which opened in Copenhagen, Denmark on October 2, 1910. (1910,