The Book of Mormon Movie, Volume 1: The Journey (2003)

User Rating:

3.1/10   

Director:

Gary Rogers

Writers:

Craig Clyde (screenplay)
Gary Rogers (written by)

Release Date:

12 January 2004 (Germany)

Genre:

Adventure

Tagline:

2600 years ago, one family began a remarkable journey and set the course for a latter-day faith. This is their story.

Plot:

The story of Lehi and his wife Sariah and their four sons: Laman, Lemuel, Sam, and Nephi. Lehi leaves...

Plot Keywords:

Journey | Latter Day Saints | Mormon | Mormonism | Prophet

Cast

Noah Danby	...	Nephi
Jacque Gray	...	Nephi's Wife
Bryce Chamberlain	...	Lehi
Jan Broberg Felt	...	Sariah (as Jan Gardner)
Ron Frederickson	...	Ishmael
Kirby Heyborne	...	Sam
Todd Davis	...	Zoram
Michael Flynn	...	Laban
Richard J. Clifford	...	Lucan
Bruce Newbold	...	Moroni
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Eden Benson	...	Nephi's Sister 2
Jeremy Cooper	...	Ishmael's Son 3
Melanie Deters	...	Zoram's Wife
Cragun Foulger	...	Lemuel
Jessica Giauque	...	Lemuel's Wife
Mark Gollaher	...	Laman
Dustin Harding	...	Joseph Smith
Bern Kubiak	...	Jesus Christ
Rebecca Larsen	...	Ishmael's Son's Wife
Christopher Robin Miller	...	Ishmael's Son 1 (as Christopher Miller)
Jennifer Nix	...	Ishmael's Son's Wife
Lisa Rogers	...	Laman's Wife
Susan Rounkles	...	Nephi's Sister 1
David Shipp	...	Ishmael's Son 2
Carrie Stringfellow	...	Sam's Wife
Brooks Utley	...	Ishmael's Son 4
Sheryl Lee Wilson	...	Leah

MPAA:

Rated PG for violence and some thematic elements. (2004 re-rating)

Runtime:

120 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:PG-13 | USA:PG (2004 re-rating)

Filming Locations:

Goblin Valley State Park - Highway 24, Green River, Utah, USA

Trivia:

Noah Danby, the actor who played Nephi, had never read the Book of Mormon before making this film. Before the end of the project, he was preparing for baptism and dating Jacque Gray, the actress who played Terza, Nephi's Wife.

Goofs:

Errors in geography: Lehi's family use Bactrian (two-humped) camels, which are native to the Gobi desert and the steppes of Central Asia. The camels should have been dromedary (one-humped) camels, often called Arabian camels.

Quotes:

Lehi: My friend and colleague Ishmael has sufficient daughters for my sons and sons for my daughters.
Nephi: Father, I think this is the best vision you ever had. Father, I will go and do the thing the Lord hath commanded for I know the Lord would not give a commandment...
Lehi: Enough, Nephi, enough. Do I note a little more enthusiasm this time?
Nephi: Perhaps, Father, perhaps, oh, one more thing Father, a favor, before we leave tomorrow, could you inquire of the Lord if there is anything more he would have us do while we are *in* Jerusalem?

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Singles 2nd Ward (2007)

Soundtrack:

Forever We'll Be

An Open Letter to the Producers

Please, please, please, please, PLEEAAASE DO NOT MAKE ANY MORE OF THESE MOVIES!!!!

Your hearts are in the right place, I don't doubt that at all, but you are in way over your head with this!

If I had never read the Book of Mormon before, after watching this movie, I wouldn't want to!

You're costumes looked like they were borrowed from the Manti Pageant. The make-up looked ridiculous. The acting was amateurish, not to mention the directing. And the writing just plain SUCKED! And what the hell was up with that wedding dance scene?

You are doing a major disservice to the Book of Mormon and the LDS faith by making these movies.

Come on, to take on something as epic as the Book of Mormon on such a miniscule budget is at best, laughable, at worst sacrilegious. Even John Huston knew to only take on the first part of Genesis when he made "The Bible."

Have you seen the movie "And God Spoke... The Making of."???

Your movie is essentially that. A biblical epic made on a B-movie budget and you guys are taking yourselves waaaaay too seriously!

I only hope you haven't done any permanent damage to Jacque Gray's career.

-Nate