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September Dawn (2006) -- A love story set during a tense encounter between a wagon train of settlers and a renegade Mormon group.
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Director:
Writers:
Christopher Cain (written by) and
Carole Whang Schutter (written by)
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Release Date:
24 August 2007 (USA) more
Tagline:
The untold story of an American tragedy.
Plot:
A love story set during a tense encounter between a wagon train of settlers and a renegade Mormon group. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
2 nominations more
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In the meadow, we can pan a snowman
 (From Roger Ebert's Blog. 24 December 2008, 9:04 AM, PST)

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A tragic historical event spiced up with an unlikely love story more (99 total)

Cast

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Terence Stamp ... Brigham Young

Trent Ford ... Jonathan Samuelson
Krisinda Cain ... Young Woman

Shaun Johnston ... Captain Fancher
Franklin E. Levinson ... Captain Baker

Jon Gries ... John D. Lee

Lolita Davidovich ... Nancy Dunlap

Jon Voight ... Jacob Samuelson

Taylor Handley ... Micah Samuelson

Daniel Libman ... Reverend Grant Hudson

Tamara Hope ... Emily Hudson
Barbara Gates Wilson ... Martha Hudson

Huntley Ritter ... Robert Humphries

Dean Cain ... Joseph Smith
Ron Webber ... Hyrum Smith
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MPAA:
Rated R for violence.
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110 min
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In reality, Joseph Smith, Jr. had 24 wives. He and his first wife, Emma, had nine children: Alvin, who died shortly after birth, premature twins Thaddeus and Louisa, who only lived a few hours, Joseph and Julia, who were given to them to adopt after their own twins died, Joseph Smith III, Frederick Granger Williams Smith, Alexander Hale Smith, and David Hyrum Smith, born after Joseph's death. There is no evidence that he had children with any of his other wives. more
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Factual errors: Emily Hudson is a main character in this film. In reality, the Hudsons left the wagon train before it reached Utah. more
Soundtrack:
Love Will Still Be There more

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4 out of 5 people found the following comment useful.
A tragic historical event spiced up with an unlikely love story, 7 January 2008
7/10
Author: pmoul1219 from United States

This is a story that needs telling, and perhaps a bare documentary would have gone unnoticed. I was bothered, however, by the introduction of an unlikely horse-breaking scene, a subsequent act of remarkable generosity, and a love-at-first-sight romance. These run counter to the actual events and distort the nature of the massacre. Apart from that I liked the portrayal very much. It does a good job of portraying the distrust the Mormons had of the rest of the nation, including the government, of their resentment toward Missouri and toward the mob that murdered Joseph Smith in Illinois, and the failure of the government that had him in its custody.

Although the movie was shot in Alberta, the scenery is not unlike that in the Mountain Meadows area, except, of course, for the lake or river in which the young emigrant was able to bathe. I could be mistaken, but I don't think there is one.

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