The Mountain of the Lord is a 72-minute film produced by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It depicts the story of the building of the Salt Lake Temple in a fictional encounter between a reporter and Wilford Woodruff and was produced for the centennial of its dedication. The film shows the struggles of early Mormons to build the temple—which took 40 years to complete—in the Salt Lake Valley, where church members arrived in 1847.
| The Mountain of the Lord | |
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| Directed by | Peter N. Johnson |
| Produced by | Nicholas J. Gasdik |
| Starring | Cory Dangerfield Scot Silver Michael Audley[1] |
| Cinematography | Reed Smoot |
| Edited by | Peter G. Czerny |
| Music by | Kurt Bestor Arlen Card |
| Distributed by | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints |
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Running time | 72 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $3,000,000 |
The film was shown in connection with the April 1993 General Conference.[2]
Production
editParts of the film were shot in Provo, Utah.[3]
References
edit- ^ Hubbard, Jonice L. (October 2007). Pioneers in Twentieth Century Mormon Media (Masters thesis). Brigham Young University.
- ^ Dockstader, Julie A. (1993-03-20), "The Mountain of the Lord: Film dramatizes struggle of saints to build temple", Church News
- ^ D'Arc, James V. (2010). When Hollywood came to town: a history of moviemaking in Utah (1st ed.). Layton, Utah: Gibbs Smith. ISBN 9781423605874.
- Hall, Airen (October 2012), "Melodrama on a Mission: Latter-Day Saint Film and the Melodramatic Mode", Journal of Religion and Film, 16 (2): 35–37
External links
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- "The Mountain of the Lord". Mormon Literature & Creative Arts Database.
- Mountain of the Lord at IMDb
- The Mountain of the Lord on YouTube from the Mormon Channel
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