The Work and the Story

Name: The Work and the Story
Genre: Comedy
Released: 2003-08-15
Duration: 1 h 17 min
Rating: 5.3
Cast: Nathan Smith Jones, Jen Hoskins, Eric Artell

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It is July, 2000 Richard Dutcher, the man who pioneered "Mormon Cinema" with his film "God's Army" is MISSING and PRESUMED DEAD!! Three amateur Mormon Filmmakers: Judy Shumway, Peter Beuhman... Read allIt is July, 2000 Richard Dutcher, the man who pioneered "Mormon Cinema" with his film "God's Army" is MISSING and PRESUMED DEAD!! Three amateur Mormon Filmmakers: Judy Shumway, Peter Beuhmann and Kevin Evans individually set out to make their first feature-length films to take Du... Read allIt is July, 2000 Richard Dutcher, the man who pioneered "Mormon Cinema" with his film "God's Army" is MISSING and PRESUMED DEAD!! Three amateur Mormon Filmmakers: Judy Shumway, Peter Beuhmann and Kevin Evans individually set out to make their first feature-length films to take Dutcher's place as the next "Mormon Spielberg". Who will win? Who will lose? Who will find R... Read all

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Trivia
Richard Dutcher donated the 16mm film stock to make the movie. This is the same stock (three years-old) that God's Army (2000) was going to be shot on, had Dutcher not found the financing to shoot on 35mm.

Crazy credits
No animals, including "Pogo" the Dog, were injured or harmed during the making of this film. We wouldn't do that to Pogo. Pogo did accidentally bite Officer Hal Koozier of the Mesa Police Department, (see the DVD) but the dog was not harmed. (Oh, and Hal was okay too.)

Connections
Referenced in In the Service of God (2003)

Soundtracks
Calling Out for Grace Again
Written and Performed by Melanie van Orden and Jason van Orden

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BRILLIANT!!

This was the funniest movie I've ever seen. They did a hybrid of a Christopher Guest-type movie and a normal comedy, and made it for Mormons! I love how they made fun of movie Directors. That hasn't been done enough.

Okay, so maybe I'm biased 'cause I MADE the movie. But let it be known that I'm making fun of myself as much as any other Mormon filmmaker.

The DVD will be amazing. Promise.

Enjoy the show!

Nate Jones