The Work and The Story (2003)

Dream big. Make it happen?

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 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 Richard? And does everyone want Richard found?

Date of release
2003-01-01
TMDB
8.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
1h 10m
Genres
Comedy
Director
Nathan Smith Jones

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: Utah

The Work and the Story is a 2003 Mormon mockumentary comedy film written and directed by Nathan Smith Jones and starring Nathan Smith Jones, Jen Hoskins, Eric Artel, Dan Merkley, and Richard Dutcher. The title of the film is a reference to the Mormon-oriented film The Work and the Glory.

Production

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

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