Church Ball

Church Ball (2006)

Dennis Buckstead has the hardest calling in his church.

Dennis Buckstead has the hardest calling in his church. Not only has he been asked to coach a group of non-basketball players in his church but the bishop has demanded that he lead the team to the Basketball Championship. Word from the top is that this is the last season of church ball and Bishop Linderman isn't about to have his team lose for the 20th year in a row in the last season of church ball history! What was supposed to strengthen the body, invigorate the mind and cultivate brotherly love seems to bring out the worst in these church-going ball players. Dennis must find a way to bring his team together and build unity along the way to win the championship or go down in church ball history as the worst team that ever played.

Date of release
2006-03-17
TMDB
4.8 / 10 (8)
Runtime
1h 31m
Genres
Comedy
Director
Kurt Hale

Casting

Interesting facts

Church Ball is a 2006 sports comedy film written and directed by Kurt Hale. It follows an underdog Latter-day Saint church basketball team and their attempts to make it to the championship in the league's last season. The film stars Andrew Wilson, Fred Willard, Clint Howard, and Gary Coleman. The film received negative reviews from critics and was a box office failure that earned just $464,991 against a $1 million dollar budget.

Production

The original script for the film was written years beforehand by Kurt Hale, Paul Eagleston, and Stephen Rose. Halestorm Entertainment began production of the film in 2005. Gary Coleman was cast as Charles Higgins. Andrew Wilson, Clint Howard, and Fred Willard were later cast as Dennis Buckstead, Gene Jensen, and Bishop Linderman, respectively.

Filming took place primarily in Orem and Provo, Utah in 2005. The former Douglas Ward meetinghouse at 721 S 1200 E in Salt Lake City and the former Wallsburg meetinghouse in Wallsburg were both used for filming.

During filming, Gary Coleman met his wife, Shannon Price, on set who was an extra in the film.

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