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God's Army

Director: Richard Dutcher

  • Michael Chaskes: Film Editor
  • Miriam Cutler: Composer
  • Gena Downey: Producer
  • Paul Downey: Producer
  • Richard Dutcher: Director, Writer, Producer
  • Ken Glassing: Cinematographer
LDS missionaries; Los Angeles
A young missionary named Elder Allen begins his mission in Los Angeles under the much older Elder Dalton. As Dalton struggles with his health Allen struggles with his testimony. From the cover: "Thrust into a world of harsh realities, Brandon Allen (Matthew Brown), with his unrelenting mentor, Marcus Dalton (Richard Dutcher), confronts the challenges of missionary life in Los Angeles, soon realizing that his most important convert may be himself."
2000 Award in Film, The Association for Mormon Letters; Nominated by the VSDA (Video Software Dealers Association) for a Home Entertainment Award
See Mormon Film: Key Films of the Fifth Wave This film, which was enormously successful financially, is often credited with inventing "LDS cinema." On a broad scale this is not true, but it did instigate a new wave in LDS cinema, the theatrical feature fiction film made primarily by Church members and with identifiably LDS content. It was also Dutcher's breakthrough film, after his earlier Girl Crazy and a KBYU film Eliza and I.
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DVDMM 366, DVDMM 199, DVD 531
March 10, 2000
USA
English
Zion Films
Mormon Contributor(s)
Mathew A. Brown - Elder Brandon Allen; Richard Dutcher - Elder Marcus Dalton; Jacque Gray - Sister Fronk; DeSean Terry - Elder Banks; Jeffrey Scott Kelly - Elder Mangum; Michael Buster - Elder Kinegar; Luis Robledo - Elder Sandoval; John Pentecost - President Beecroft; Lynne Carr - Sister Beecroft; Kelli Coleman - Sister Monson; Anthony Anselmi - Elder Harmer; Peter Jackson - Elder Downey; Seamus Hurley - Elder Rex; Francine Riber - Connie; Lance Johnson - Brother Rose; Doug Stewart - Benny
MPAA: PG
Narrative Film; Significant Mormon Elements
Excel Entertainment
Commercial Theaters
107 min.
35mm color
Saving the world one soul at a time.

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