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The Singles Ward

Director: Kurt Hale

  • Kurt Hale: Writer, Producer, Director
  • Wynn Hougaard: Film Editor
  • Dave Hunter: Producer
  • Matt Kennedy: Producer
  • Ryan Little: Cinematographer
  • John Moyer: Writer
Mormon singles
From the cover: "Frustrated and single again, standup comedian Jonathan Jordan (Will Swenson) now finds himself faced with the uncomfortable task of returning to the local singles' ward. Fellow apartment dwellers Dallen (Kirby Heyborne), Elden (Daryn Tufts), and Hyrum (Michael Birkeland) and several other well-meaning ward members try everything to help Jonathan from becoming--gasp!--inactive. In a twist of fate, Jonathan's car breaks down at a ward activity where he unwittingly meets Cammie (Connie Young), the ward activities director, whom he's been avoiding for weeks. Jonathan's life will never be the same. "With several cameo appearances by well-known LDS personalities (Steve Young, Danny Ainge, Shawn Bradley, LaVell Edwards, and television legend Gordon Jump), The Singles Ward is a hysterical look at an (ab)normal LDS singles' ward and the challenge of trying to find that eternal companion. The road to eternal marriage has never been longer!"
Thunderbird International Film Festival: Best Picture, Best Director
See Mormon Film: Key Films of the Fifth Wave As the first major theatrical LDS comedy, the plot of this film is secondary to its comedic appeal. The film is full of cameos and inside jokes aimed at Utah culture, thus making it somewhat foreign for the non-Utahn, whether LDS or not. It was the first theatrical film by Kurt Hale and a huge financial success, making HaleStorm arguably the most important production company of the early years after God's Army.
  • Additional details at ldsvideo.com
  • More info at HaleStorm Entertainment
  • View BYU Library catalog record
  • View trailer at ishowstogo.com
DVDMM 197, VC 1035
February 2002
USA
English
Halestorm Entertainment
Mormon Contributor(s)
Will Swenson - Jonathan Jordan; Connie Young - Cammie Giles; Daryn Tufts - Elden; Kirby Heyborne - Dallen; Michael Birkeland - Hyrum; Robert Swenson - Zak Aldridge
MPAA: PG
Narrative Film; Significant Mormon Elements
HaleStone Distribution
Commercial Theaters
102 min.
35mm color
The road to eternal marriage has never been longer.

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