The Mountain of the Lord

The Mountain of the Lord is a 72-minute film produced by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It depicts the story of the building of the Salt Lake Temple in a fictional encounter between a reporter and Wilford Woodruff and was produced for the centennial of its dedication. The film shows the struggles of early Mormons to build the temple—which took 40 years to complete—in the Salt Lake Valley, where church members arrived in 1847.

The Mountain of the Lord
Directed byPeter N. Johnson
Produced byNicholas J. Gasdik
StarringCory Dangerfield
Scot Silver
Michael Audley[1]
CinematographyReed Smoot
Edited byPeter G. Czerny
Music byKurt Bestor
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Distributed byThe Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Release date
  • 1993 (1993)
Running time
72 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$3,000,000

The film was shown in connection with the April 1993 General Conference.[2]

Production

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Parts of the film were shot in Provo, Utah.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Hubbard, Jonice L. (October 2007). Pioneers in Twentieth Century Mormon Media (Masters thesis). Brigham Young University.
  2. ^ Dockstader, Julie A. (1993-03-20), "The Mountain of the Lord: Film dramatizes struggle of saints to build temple", Church News
  3. ^ D'Arc, James V. (2010). When Hollywood came to town: a history of moviemaking in Utah (1st ed.). Layton, Utah: Gibbs Smith. ISBN 9781423605874.
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