Silent Night<\/em>, about the famous \u201cChristmas\u00a0Truce\u201d during the First World War.\u00a0 She was still too sick to go.<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
But we received considerable compensation on Monday night.<\/p>\n
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As some of you may perhaps be aware, I\u2019ve been deeply involved over the past two or three years as an executive producer (with my wife) for an effort to create a theatrical film on the Witnesses to the Book of Mormon, as well as a companion documentary and other related materials.<\/p>\n
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The people who are actually making the films are essentially the same folks (minus Lee Groberg, although he\u2019s friendly) who made the\u00a0Joseph Smith: American Prophet<\/em>\u00a0film for PBS, as well as BYU-TV\u2019s\u00a0Fires of Faith<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Handel\u2019s Messia<\/em>h. \u00a0The Interpreter Foundation, a 501(c)3 charitable organization of which I\u2019m the president, is behind the effort.<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
With the producer and the director and their spouses, my wife and I watched the entire director\u2019s \u201crough cut\u201d of the theatrical film last night, for the very first time.<\/p>\n
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I have to admit that I went into it concerned, somewhat worried. \u00a0I had seen a lot of the pieces of the product before, but I wondered whether it would hold together. \u00a0What if I were disappointed? \u00a0What if the product were weak?\u00a0 I\u2019m pretty critical, and there has been a fair amount of disappointing Latter-day Saint filmmaking.<\/p>\n
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I was very pleased with Monday night\u2019s showing.<\/p>\n
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Oh, there are things that still remain to be done. \u00a0For example, the color and the sound need to be smoothed out. \u00a0(Different cameras record differently.) \u00a0Some transitions were a bit rougher than we had expected, so a few minutes of additional filming will need to be done in order to provide clearer explanations, lead-ins, and so forth. \u00a0But what we saw last night is essentially what the theatrical film will be. \u00a0When completed, it will likely run about 105 minutes altogether.<\/p>\n
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The accompanying documentary or docudrama remains to be created, as well as some of the attendant materials that we hope to produce.\u00a0 So some money still needs to be raised.<\/p>\n
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But we are far down the road, and things are looking very positive.<\/p>\n
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Thanks to all of those who have helped!\u00a0 I hope and I believe that you will not be disappointed.\u00a0 Our goal is that this project will generate conversation, and that many will be able, through it, to see how firm and historically solid the roots of the Restoration really are.<\/p>\n
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