Mormon Temple Film (1969)

User Rating:

1.5/10   

Director:

Judge Whitaker

Genre:

Drama | Fantasy

Plot:

A montage of scenes depicting the creation of the world is followed by a dramatization of the travails of Adam and Eve...

Plot Keywords:

Adam And Eve | Creation | Apostle | Based On The Bible | Faith

Cast

Bryce Chamberlain	...	Jehovah
Ron Frederickson	...	Lucifer
Gordon Jump	...	The Apostle Peter
Hank Kester	...	Adam
Charles Metten	...	The Apostle James
R. LeRoi Nelson	...	The Apostle John
Spencer Palmer	...	Minister
Robert Peterson	...	Jehovah (voice)
Lena Tulaunen Rogers	...	Eve
Glen Shaw	...	Narrator
Jesse Stay	...	Elohim
Lael Woodbury	...	Elohim (voice)

Directed by
Judge Whitaker		(as Wetzel O. Whitaker)

Cinematography by
Robert W. Stum

Film Editing by
Frank S. Wise

Casting by
Keith J. Atkinson

Production Management
Dalvin Williams	....	production manager

Art Department
Douglas Johnson	....	set designer

Sound Department
Sharrol Felt	....	sound
Donald W. Fisk	....	sound

Camera and Electrical Department
W. Grant Williams	....	lighting technician

Production Companies

• Brigham Young University

Also Known As:

Project #134

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Company:

Brigham Young University

Trivia:

Known at the B.Y.U. Department of Motion Picture Production as "production 134" which was used to replace "production 100" which had been used for many years.

This film seems like a reheated Masonic Temple ceremony

The acting, sets, and costumes were excellent but these things can never compensate for the lame screen play by Joseph Smith, Jr. This is so despite significant rewrites through the years by other writers. The story itself is like a bad version of Milton's "Paradise Lost" which ties in closely with Masonic Temple ceremonies.

The viewings I attended were very interactive with a costumed audience and not unlike "Rocky Horror Picture Show" in that regard although the participants only wore white and were much more sober than a typical RHP crowd. Both are definitely cult classics considering the many viewings they receive.

The acting is decent. Lena Tulaunen Rogers is totally steamy in the role of Eve. She left me wanting to see more. Ron Frederickson as Lucifer chilled my blood in one scene in which he turns to the audience and warns them about disclosing the secrets revealed in the film. I liked Gordon Jump (in the role of Peter) much better as the inept boss in "WKRP in Cincinnati". Definitely a poor casting choice.

This film can only be viewed as a sort of cult classic. If you can't enjoy it on that level my advice is steer clear of it.