A devout Mormon living in L.A. becomes a pornographic actor after his martial arts moves impress a big-time director.
Leskeksi jäänyt Ronnie muuttaa poikiensa, 7 vuotiaan Damianin ja muutamaa vuotta vanhemman Anthonyn kanssa kaupungin lähiöön. Äitiään ja vanhaa asuinpaikkaansa ikävöivä Damian eristäytyy muista ja rakentaa itselleen majan pahvilaatikoista läheisen rautatien varteen. Eräänä päivänä hänen piilopaikkaansa kirjaimellisesti lentää kassi, jonka sisältä löytyy satoja tuhansia puntia käteistä rahaa. Damian ja Anthony päättävät pitää salaisuuden itsellään ja käyttää rahat omiin tarkoituksiinsa. Pojilla on kuitenkin vai pari päivää aikaa, koska Iso-Britannia on siirtymässä euroihin. Danny Boyle on ohjannut huumoria, fantasiaa ja jännitystä sisältävän elokuvan jonka tapahtumat kerrotaan lasten näkökulmasta.
Patalaiska Trinity saa puolivahingossa kiinni etsintäkuulutetun meksikolaismiehen ja vie tämän lähimpään kaupunkiin, jonka sheriffiksi on puolivahingossa päätynyt hänen veljensä, hevosvaras Bambino. Bambino pitää kulissia yllä, koska on päättänyt varastaa majuri Harrimanin hevoset. Harriman puolestaan haluaisi anastaa mormoniyhteisön maa-alat laitumikseen. Apulaissheriffiksi nimetty Trinity auttaa kahta kaunista mormoninaista ja tämän isää, ja saa houkuteltua myös Bambinon suojelemaan heitä. Harriman palkkaa avukseen meksikolaisrettelöitsijä Mezcalin. Veljesten avuksi tulevat Bambinon rikostoverit Timmy ja Weasel. Miehet opettavat mormonit taistelemaan, vaikka uskonto kieltää väkivallan. Lopulta raamatusta löytyy kohta, jossa lukee ”on aika taistella”.
Poliittisesti provosoiva talk show -juontaja Bill Maher tarkastelee järjestäytyneen uskonnon nykytilaa tässä kärkevässä dokumentissa.
Christian, a hunky, 20-something, West Hollywood party boy gets more than he bargains for when he tries to seduce 19-year-old Elder Aaron Davis, a sexually confused Mormon missionary who moves into his apartment complex.
Unofficial lawman John Corbett hunts down Cuchillo Sanchez, a Mexican peasant accused of raping and killing a 12-year-old girl.
“Jokainen voi joskus tarvita alibia” on Ray Elliottin erittäin menestyvän yrityksen motto. Rayn yritys tarjoaa aviopuolisoille mahdollisuuden olla uskottomia – vailla pelkoa kiinnijäämisestä. Elliot Consultingilta voit ostaa täydellisen alibin. Mutta vedenpitävimmätkin alibit saattavat osoittautua riittämättömiksi, ja kun salainen tapaaminen päättyy huonosti, Rayn on käytettävä kaikkea ammattiosaamistaan keksiäkseen täydellisen alibin itselleen!
Länteen matkaava mormonikaravaani palkkaa oppaikseen rennot karjapaimenet Travisin ja Sandyn. Matkan varrella karavaani kohtaa kiertävän näyttelijäseurueen, Cleggin roistoklaanin sekä hurjia navajo-intiaaneja. Päänvaivaa Travisille ja Sandylle aiheuttaa myös mormonien kummallinen tapakulttuuri. John Fordin peruswestern tunnetaan Suomessa myös nimellä The Wagonmaster - aavikon sankari.
A portrayal of the early Latter-day Saints' joys, sacrifices, hopes, and trials; their epic journey to the Salt Lake Valley; and their legacy of faith in Jesus Christ.
Imagine Dragons’ Mormon frontman Dan Reynolds is taking on a new mission to explore how the church treats its LGBTQ members. With the rising suicide rate amongst teens in the state of Utah, his concern with the church’s policies sends him on an unexpected path for acceptance and change.
CREMASTER 2 (1999) is rendered as a gothic Western that introduces conflict into the system. On the biological level it corresponds to the phase of fetal development during which sexual division begins. In Matthew Barney's abstraction of this process, the system resists partition and tries to remain in the state of equilibrium imagined in Cremaster 1 ...
Green Flake, a southern slave, joins Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints as a child. Later on in his life he is sent to pave the way to what is now the Salt Lake Valley and his faith sustains him.
John H. Groberg, a middle class kid from Idaho Falls, crosses the Pacific to become a Mormon missionary in the remote and exotic Tongan island kingdom during the 1950's. He leaves behind a loving family and the true love of his life, Jean. Through letters and musings across the miles, John shares his humbling and sometimes hilarious adventures with "the girl back home", and her letters buoy up his spirits in difficult times. John must struggle to overcome language barriers, physical hardship and deep-rooted suspicion to earn the trust and love of the Tongan people he has come to serve. Throughout his adventure-filled three years on the islands, he discovers friends and wisdom in the most unlikely places. John H. Groberg's Tongan odyssey will change his life forever.
A self-destructive ex-Mormon finds out her estranged, abusive father is on his deathbed in Provo, Utah – so she road trips across the country to reckon with her past, current friend-with-benefits in tow.
Miles Utley is a professional Mormon commando/bodyguard who is forced to turn renegade and to question his faith as he investigates a scandal involving assassination and land speculation.
Wifes and children of the Mormon Orville Beecham become victims of a massacre in his own house. The police believes the crime had a religious motive. Orville doesn't give any comment on the case, is taken into protective custody. Journalist Smith persuades him to help him in the investigation - and finds out about economic motives for the murder.
Based on the story of the famous Mormon leader, it follows Brigham Young and his challenge to transport his people across the Rocky mountains to settle in Salt Lake City. The plot focuses on two fictitious characters, Jonathan Kent and Zina Webb and the hardships they have to face along the way.
"The Work and The Glory: American Zion" sets the story of the fictional Steed family against the historically factual backdrop of the Mormon people's move into the West. Divided by their diverse reactions to a nascent ideology, the Steeds struggle to hold together as the strength of their convictions and their filial bonds are tested. The stirring narrative of the faith that led a persecuted people to Missouri and beyond is one of the most poignant untold tales of American history. It is the account of a valiant struggle to exercise the rights promised by a fledgling nation. "The Work and the Glory: American Zion" unearths the story of the passion behind the movement which eventually launched the largest American migration and the colonization of the West: the vision of a promised land in America.
Rowe McDonald is a headstrong missionary who has life after his mission all figured out. When a fatal car crash interrupts his plans, he is given sixty days to return to life and finish his work. Now he must choose whether to lead the life he planned, or reach beyond himself to change the lives of others. What will he do? Who will he touch? How will he prepare to leave it all behind?
When a small Utah-based edited movie company is caught sanitizing Hollywood's copyrighted material, the film industry strikes back with a devastating blow.