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12 April 2002 (USA)
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An Epic Journey. more
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John Groberg, a farm kid from Idaho Falls, crosses an ocean to become a missionary in the remote and exotic Tongan islands during the 1950's. full summary | add synopsis
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1 win
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(Cast overview, first billed only)| Christopher Gorham | ... | John Groberg | |
| Anne Hathaway | ... | Jean Sabin | |
| Joe Folau | ... | Feki (as Joseph Folau) | |
| Nathaniel Lees | ... | Kelepi | |
| Miriama Smith | ... | Lavania | |
| Alvin Fitisemanu | ... | Tomasi | |
| Peter Sa'ena-Brown | ... | Kuli | |
| Whetu Fala | ... | Asi | |
| Apii McKinley | ... | Noli | |
| Paki Cherrington | ... | Minister (as Te Paki Cherrington) | |
| Jeremy Birchall | ... | Edward | |
| Ross Duncan | ... | John's Father | |
| Maggie Harper | ... | John's Mother | |
| Rick Leckinger | ... | Photographer | |
| Brian Richards | ... | Crowd Member #1 |
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Eye of the Storm (USA) (working title)
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Rated PG for thematic elements and brief disturbing images.
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113 min
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A boy really did fall from a mango tree and remain unconscious for three days while John H. Groberg was a missionary. He remembers that he was on his way to church on a Tuesday, and he climbed the tree because it had some of the very best mangos. When he woke up on Thursday, he was worried that he was late for his meetings.
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Factual errors: In the opening shot, the moon is shown in line with the Big Dipper, meaning it would be due north. The moon always appears in the zodiac.
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John Groberg:
Tomasi, why did you help us?
Tomasi: When I was a little boy, I was orphaned. Two missionaries like you took care of me, put me in school. I had forgotten about it until the minister told us to go rough up the Mormons. Then I remembered: I am one!
[takes a swig of alcohol]
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Tomasi: When I was a little boy, I was orphaned. Two missionaries like you took care of me, put me in school. I had forgotten about it until the minister told us to go rough up the Mormons. Then I remembered: I am one!
[takes a swig of alcohol]
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Referenced in The Singles 2nd Ward (2007)
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The Lone Ranger
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First of all I wanted to say that if you watched the movie and walked away from it without feeling emotionally moved (in a positive way) you might be emotionally dead. Even if you don't believe in the miracles that occurred in the film, you can appreciate the poignant message behind the story of a young man and his struggles to help the people he fell in love with. I sense that there are a number of "Mormon-phobics" that ended up "getting lured into" seeing this movie somehow and end up screaming "Propaganda!" It's actually quite amusing that these people are so afraid of this religion that they make such unreasonably absurd efforts to avoid anything to do with the religion or people who are members of it. The religious doctrine in this movie was portrayed in such a benign manner that it is nearly indiscernible.
It's kind of like saying that "The Sound of Music" was Catholic propaganda (although some antagonists will probably feel that way anyway).
This movie was deeply moving and it was one of the few movies that had the effect of permanently affecting me in a positive way. If you're looking for the usual Hollywood style of over-embellishing a story to the point of making it unbelievable, or trying to concentrate on some spectacular story line or special effects you'd probably best move on to the fiction section and leave this one alone. This is a real story about real people with real feelings - written and produced for real people.