Saturday's Warrior (1989) (V)

User Rating:

5.1/10   

Director:

Bob Williams

Writer:

Douglas Stewart (book)

Release Date:

1989 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Family | Musical

Plot:

A teenager named Jimmy is growing up and is wondering about his future.

Plot Keywords:

Large Family | Latter Day Saints | Low Budget Film | Singing | Heaven

Cast

Erik Hickenlooper	...	Jimmy
Cori Jacobsen	...	Julie
Davison Cheney	...	Tod
Bart Hickenlooper	...	Wally
D.L. Walker	...	Harold Green (as David Walker)
Marianne Thompson	...	Pam
Marvin Payne	...	Dad
Gay Parvis	...	Mom
Mary Greenwood	...	Shelly
Jared Christensen	...	Benjy
Kelsi Osborn	...	Alice
Matthew Lewis	...	Ernie
Rebecca Tate	...	Emily
Michelle Schaertl	...	Baby Emily
Judy Hibbert	...	Matron

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:Not Rated

Company:

Bob Williams Productions

Goofs:

Continuity: When Jimmy is with Mack and his gang, one of the girls says, "Flinders, you were in rare form last night." While she is saying this you can see on the left that Jimmy is holding the hand of one of the other girls. In the next shot he is sitting up with his back against the bench. When they cut back to the big picture, he is once again holding the girl's hand.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Singles Ward (2002)

Nice songs, kind of a corny plot

This is a stage play that was video taped!

It takes a few liberties with Mormon beliefs and pokes fun at Mormon culture in a light-hearted way. Basically it is about a Mormon family and the issue of Mormon pre-existance, large families, and over-population. Some of the songs are nice, but Lex de Azevedo is a well known composer of LDS songs and usually does a good job.

This was fairly big in Utah in 1989-90. Erik Hickenlooper (who plays Jimmy)was a minor celebrity for a while.

If you're not Mormon, you probably won't enjoy it. And even if you are Mormon, you may find the plot a little corny. At BYU or in Utah it may be appreciated. I enjoyed some of the songs, and the parts about the Mormon missionaries.

But if you're looking for a story on Mormon missionaries or a little of the culture, rent "God's Army" or "The Other Side of Heaven" instead.

Mormon films are starting to make inroads, especially Richard Dutcher's stuff. But this one is really just a Mormon Ward play made into a video.

When I first saw it in Utah in 1989, I liked it, because I was part of the culture there, so I gave it a 7/10. But having been removed from Utah culture for a number of years, and looking back, I would give it a 5/10, because some of the song are still nice.