The Saviour (2005)

User Rating:

6.9/10   

Director:

Peter Templeman

Writer:

Peter Templeman (writer)

Genre:

Short | Drama

Plot:

A young Church elder struggles with his faith when the married woman he has been seeing breaks off their relationship.

Plot Keywords:

Church | Love | Male Female Relationship | Mormon | Obsession

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 2 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Thom Campbell	...	Malcolm
Susan Prior	...	Carmel
Rhys Muldoon	...	Tony
David Somerville	...	Paul
Nicholas Hammond	...	Pastor
Robin Goldsworthy	...	Todd
Michael Booth	...	Chuck
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Sarah Frost	...	Mother with Baby
Adam J. Yeend	...	Mormon Elder

Runtime:

Australia:17 min

Country:

Australia

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

Epping, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Company:

Australian Film, Television and Radio School

Movie Connections:

Featured in The 79th Annual Academy Awards (2007) (TV)

Making Fun Of Mormon Missionaries

Well, here we go with another example of slamming a religion where it's politically-correct to do so by a hypocritical filmmaker. In this case, it's the Mormon church. It's either them, the Catholics or the Protestants.....everyone else is off-limits due to "sensitivity." However, when it comes to slamming the above folks, PC goes out the window. Try doing a hatchet job like this - showing a Mormon missionary going door-to-door while at the same time he's trying to have sex with a married woman - but having a Buddhist doing it, or a Jew or Muslim. Hey, that might be "offensive," but Mormons....hey, that's okay.

Of course, this got nominated for an Academy Award. That fits in with the rest of Hollywood's secular agenda. And - no, by the way, I am NOT a Mormon, but I found this extremely offensive, and that includes the ending. The director of this film should stick to cartoons, something he's better at doing. His agenda in here, making Mormons look like fools, is obvious. What motivates a writer to do this? Hate?

I also found it laughable and typical to see another example of these secular filmmakers don't even bother to check the faiths they slam. Here, the leader is called "pastors" which Mormons do not do and, of course, the leader is shown to be some nasty hard-ass. That is so typical of these hate-filled atheists who make films. Hey guys, at least do your homework.