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The Work and the Story (2003)

The Work and the Story poster
Original title
The Work and The Story
Directed by
Nathan Smith Jones
Genre
comedy film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 10m
Rated
NR
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A filmmaker makes a spoof about Mormons that pokes fun at their church-themed movies. The story follows a group of people as they create a mockumentary with exaggerated humor and inside jokes.

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What happens

The Work and the Story is a 2003 Mormon mockumentary comedy film written and directed by Nathan Smith Jones and starring Nathan Smith Jones, Jen Hoskins, Eric Artel, Dan Merkley, and Richard Dutcher. The title of the film is a reference to the Mormon-oriented film The Work and the Glory. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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