The Singles Ward

Infobox_Film
name = The Singles Ward


director = Kurt Hale
producer = Dave Hunter
writer = Kurt Hale and John E. Moyer
starring = Will Swenson, Connie Young, Daryn Tufts, Kirby Heyborne, Michael Birkeland, Zak Aldridge, Lincoln Hoppe, Tarance Edwards, Michelle Ainge, Gretchen Whalley, Sedra Santos
cinematography =
editing =
distributor = Halestorm Entertainment
released = 2002
runtime = 102 min.
country = USA
language = English
music = Cody Hale
budget = $500,000
preceded_by =
followed_by = "The Singles 2nd Ward"
website = http://www.singleswardthemovie.com/
amg_id =
imdb_id = 0306069
awards =
tagline = The Road to Eternal Marriage Has Never Been Longer.

"The Singles Ward" is a 2002 comedy film, directed by Kurt Hale and written by Kurt Hale and John E. Moyer based on his own life as a stand up comedian and single member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Like "The R.M.", and other films which followed it, "The Singles Ward"'s target audience is members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and citizens of Utah. As such, references to and parodies of the Mormon and Utah subcultures pervade the film and are unlikely to be completely understood by non-Mormons. However, the film provides an interesting and comical view into the sometimes strange world of the Mormon culture. "The Singles Ward" is one of the new line of LDS comedy films by Kurt Hale and John Moyer.

"The Singles Ward" was followed in 2007 by "The Singles 2nd Ward".

Plot

After faithfully serving a full time mission for his church and marrying, Jonathan Jordan finds himself recently divorced and once again a member of the LDS single adult world— a world whose ultimate goal is Eternal Marriage. Disenchanted, Jordan stops going to church. He even creates a stand up routine lampooning the Mormon way of life. His resistance to the church continues until he falls for Cammie Giles, a member of the local singles ward. Suddenly, Jordan finds going to church more appealing. But is he attending church again just to impress her?

Tagline: "The Road to Eternal Marriage Has Never Been Longer'

elected credits

Cast

*Will Swenson, Jonathon Jordan
*Connie Young, Cammie Giles

Crew

*Kurt Hale, director
*Kurt Hale and John E. Moyer, writing

Cameos

A number of celebrity members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints make appearances throughout the movie:

*Wally Joyner, a former player for five Major League Baseball teams, most notably the California Angels, as Brother Angel.
*Danny Ainge, former NBA player and current Boston Celtics General Manager, plays a Sunbeam Teacher.
*Shawn Bradley, another former NBA player, as an auto mechanic.
*Pro Football Hall of Famer Steve Young as Brother Niner. The character name is an obvious reference to Young's career as a quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers.
*Thurl Bailey, another former NBA player.
*Late actor Gordon Jump.
*Writer, producer, director and actor Richard Dutcher as the neighbor Wes, who knocks on the door while they are watching Dutcher's movie "God's Army" and declines an invitation to watch it because he was offended by the "toilet scenes".

SoundTrack

The soundtrack was a compilation of Latter Day Saint artists performing songs from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints' hymnal and children's song book. The soundtrack is on Guapo Records.

*"The Church of Jesus Christ" — Magstatic
*"Come, Come Ye Saints" — Slender
*"There is Sunshine in My Soul Today" — Ponchillo
*"Do What is Right" — MishMash
*"Popcorn Popping" — Kent Carter and Rooster
*"Book of Mormon Stories" — Pipe Dream
*"In Our Lovely Deseret" — Mr. Fusion
*"Keep the Commandments" — Mighty Mahogany
*"I Feel My Savior's Love" — MishMash
*"We Are All Enlisted" — Magstatic
*"Battle Hymn of the Republic" — Slender
*"Let Us All Press On" — Mr. Fusion [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0306069/soundtrack]
*"When Grandpa Comes" — Slender
*"God Be With You Till We Meet Again" — Jamen Brooks

ee also

* "The R.M." — 2003
* "The Home Teachers" — 2004

External links

*imdb title|id=0306069|title=The Singles Ward