036 - Sons of Provo

It's still summer break, but enjoy this bonus episode before we start up again this fall! Shawn rejoins us to discuss Sons of Provo. We talk about how this movie holds up from a post-Mormon view, whether it portrays Utah Mormonism more accurately than Under the Banner of Heaven, and the current state of Mormon cinema.



Mentioned in this episode:

1. Sons of Provo album

2. The Best Two Years, The Other Side of Heaven, The R.M., and The Singles Ward

3. Will Swenson, Kirby Heyborne, and Danny Tarasevich

4. Kirby Heyborne beer commercial

5. This Is Spinal Tap

6. Mormons and the Movies

7. "Pollyannaish"

8. The R.M. soundtrack

9. Jericho Road

10. Pretty Darn Funny and Sheri Dew

11. Once I Was a Beehive, 17 Miracles, Church Ball, and The Chosen

12. Studio C on Conan

13. Mormon No More and Murder Among the Mormons

14. "Same-Sex Attracted" and Believer

15. Shawn's blog: The Everyday Cinephile



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