With summer naomi smart, moronai kanekoa, brian kary, d. Salt lake city, ut in just fourteen days since its release, passage to zarahemla, has already beat all other lds films combined that were released during 2007topping the combined total grosses of the dance, beauty and the beast. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. Setting up the shot where colter falls onto the hood of the car. The movie was welldone low budget, yah, with an ending song that didnt quite fit, but i liked it. Chris heimerdinger knows how to write about time travel and this book is no exception. Kerra used to have an imaginary friend when she was a kid, and is given to more imaginary friends after an earthquake. Originally intended only as a film, the working title of this film was summer of the nephite, but after unsuccessful attempts to gain backing for its production, the title and was reworked and released in novel form as passage to zarahemla. Passage to zarahemla tops list of current releases. Passage to zarahemla is a knock yoursocks off adventure that will delight any reader. Author of the tennis shoes adventure series, passage to zarahemla, return. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing passage to zarahemla near you. According to a news release, the movie is scheduled to begin production in the spring of 2004. It is only the second commercial theatrical release of a film with the book of mormon as a principal theme, the first being the book of mormon movie.
A complete description of the book of mormon geography bomgeography, including an internal map model, external map model i. Sales of the dvd for passage to zarahemla continue to be strong. And even jeff vice admitted passage to zarahemla is not the same movie that local filmmakers keep offering us over and over again. We loved passage to zarahemla and hope to see many more chris heimerdinger movies, he has our suport.
The horse tree not shown in passage to zarahemla or hurt by the fire yet still pretty neat the head of the horse tree up close. Chris heimerdinger has become a bit of a, renaissance man, in lds entertainment. Passage to zarahemla shoe drive announced meridian magazine. The movie version of passage to zarahemla, was released to theaters october 15, 2007. Zarahemla was the name of the major nephite city as recorded in the book of mormonpart of the official canon of the church of jesus christ of latterday saints the city of zarahemla and surrounding area were not originally nephite. In the future, chris plans to tackle a myriad of creative projects. Passage to zarahemla is a nonstop ride, complete with action, fighting, and good versus evil. This site can be used as a study guide to help understand the book of mormon. Grimms snow white 2012, sinbad of the seven seas 1989, mirrormask 2005, crystalstone 1987, giant of the 20th century 1977. The movie was full of adventure, and id suspect those of you who like indiana jonestype movies would enjoy this movie as well. Passage to zarahemla free full movie adventure, fantasy. The story opens with a scene of a young man apparently falling prey to another dimension, one with warriors. Passage to zarahemla trailer mormon movies youtube.
The humanitarian drive is being held in honor of fallen soldier nathan barnes of american fork, utah, who was killed july 17, 2007, while exiting his helicopter in iraq, it is sponsored by heimerdinger entertainment producers of passage to zarahemla, seagull book, and hearts and hands for humanity. Summer naomi smart was born on september 9, 1982 in salt lake city, utah, usa as summer naomi wood. The not quite final trailer to passage to zarahmela, based on the novel by chris heimerdinger. This book has been made into a movie i havent seen it.
A latterday tale, picadilly cowboy aka anxiously engaged, believe, and return with honor. Book of mormon analysts should have no doubt that the narrow strip of wilderness was mountainous. I just wish the description clearly stated that it was based on mormon beliefs. Passage to zarahemla passage to zarahemla is a full length movie rated pg. If youre a chris heimerdinger fan, this movie is even more rewarding. Join kerra as she discovers mindbending mysteries in the nearby woods where a.
Though we may soon be replaced in the top spot by emmaanother fine lds filmwe cannot complain to have found ourselves at the top of the heap for so long. Passage to zarahemla is a knockyoursocks off adventure that will delight any reader. For the last 10 weeks the passage dvd has been the topselling movie for deseret book check out their website. It features unethical medical experimentation and some pretty scary vampires, with violent moments that range from guns being drawn and people being slapped or punched including a child to bloody vampire attacks. Missing indices indicate people in the index who are not in the book of mormon. Parents need to know that the passage is an apocalyptic vampire drama based on a popular book series. Orphans on the run kerra and brock mcconnell seek help from lds relatives in the small town of leeds, utah. This story deals primarily with the time period in the book of mormon addressed in passage to zarahemla. It tells the story of a young pair of siblings seeking to find a new life following the abrupt death of their mother.
The foundation is not associated with any specific religious organization. And when you put one of his stories into a movie whatch out. If i was an actressactor i would love to play the role of. An earthquake opens up a time rift, drawing them and their pursuers into an ancient mesoamerican war. Passage to zarahemla 2007 cast and crew two orphans on the run discover a time portal near a small town and with the help of a warrior from the past they try to stop its destruction by two. Escape from zarahemla zarahemla, book 2 by chris heimerdinger. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. Chris heimerdinger orphans kerra and brock mcconnell go to live with their mormon aunt and uncle who live near a wondrous place in the woods where an ancient people called the nephites cross paths with the residents of. Deseret book and utah adventure writer chris heimerdinger have announced plans to turn heimerdingers newest novel, passage to zarahemla, into a motion picture. Passage to zarahemla by chris heimerdinger goodreads. Zarahemla research foundation is a nonprofit, taxdeductible organization dedicated to book of mormon research. Response to jonathan nevilles the lost city of zarahemla.
In a secret forested hollow of southern utah a spinetinglin. If you are lsd and like fantasy you will probably enjoy the movie, if you are anyone else, likely not. The fault line opens up a passage to zarahemlathe book of mormon ancient land that is now leeds, ut. After successfully publishing seventeen novels since 1989, including eleven in the popular and groundbreaking timetravel epic, the tennis shoes adventure series, he also produced, wrote, and directed a feature film, passage to zarahemla, based on a novel of the same name. Ah, but then the book of mormon would have to believe that a white tribe of jews settled ancient americas. That is after he writes the next book in the tennis shoes among the nephites series. Zarahemla is a great name, and hence the title passage to zarahemla, a 2007 teen movie set in where else.
Passage to zarahemla is an adventure film directed and written by chris heimerdinger. Chris heimerdinger breaks mormon cinemas mold, ambitiously transposing settings from the book of mormon into a stimulating actionadventure drama. Around 323 bc a nephite man named mosiah found the already built city. Membership is open to anyone interested in book of mormon research. After a period when many believed lds cinema was dead forever, audiences are now flocking to theaters to show their support of high quality film as is found in passage to zarahemla. Suddenly orphaned, kerra and brock flee to a long lost relatives farm, where parallel realitiesancient and modernmysteriously collide. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle. Watch passage to zarahemla 2007 full movie free online. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies. The movie may take you back to your childhood when all the neighborhood kids would play cow.
Watch passage to zarahemla online 2007 movie yidio. Financial analysis of passage to zarahemla 2007 including budget, domestic and international box office gross, dvd and bluray sales reports, total earnings and profitability. Chris heimerdinger official website chris heimerdinger. She is an actress, known for passage to zarahemla 2007, beauty and the beast. Extra half a point for the lead actresss hotness and the mostly reverent treatment it gives to the book of mormon. I tried reading the books but couldnt get into them. But they were caucasian as in jesus was caucasianhad the spirit of the elohim who followed jesus from space to the earth while the redskins were, like the negroes, those with the spirits of the elohim demons who followed jesus brother satan jesus gave the twelfth tribe of israel a different gospel, after the. Includes every geographical place mentioned in the book of mormon. I found passage to zarahemla especially intriguing because the story takes place in southern utah leeds to be exact and deals with lee instruments where my sister got her violin.
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