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The Work and the Glory: American Zion

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Vigilante violence forces Mormons (Sam Hennings, Brenda Strong) in Missouri to migrate west in 1833.

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Jeff Strickler Minneapolis Star Tribune 10/20/2005
2/4
To call this drama heavy-handed would be stating the obvious. Go to Full Review Film Threat 02/28/2006
2.5/5
Bruce Bennett Spectrum (St. George, Utah) 11/13/2005
B-
While a minor improvement over its promising but sluggish predecessor, "American Zion" despite its authentic look, feels shallow and hastily edited. Go to Full Review Audrey Rock-Richardson Tooele Transcript-Bulletin (Utah) 10/30/2005
B+
Scales back on the fictional characters and focuses on the more interesting historical figures. Go to Full Review Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone TheMovieChicks.com 10/26/2005
2.5/5
The movie looks good, but it has that feeling of a pageant or passion play put on every year during the holidays, just on a bigger scale with more money. Go to Full Review Eric D. Snider EricDSnider.com 10/22/2005
B
The movie as a whole is agile and accomplished, and the performances are uniformly good, even among one-line characters. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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07/14/2020 This is the best of The Work and the Glory trilogy. You'll probably like this movie if you are a religious person. It's very heartfelt and has a good story about redemption. Good movie. See more 11/03/2010 I liked this one pretty well actually See more 03/03/2009 Like many "bridge" movies, this one had the least going on of the trilogy and strayed from the book quite a bit. It was "ok" See more 02/20/2009 I don't like that Tiffany Dupont wasn't in this movie. What's up with that? Other than that, it definetly had my attention and made me want to jump out of my chair and go rent the third one. See more 02/13/2009 part two of the work and the glory movie. See more 08/10/2008 Ooh, much more dark than the first. The characters are more believable in this one and the world their in is also more believable and natural feeling. The ending leaves you hanging. Better than the first one. See more Read all reviews
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Sterling Van Wagenen

Director

Sam Hennings

Benjamin Steed

Brenda Strong

Mary Ann Steed

Eric Johnson

Joshua Steed

Alexander Carroll

Nathan Steed

Emily Podleski

Jessica Roundy

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Synopsis Vigilante violence forces Mormons (Sam Hennings, Brenda Strong) in Missouri to migrate west in 1833.
Director
Sterling Van Wagenen
Producer
Scott Swofford
Screenwriter
Matt Whitaker
Rating
PG-13
Genre
History, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Aug 4, 2020
Box Office (Gross USA)
$2.0M
Runtime
1h 40m
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