A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
January 1, 2004
Original Title:
Dear John
Genres:
Comedy | Drama
Production Companies:
JKL Entertainment
Ratings / Certifications:
US: NR
Runtime: 35
Two young Mormons, John and Darla, meet one evening in a video outlet that rents "edited, cleaned-up" versions of movies. They hit it off, share a lot of time together, and some weeks later John proposes marriage. Darla explains that her parents have asked her to only marry a man who has served a religious mission for the LDS Church, and he immediately pledges to become a missionary to allow their dream of a future together to be possible. After 3 months in the mission field, John moves to a new apartment with three other elders. Elder White has just received a "Dear John" letter from his girlfriend after a year away from home. The other elders got their letters at 6 months and 8 months respectively. John tells them that he will never get such a letter, but back home Darla is showing off her wedding dress to her girlfriends the day before her marriage to somebody else, and is explaining about her "romance" with John. However, in her rationalization, John is a socially inept klutz.
Audio Post Coordinator:
K.C. Blake
Best Boy Grip:
Kelly Klindt
Boom Operator:
Tyler Keegan
Costume Designer:
Anne Rose
Director:
John Lyde
Director of Photography:
John Lyde
Dolly Grip:
Kelly Klindt
Driver:
Tyler Keegan
Kelly Klindt
Editor:
John Lyde
Electrician:
Kelly Klindt
Executive Producer:
Wes Higbee
Brian Higbee
First Assistant Director:
Tyler Keegan
Key Grip:
Kelly Klindt
Makeup & Hair:
Anne Rose
Producer:
Lorien Lyde
Tyler Keegan
John Lyde
Production Manager:
Tyler Keegan
Script Supervisor:
Anne Rose
Second Assistant Director:
Anne Rose
Second Second Assistant Director:
Kelly Klindt
Sound Designer:
John Lyde
Transportation Coordinator:
Tyler Keegan
Wardrobe Coordinator:
Anne Rose
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