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Church making Smith film

Movie is for Memorial Building's Legacy Theater

Published: Sunday, Oct. 24, 2004 2:47 p.m. MDT
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"The Testaments" and "Legacy," its predecessor, are both about 60 minutes long. Whether the church's Joseph Smith movie will be about the same length is also unclear at this time.

The Legacy Theater is a state-of-the-art movie theater that projects 70mm films onto a giant 31-by-62-foot screen. It uses a Dolby six-channel surround-sound system and provides translated audio in five languages. Tickets are required for Legacy theater movies to control audience numbers, but there is no charge.

Approximately 5 million guests enjoyed the original movie, "Legacy," over its seven-year run. "Legacy" is a fictional story based on stories of early Mormon pioneers.

More than 1 million people saw "Testaments" within the first year of its debut.

Besides the 200th anniversary of the birth of Joseph Smith being celebrated in 2005, the LDS Church will also commemorate its 175th anniversary and other special events next year. The LDS Church was organized on April 6, 1830.


E-mail: lynn@desnews.com

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