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Church Ball Directed by Kurt Hale Produced by George Dayton
Kurt Hale
Dave HunterWritten by Paul Eagleston
Kurt Hale
Stephen RoseStarring Fred Willard
Andrew Wilson
Clint Howard
Gary Coleman
Ross Brockley
Curt Dousett
Larry BagbyCinematography Billy Webb Editing by Wynn Hougaard
John LydeDistributed by Halestorm Entertainment Release date(s) March 17, 2006 Running time 91 min. Language English Budget $1,000,000 Church Ball is a 2006 comedy film about a basketball team from an LDS church ward.
This family-film and comedy was filmed in and around Provo, Utah and is distributed by Halestorm Entertainment.
Plot synopsis
The team has failed to make it into the church tournament in the past twenty years. Due to rumors of this being the last year of the league, former team coach, and now Bishop Linderman (Fred Willard) has called Dennis Buckstead (Andrew Wilson) to coach a team made of clumsy misfits to the championship.
Church expectations of brotherly love, sportsmanship, and fellowship fall prey to competitive fierceness in the effort to win, while Dennis works to bring unity and cooperation.
Production
The basketball games in the movie were filmed in the Salt Lake Park Stake's Stake Center.
It was also during the filming of this movie that actor Gary Coleman met his wife, Shannon Price. In an interview during an April 2009 broadcast of the Opie and Anthony radio show, Coleman described his dissatisfaction with the film's quality, remarking that watching the production process was like "giving monkeys cameras and lights".
External links
The Singles Ward (2002) · The R.M. (2003) · It's Latter-day Night! (2003) · The Best Two Years (2003) · The Book of Mormon Movie, Vol. 1: The Journey (2003) · The Home Teachers (2004) · Sons of Provo (2004) · Baptists At Our Barbecue (2004) · Suits on the Loose (2005) · Mobsters and Mormons (2005) · Church Ball (2006) · The Singles 2nd Ward (2007) · A Christmas Wish (2010) ·
Categories:- English-language films
- 2006 films
- Latter Day Saint cinema
- Basketball films
- Sports comedy films
- 2000s comedy film stubs
- LDS stubs
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