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Joseph Smith: The Prophet of the Restoration

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Despite the success of the finished temple and visions, Smith and many others are forced to move several more times to escape persecution, eventually ending up in Nauvoo, Illinois, where they build another temple. Joseph Smith and his brother Hyrum discover their old enemies are trying to get them to
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On June 24, 1844, Smith, Hyrum, and two other men, John Taylor and Willard Richards mount their horses and ride through the town on the way out of town. Meanwhile, Mary and her father, who have just arrived in Nauvoo, attempt to follow the riders so that they can meet Smith, but give up when the
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process. In March 2011, the church released a revised cut of the film, which is available to watch in select visitors' centers and online. Additionally, the church has released the film in several languages including ASL, Spanish, French, German, and Japanese. The film is available for free on
200:, with her father to meet Joseph Smith. Her father asks if she intends to find out whether Smith is a prophet of God. Mary responds that she already knows he is, and that her father can know too by reading what he wrote. Mary's father begins to read an issue of 446: 418:, while 40 percent of the film is new content, and it is also five minutes shorter than the original. Because of the level of new content added, some new filming was required. The revised film is available online, on the church's 1332: 734: 430:. The revised film was shown in the Legacy Theater. and at select church visitors' centers through early 2015. There are no plans to release the revised edition on DVD since it is available to download. 213:
In 1813, young Joseph Smith suffers a severe injury and subsequent infection to his left leg. He undergoes an experimental operation to remove the infected parts of the bone, thus avoiding the need for
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The original film was released on DVD through the church's Distribution Services on October 1, 2010, as part of the DVD set "Doctrine and Covenants and Church History Visual Resource DVDs".
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or authorities on them. Smith calls several men to travel and preach the gospel to the British Isles for the first time. During this time, Mary meets the missionaries and joins the church.
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The Smith brothers report to the jail in Carthage, as requested, when men with guns force their way into the jail and kill them. The film ends with some of Smith's words from the
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In March 2011, the church released a new version of the film. The revised cut is expected to help those unfamiliar with Smith's story understand it better than the original did.
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to kill them. Joseph decides to confront them directly, telling Hyrum that if they go, they will not come back. Smith transfers his authority to his apostles, including
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of God and Jesus Christ, in which he is told not to join any existing churches, as he will be called to start his own. Three years later, the
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from its opening on December 17, 2005 until early 2015, and opened in several LDS Church visitors' centers on December 24, 2005.
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reported in 2005 that production on the film "was rushed" in order to meet the church's 2005 bicentennial of Smith's birthday.
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riders pass out of town. Mary's father says, "We don't have to meet him to know that he is a prophet."
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which will form the holy scriptures of this new church. Shortly thereafter, Joseph's eldest brother,
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The film has been shown at a number of the church's visitors' center locations, including at the
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In a prologue, Mary, a recent Mormon convert, has traveled over 4,000 miles to
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The revisions to the film included a new narration given by Smith's mother,
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historic sites, along with the Joseph Smith Birthplace Memorial, and the
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in 1836. While in Kirtland, Smith reveals that God wants them to build a
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Digital faith: Former U student creates special effects for new LDS film
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is a 2005 film that focuses on some of the events during the life of
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T. C. Christensen
Gary Cook
Ron Munns
Dustin Harding
Tayva Patch
Rick Macy
Wynn Hougaard
Merrill Jenson
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Joseph Smith
Latter Day Saint movement
the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Joseph Smith Memorial Building
digital intermediate
Nauvoo, Illinois
Times and Seasons
Book of Mormon
amputation
First Vision
Angel Moroni
golden plates
Alvin
Emma Hale
Oliver Cowdery
John the Baptist
Peter
James
John
Church of Christ
Kirtland, Ohio

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