Latter Days

Latter Days (2004)

Timing: 1:48 (108 min)

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Actors and characters

Release date

2004-01-30

Country

United States

Production

Funny Boy Films

Genre

Drama, Comedy, Romance

Budget

$850 000

Revenue

$834 685

Website

http://tlareleasing.com/films/latter-days-2

Director

C. Jay Cox

Actors

Steve Sandvoss, Wes Ramsey, Jacqueline Bisset, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Rebekah Johnson, Mary Kay Place, Erik Palladino, Amber Benson, Khary Payton, Rob McElhenney
All actors and roles (10)

Scenario

C. Jay Cox

Producer

Kirkland Tibbels, Jennifer Schaefer, J. Todd Harris, Scott Zimmerman

Operator

Carl Bartels

Composer

Artist

Audition

Michael Testa, Dan Shaner

Editing

John Keitel
All team (20)

• Preparing for the role of a person with AIDS, Eric Palladino learned that the medication his character takes causes hair loss. He used ordinary scissors to shave his own head. All scenes with his character were filmed in one day.
• This was the first film to openly depict the conflict between The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and homosexuality, and its screenings in some states were accompanied by scandal. Various religious groups demanded the film be pulled from distribution and removed from store shelves, threatening to boycott cinemas and stores if it wasn't.
• S. Jay Cox wrote the screenplay and directed the project. The success of his previous film, 'Wonderland' (2002), gave Cox enough financial and creative freedom to show a more personal love story on screen. Both main characters – Aaron and Christian – were based on Cox himself. He was raised among Mormons, and subsequently, when he openly came out as gay, often wondered what the two halves (or sides of his personality) would say to each other if they were different people.