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Merrill Jenson
Merrill Boyd Jenson (born January 20, 1947) is an American composer and arranger who has composed film scores for over thirty films including Emma Smith: My Story, Joseph Smith: Prophet of the Restoration, The Testaments of One Fold and One Shepherd, Legacy, Harry's War, and Windwalker. Many of the films Jenson composed music for were directed by Academy Award-winning director Kieth Merrill. Jenson has also composed several concert productions including a symphony that premiered at Carnegie Hall. Additionally, he has composed music for many television commercials including the acclaimed Homefront ads, music for three outdoor pageants, and several albums. Jenson lives in Provo, Utah with his wife Betsy Lee Jenson. Early life Jenson was born in Richfield, Utah on January 20, 1947. He was introduced to music at an early age with his mother teaching him how to conduct music in front of a mirror while listening to recordings of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. She also taught him to ...
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Richfield, Utah
Richfield is a city in and the county seat of Sevier County, Utah, United States, and is the largest city in southern-central Utah. Description As of the 2010 census, the city population was 7,551. It lies in the Mormon Corridor, just off Interstate 70, approximately east of its junction with Interstate 15. The county can be best described as "rural diversified" due to the convergence of agricultural, retail and industrial activities. Richfield has developed as a regional tourist center because it is located on the interstate freeway about halfway between Los Angeles, California and Denver, Colorado, attracting many automobile travelers who stop at the city. Richfield is remote from larger cities, about or more in any direction from more populous towns such as Salt Lake City, while dozens of smaller communities are found in the general area. Some examples are Sigurd, Venice, Glenwood, and Central Valley. Its remoteness, plus its location on major transportation corridors, ...
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The Phone Call (1977 Film)
The Phone Call may refer to: * ''The Phone Call'' (1977 film), produced by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, about a young man trying work up courage to call a girl for a date * ''The Phone Call'' (2013 film), about a woman in London takes a call on a Samaritans-type helpline * "The Phone Call", a song by Joe Satriani from the album ''Flying in a Blue Dream ''Flying in a Blue Dream'' is the third studio album by guitarist Joe Satriani, released on October 30, 1989 through Relativity Records. It is one of Satriani's most popular albums and his second highest-charting release to date, reaching No. 23 o ...'' See also * " The Telephone Call", a song by Kraftwerk {{DEFAULTSORT:Phone Call, The ...
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In One Blinding Moment
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The Trophy Case
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Uncle Ben
Benjamin Franklin Parker, usually referred to as Uncle Ben, is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, usually in association with the superhero Spider-Man. He is the husband of May Parker and the paternal uncle and father figure of Peter Parker. After appearing ''Strange Tales'' #97 (January 1962), Uncle Ben made his first full appearance in '' Amazing Fantasy'' #15 (August 1962), and was created by writer Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko. He was modeled after American founding father Benjamin Franklin. The character has been an essential part of Spider-Man's history. His death at the hands of a petty criminal, whom Spider-Man previously had the chance to apprehend, but chose not to, has been depicted in almost all versions of the hero's origin story, as the main factor that inspired Peter to become Spider-Man. Uncle Ben's quote, " With great power there must also come great responsibility", has become Spider-Man's iconic life mott ...
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The Great Brain (film)
''The Great Brain'' is a 1978 American film directed by Sidney Levin. Plot summary Cast *Jimmy Osmond as Tom Fitzgerald *Pat Delaney (actor), Pat Delaney *Fran Ryan as Aunt Bertha *Cliff Osmond *Arthur Roberts (actor), Arthur Roberts *Lynn Benisch *Len Birman *James Jarnigan *John Fredric Hart Production Parts of the film were shot in Salt Lake City, Provo, Utah, Provo, and Orem, Utah, Orem in Utah. References External links

* * 1978 films 1978 comedy films Films based on American novels American comedy films Films scored by Don Costa Films shot in Utah 1970s English-language films 1970s American films {{1970s-comedy-film-stub ...
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The Mailbox (film)
''The Mailbox'' is a 1977 American 24-minute short film produced by BYU Motion Picture Studios. The film is available through the Brigham Young University Office of Creative Works on a compilation DVD with other LDS films. Plot An old woman's loneliness is amplified as she daily walks to the mailbox, only to find nothing there for her. Her neighbors and the mailman provide some relief, but her family doesn't seem to care. Cast * Lethe Tatge as Lethe Anderson * Rachel Jacobs as Rachel Johnson * Rebecca Glade as Sharon Johnson * Alan Nash as Mike the Mailman * Martha Henstrom as Myra (voice) * Winkie Horman as Susan (voice) Reception Considered as among the best known films produced at BYU, and "It is clear that the tragedy is not in the death, but in the emptiness of the mailbox." See also * Chris Conkling References External links * * ''The Mailbox''at LDSFilm.com * The Mailbox' on YouTube from the Mormon Channel :''Mormon Channel is also the name of a waterway in Stoc ...
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John Baker's Last Race
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Snow College
Snow College is a public community college in Ephraim, Utah. It offers certificates and associate degrees in a number of areas, along with bachelor's degrees in music and software engineering and a four-year nursing program. Snow College is part of the Utah System of Higher Education. History Founded in 1888 by local citizens as Sanpete Stake Academy, the school was later renamed Snow Academy to honor Lorenzo Snow and Erastus Snow, distant cousins who were leaders in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). The initial school was built entirely with local donations, including “Sunday Eggs” (the proceeds from the sales of all eggs laid on Sunday). It is one of the oldest junior colleges west of the Mississippi. In 1917, the academy era ended and the school became Snow Normal College. In 1922, officials renamed the school Snow Junior College only to change it one year later to Snow College. The college was transferred from the LDS Church to the state of Uta ...
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Lee Groberg
Lee B. Groberg (born 1951) is a documentary filmmaker and Latter-day Saint. Many of his films focus on Latter-day Saint history, while others focus on Utah history or the Olympics. Groberg was born and raised in Farr West, Utah. His first films were industrial films made for such organizations as Nu Skin. His first documentary was ''Winter: the St. Paul/Sapporo connection''. In 1991 he made ''American Gunmaker: The John M. Browning Story''. Many of Groberg's films have had T. C. Christensen as the cinematographer. Later, Mark Goodman became the main cinematographer working with Groberg. Groberg also made a documentary about the Roots of Knowledge stained glass installation at Utah Valley University. Groberg and his wife Jeanene live in Bountiful, Utah Bountiful is Davis city. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 42,552, a three percent increase over the 2000 figure of 41,301. The city grew rapidly during the suburb growth of the late 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s ...
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Sam Cardon
Sam Cardon is a composer whose credits include 15 large-format films: ''Titans Of The Ice Age'', ''Mummies'', ''Mystic India'', ''Texas'', ''The Big Picture'', ''Forces Of Nature'', ''Lewis and Clark'', ''The Legendary Journeys'', ''Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure'', ''Mysteries of Egypt'', ''Olympic Glory'', ''Whales'', ''Building the Dream'' at Hearst Castle in San Simeon, California; ''Treasure of the Gods'' at Zion National Park, ''Utah'' and ''The Secret of San Francisco'' at Pier 39. In addition, he has written or co-written the themes for ''National Geographic Explorer'', ABC ''Sunday Night at the Movies'', ''Good Morning America'', and provided three hours of original music for the 1988 Winter Olympic Games in Calgary, and music for the 2002 Winter Olympic game Closing Ceremonies at Salt Lake City. He has also written music for over 40 independent films: ''My Girlfriend's Boyfriend'', ''Highway To Dhampus'', ''The Velveteen Rabbit'', ''Little Secrets'', ''Beau Jest'', '' ...
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Salt Lake City, Utah
Salt Lake City (often shortened to Salt Lake and abbreviated as SLC) is the Capital (political), capital and List of cities and towns in Utah, most populous city of Utah, United States. It is the county seat, seat of Salt Lake County, Utah, Salt Lake County, the most populous county in Utah. With a population of 200,133 in 2020, the city is the core of the Salt Lake City metropolitan area, which had a population of 1,257,936 at the 2020 census. Salt Lake City is further situated within a larger metropolis known as the Salt Lake City–Provo–Orem Combined Statistical Area, Salt Lake City–Ogden–Provo Combined Statistical Area, a corridor of contiguous urban and suburban development stretched along a segment of the Wasatch Front, comprising a population of 2,746,164 (as of 2021 estimates), making it the 22nd largest in the nation. It is also the central core of the larger of only two major urban areas located within the Great Basin (the other being Reno, Nevada). Salt Lake C ...
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