Latter Days

For other uses, see Latter Days (disambiguation).

Latter Days
Theatrical release poster for Latter Days, showing Steve Sandvoss as missionary Aaron and Wes Ramsey as party boy Christian.
Theatrical release poster
Directed byC. Jay Cox
Written byC. Jay Cox
Produced byJennifer Schaefer
Kirkland Tibbels
StarringSteve Sandvoss
Wes Ramsey
Rebekah Johnson
Jacqueline Bisset
Amber Benson
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Khary Payton
CinematographyCarl Bartels
Edited byJohn Keitel
Music byEric Allaman
Production
companies
Funny Boy Films
Davis Entertainment Filmworks
Distributed byTLA Releasing
Release dates
  • July 10, 2003 (2003-07-10) (PIGLFF)
  • January 30, 2004 (2004-01-30) (US[1])
Running time
108 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$850,000[2]
Box office$834,685[1]

Latter Days is a 2003 American romantic comedy drama film about the relationship between a closeted Mormon missionary and his openly gay neighbor. The film was written and directed by C. Jay Cox and stars Steve Sandvoss as the missionary, Aaron, and Wes Ramsey as the neighbor, Christian. Joseph Gordon-Levitt appears as Elder Ryder, and Rebekah Johnson as Julie Taylor. Mary Kay Place, Khary Payton, Erik Palladino, Amber Benson, and Jacqueline Bisset have supporting roles.

Latter Days premiered at the Philadelphia International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival on July 10, 2003, and was released in various states of USA over the next 12 months. Later the film was released in a few other countries and shown at several gay film festivals. It was the first film to portray openly the clash between the principles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and homosexuality, and its exhibition in some U.S. states was controversial. Various religious groups demanded that the film be withdrawn from theaters and video stores under boycott threats.

The film was met with mixed reactions from film critics, but was popular with most film festival attendees. At the North American box office however, Latter Days only made $834,685, barely covering the production's costs with an estimated budget of $850,000. In 2004, freelance writer T. Fabris made Latter Days into a novel, which was published by Alyson Publications.

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