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Latter Days



Year Festival Award Category
2003 Los Angeles Lesbian and Gay Film Festival Audience Award Outstanding First Narrative Feature
2003 Philadelphia Gay & Lesbian Film Festival Audience Award Best Feature
2004 Toronto Inside Out Lesbian and Gay Film and Video Festival Audience Award Best Feature Film or Video
2004 Lesgaicinemad (Madrid Gay & Lesbian Film Festival) Audience Award Best Feature Film

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Themes

C. Jay Cox has stated that the film is primarily about a love story between two characters.[16] There is also an exploration of religious attitudes towards homosexuality, and the dilemma of religious homosexuals, torn between who they are and what they believe. A non-fiction film with similar themes that has been contrasted with Latter Days is Trembling before G-d.[13]

Cox has also said that there is a massive irony, both in the film and in real life, that a religion so focused on the family and its importance is ripping families apart through its teaching on homosexuality.[16] In fact, Cox believes one cannot be Mormon and gay.[5] Nevertheless, a major theme of Latter Days is that there is an underlying spirituality in the world that goes beyond the rituals and dogmas of religion.[17] This can be particularly seen in the scene where, after a day of making phone calls, Christian finally traces Aaron, writes down his phone number, and then discovers he has already idly drawn it on the previous page.

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Soundtrack

Eric Allaman scored the soundtrack to the film after shooting wrapped, and composed much of the score himself. Several scenes featuring the rapid passing of time, such as Christian's desperate search for Aaron at Salt Lake City Airport, were scored with techno style beats, and scenes with emotional content were given a more "ambient 'tronica feel."[7] A total of three songs were written by C. Jay Cox for Julie to sing: "Another Beautiful Day," "More," and "Tuesday 3 AM." Allaman was very impressed with C. Jay Cox's musical ability, and both men composed more songs as background music.[7]

The official soundtrack album was released on October 26, 2004. For contractual reasons, Rebekah Johnson did not appear on the album, and her character's songs were performed by Nita Whitaker instead.[7][18]

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Novelization and other releases

French DVD cover
French DVD cover

In 2004, the Latter Days screenplay was adapted into a novel by T. Fabris, which was published by Alyson Publications.[19] The book was faithful to the film, but added several extra scenes that explained confusing aspects of the film and gave more about the characters' backgrounds. For example, the reason Ryder tells Christian where to find Aaron is his own broken heart over a girl he fell in love with while on his mission training.[20] The novel also added dialogue that had been cut out of the film: finishing, for example Christian's cry - in the film - of "That's the hand I use to..." with "masturbate with."[21]

In France, Latter Days has been titled La Tentation d'Aaron ("The Temptation of Aaron"), and the DVD given a cover showing Aaron in a nude and suggestive pose. A new trailer has also been released, which is considerably more sexual than the original.[22]


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References

  1. ^ a b Release dates for Latter Days (2003). IMDb.com. Retrieved October 5, 2006.
  2. ^ a b c d NATIONAL THEATER CHAIN SAYS “NO” TO LATTER DAYS. MCN Press Release (January 20, 2004). Retrieved December 18, 2006.
  3. ^ a b Booher, Gary. "Latter Days" Is the Hit Movie at L.A. OUTFEST. Affirmation.org, (July 2003). Retrieved December 18, 2006.
  4. ^ Szymanski, Mike. 'Latter Days' Director Gets Personal. Movies.zap2it.com (February 3, 2004). Retrieved October 12, 2006.
  5. ^ a b Phillips, Rebecca. 'A Topic Deeply Buried'. Belief.net. (February 12, 2004). Retrieved October 12, 2006.
  6. ^ Latter Days (2003). IMDb.com. Retrieved November 16, 2006.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Latter Days DVD behind-the-scenes featurette.
  8. ^ Latter Days, Implicación y Los armarios de la dictadura, premiados por el público del LesGaiCineMad 2004 (November 11th, 2004). Retrieved March 8 of 2007. (Spanish)
  9. ^ 2° Festival Internacional de Cine Gay en México en la UNAM. Retrieved March 8 of 2007. (Spanish)
  10. ^ Latter Days (2004): Box office and rental history for Latter Days. Rottentomatoes.com. Retrieved November 16, 2006.
  11. ^ Scheck, Frank. Latter Days. The Hollywood Reporter, (February 9, 2004). Retrieved November 16, 2006.
  12. ^ Ebert, Roger. Latter Days. Chicago Sun-Times, (February 13, 2004), Retrieved December 18, 2006.
  13. ^ a b Braun, Liz. Love thy neighbor: Latter Days questions faith. Jam Showbiz, (August 16, 2004). Retrieved December 16, 2006.
  14. ^ Thomas, Kevin. Latter Days: Party boy meets Mormon missionary. What happens next overwhelms them both. Los Angeles Times, (January 30, 2004). Retrieved December 18, 2006.
  15. ^ Latter Days (2004). Rottentomatoes.com. Retrieved November 16, 2006.
  16. ^ a b Cox, C. Jay -- LATTER DAYS. Killermoviereviews.com, (April 2, 2004). Retrieved December 16, 2006.
  17. ^ Latter Days. Killermoviereviews.com, (December 12, 2006). Retrieved December 16, 2006.
  18. ^ Latter Days Soundtrack. Amazon.com. Retrieved November 16, 2006.
  19. ^ Latter Days: A novel, Amazon.com. Retrieved December 23, 2006.
  20. ^ Cox, C. Jay and Fabris, T., Latter Days: A Novel, (Alyson Publications, 2004), ISBN-10: 1555838685, pg 160.
  21. ^ Latter Days: A Novel, (Alyson Publications, 2004), pg 176.
  22. ^ Olsen, David. French Translators Spice Up “Latter Days”:DVD is Released in France as "La Tentation d'Aaron". Affirmation.org, (April 2006). Retrieved December 18, 2006.

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