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ONCE A MORMON
||   30-minute TV series  ||

WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY:  RYAN ALLSOP

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER:  RICHARD KARN

PRODUCED BY:  TAKE 7 PRODUCTIONS

Genre: drama/comedy
 

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When two Mormon missionaries try to convert a lonely redneck, they get pulled into a summer-long adventure of crazy schemes where an unlikely friendship develops, until it’s not quite clear who is converting who. 

LOGLINE

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SYNOPSIS

After a mysterious unholy incident nearly gets Elder Hinckley dishonorably sent home from his Mormon mission, he gets another chance and a new companion - innocently naive: Elder Mihaas. 

 

It’s up to Elder Hinckley to show him the ropes of what it takes to be a Mormon missionary. It’s a strict and pious life, living with other missionaries in one house. Well kind of, it’s like a frat house except it’s filled with pubescent alter boys. 

 

After a lot of door-knocking, they soon land in hot water and must get a baptism in record time if Elder Hinckley has any hope of staying on the mission and not being disowned by his famous Mormon family.

 

That’s when they bump into Nascar, a redneck who is the least likely convert, in the middle of burying his dead wife - they strike a deal: burial for a baptism. 

 

Over the course of the season, the boys teach Nascar how to be a good Mormon and in return, he teaches them his odd real-world life lessons and together they navigate what it means to be Mormon. As a result, Elder Hinckley soon questions his identity and if this life path is for him.

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SERIES BIBLE

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 //  behind the scenes from making the proof-of-concept //

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