18 January 1996 Factual 82 mins
This is multifaceted look at the landscape and history of Utah (or Deseret, as the Mormon Church prefers to call it). Benning condenses 93 news stories from the New York Times from 1852 to 1992 (read offscreen by Fred Gardner) and sets them against contemporary Utah landscapes, the shots changing with each sentence.
Watch the official Deseret 1996 trailer in HD below or find more Deseret videos on Vidimovie.
United States 18 January 1996
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More movie trailers, teasers, and clips from Deseret:
"Deseret" es el nombre propuesto por los mormones al solicitar la declaración de estado del territorio donde se establecería más tarde Utah. La película ...
Deseret es el nombre propuesto por los mormones al solicitar la declaración de estado del territorio donde se establecería más tarde Utah. La película combina ...
Ed Dimendberg introduces filmmaker James Benning. Before screening his 1995 movie “Deseret” Benning briefly discusses how he compiled 93 sentences ...
Deseret es el nombre propuesto por los mormones al solicitar la declaración de estado del territorio donde se establecería más tarde Utah. La película combina ...
Voiceover by Ed Bishop.
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17 November 1996
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01 January 1996
A jaded Lower East Side couple have become bored of straight sex, in a bid to spice things up, they decide to imitate some rough sex scenes as seen on TV.
01 January 1996
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21 November 1996
Howard Langston, a salesman for a mattress company, is constantly kept busy at his job, disappointing his son.
24 September 1996
This is a story of Jimmy, a high school senior, who is struggling with his school life, family pressures, future choices.
31 December 1996
A young man makes ends meet by selling camotes in his small providence town, has zero luck getting with the ladies, and is too broke to afford the hookers of the town.
08 March 1996
Jerry, a small-town Minnesota car salesman is bursting at the seams with debt... but he's got a plan. He's going to hire two thugs to kidnap his wife in a scheme to collect a hefty ransom from his wealthy father-in-law. It's going to be a snap and nobody's going to get hurt... until people start dying. Enter Police Chief Marge, a coffee-drinking, parka-wearing - and extremely pregnant - investigator who'll stop at nothing to get her man. And if you think her small-time investigative skills will give the crooks a run for their ransom... you betcha!
17 June 1996
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10 March 1996
The true story of a Prussian aristocrat working for German military intelligence during World War II, who, with a group of fellow devout Christians, plotted to assassinate Hitler with a bomb in his briefcase.
04 February 1996
Peter Nestler illustrates a poem by Hans Sachs from 1540.
07 September 1996
Comprised of a series of bizarre and unrelated episodes, this absurd Italian comedy earned the inglorious honor of being the film with the most audience walkouts at the 1996 Venice Film Festival.
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Artwork, screen shots, trailers and other imagery is © 1996 The Rockefeller Foundation.