| 词条 | Ephraim's Rescue |
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}}{{Infobox film | name = Ephraim's Rescue | image = EphraimsRescue.jpg | alt = | caption = Film poster | director = T. C. Christensen | producer = {{Plainlist|
| writer = T. C. Christensen | starring = {{Plainlist|
| music = Paul Cardall | cinematography = T. C. Christensen | editing = Tanner Christensen | studio = Remember Films | distributor = Excel Entertainment Group | released = {{Film date|2013|5|31}} | runtime = 115 minutes | country = United States | language = English | budget = | gross = }} Ephraim's Rescue is a religious historical drama film by T. C. Christensen, released in 2013 by Excel Entertainment Group. It is based on the true story of Ephraim Hanks, a simple man who was called to do the work of angels and rescue the people of the Martin Handcart Company.[1] The film was released in select theaters across the United States in the spring of 2013. PlotIn 1891, at Salina, Utah Territory, an elderly Ephraim Hanks (Richard Benedict) comes to bring Sister Johnson (Liz Christensen) back from the dead and gives her a blessing, saying that she will bear and raise seven daughters, and that there will be a time when they will all stand together and be a great joy to her. She tells this to her husband (Joshua Cooper), who is amazed at both her story and the fact that she is revived. 50 years earlier, Ephraim (Darin Southam), as a rebellious young man in Ohio, goes on a ride on his father's carriage and puts the horse, Lindy, away wet. When his father, Benjamin (Ken Eklof), discovers this, he is not happy and knocks Ephraim off his bed and yells at him and breaks stuff in his rage. One Sunday, while his family goes to church, Ephraim decides to venture off on his own and sort out what life is really about. Three years later, Ephraim is back where he started his journey, at the port in Boston. There, he meets a man in a grey tweed suit (Rick Macy), who questions where he is from and how long it has been since he left. When Ephraim replies he is from Ohio and has been gone for three years, the man tells him three years is a long time from those he cherishes. After he leaves, the man mysteriously disappears. Ephraim finally sees the error of his ways and decides to forgo the navy and return home to make amends with his parents. However, when he gets there, he learns that his father has passed away, and that his brother Sidney (Daniel Sappenfield) has joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Believing Sidney to be in trouble, his mother, Martha (Nancy Peterson), sends Ephraim to go and "save" him. When Ephraim goes to look for Sidney, he lays on the ground while a rattlesnake crawls over him, but fortunately, he is unharmed. As he takes his horse, Acorn, into the forest, he comes to a fork in the path and wonders which way he should go. As he took the path on the right, a stupor enters his mind and he decides he should have taken the path on the left. As he reaches the end, he comes to a river and prays for the first time in years. The Lord tells him he should return home, and Ephraim is very happy to do so; Sidney had also been told by the Lord (in a dream) that he needed to return home. With both Ephraim and Sidney home, their mother demands Ephraim invite Pastors Reed and Robbins Thursday next, wanting no more "Mormon rubbish". When the two reverends arrive at their home, Sidney bears to them a strong testimony that Joseph Smith is indeed a prophet of God, but they reject it and insult him about it, which angers Ephraim, and he sends them out of their house. Sidney tells Ephraim that what he said to the preachers is true - God has returned to Earth and called a prophet to restore His Church. Sidney himself was about to die of a serious rupture, but by the laying on of hands, he was healed - the same way Jesus Christ healed others. Sidney hands Ephraim the Book of Mormon, and Ephraim accepts the teachings of the Mormon faith and decides to join them and Sidney. However, in his mother's eyes, Ephraim has once again failed to be good, so she sends him and Sidney away. They eventually come to Illinois, where Sidney baptizes Ephraim. At the same time, an 8-year-old boy in Preston, Lancashire named Thomas Dobson (Koleman Stinger) is also baptized, and his mother, Alice (Katherine Nelson), tells him that he has gifts, before being attacked by an angry mob. One of the men throws a rock that hits Thomas on the head, but fortunately, he is relatively unharmed. Meanwhile, Ephraim experiences many of the joys of the LDS faith, including the Mormon Battalion, and he shows the prophet, Brigham Young, that he will give strict obedience regardless the nature of his requests. One day, Ephraim heals an injured Indian boy. In 1856, a man announces that the Dobsons are departing for Zion, which infuriates Thomas, now a young man (James Gaisford), as he has no desire to travel to an uncivilized area miles away from home. His mother encourages him to lose himself and go, for the prophet of God has commanded them to go with the Martin Handcart Company. Meanwhile, Ephraim is informed that the Handcart people are in trouble, and he is wanted, so he agrees to go and help. Cast
ProductionWritten and directed by T. C. Christensen (The Work and the Glory, The Testaments, Only a Stonecutter, 17 Miracles), and produced by Ron Tanner and Christensen, Ephraim's Rescue debuted on May 31, 2013 in select theaters in Utah, and then across the United States. The film was subsequently released on DVD and Blu-ray for distribution by Excel Entertainment Group through Deseret Book and affiliated retailers. Notes1. ^{{citation |url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/86558091/Ephraims-Rescue-another-powerful-pioneer-tear-jerker.html |title=Deseret News: 'Ephraim's Rescue' another powerful pioneer tear jerker |work= DeseretBook.com |publisher= Deseret Book |date= 2013-05-31 |accessdate= 2017-11-17}} External links{{Wikipedia books|1=LDS cinema }}
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