The Home Teachers
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- Michael Birkeland
- Jeff Birk
| The Home Teachers | |
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| Directed by | Kurt Hale |
| Written by | John Moyer, Kurt Hale |
| Produced by | Kurt Hale, Dave Hunter |
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| Cinematography | Ryan Little |
| Edited by | Wynn Hougaard |
| Music by | Dan Carlisle |
| Distributed by | Halestorm Entertainment |
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Running time | 82 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $196,123 |
The Home Teachers is a 2004 comedy film written by John Moyer and Kurt Hale, and directed by Kurt Hale. The Home Teachers is distributed by Halestorm Entertainment and intended for LDS audiences, or members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Greg Blazer (Michael Birkeland) is a lackadaisical Latter-day Saint father who is determined to get him and his family home quickly after Sunday services so he can watch the football game but meets recent ward move-in and freshly assigned home teaching companion, Nelson Parker (Jeff Birk). Despite Greg's excuses, Nelson insists that they need to complete their monthly home teaching assignment that day, the last day of the month. Greg reluctantly agrees with the expectation of quick visits and a fast return home, but what ensues is a journey of chaos.
Background
After the successful distribution of two films intended for LDS audiences, Halestorm Entertainment made the decision to produce and distribute The Home Teachers, based on a script by John Moyer. The genesis of the film grew from a single idea Moyer had of Birkeland falling through a ceiling, and he built a script around it.[1] That scene developed into a wedding dress clad Birkeland falling through the ceiling onto a fully-set kitchen table, followed by a toilet. Moyer then wrote many other scenes involving similar slapstick humor and developed them into a story.