# Follow the Prophet

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{{Infobox film
| name           = Follow the Prophet
| image          = Follow the Prophet - dvd cover.jpg
| caption        = DVD cover
| director       = Drew Ann Rosenberg
| producer       = Joan Sweeny<br /> Paul Bernard<br />James Scura
| based_on       = 
| screenplay     = Robert Chimento
| starring       = Robert Chimento<br />[Tom Noonan](/source/Tom_Noonan)<br />[Diane Venora](/source/Diane_Venora)<br />[David Conrad](/source/David_Conrad)<br />[Annie Burgstede](/source/Annie_Burgstede)<br />[R. D. Call](/source/R._D._Call)<br />[John Diehl](/source/John_Diehl) <!-- Allrovi -->
| music          = Jussi Tegelman <!-- official website -->
| cinematography = Walt Lloyd <!-- official website -->
| editing        = Dennis O'Connor <!-- official website -->
| studio         = Red Road Productions
| distributor    = Warner Bros. Digital Distribution <!-- official website -->
| released       = {{Film date|2009|1|23|Santa Barbara Film Festival|2010|4|30|United States}}
| runtime        = 91 minutes <!-- AllRovi -->
| country        = United States
| language       = English
| budget         = $2 million
| gross          = 
}}
'''''Follow the Prophet''''' is an American film that was written by and stars Robert Chimento, which was created to show how polygamist lifestyles affect the children involved.<ref name="Sweeny-2010"/> In the film, a young girl escaping from a polygamist cult is aided by an U.S. Army colonel and a renegade sheriff who join forces to save an even younger girl from a secret "marriage" to the cult's leader.<ref name="ftp"/>

==Plot==
On her 15th birthday Avery Colden ([Annie Burgstede](/source/Annie_Burgstede)) discovers from her father ([David Conrad](/source/David_Conrad)) that she is to be given as a secret bride to the new prophet ([Tom Noonan](/source/Tom_Noonan)) of a religious cult. She escapes with the help of army Colonel Jude Marks (Robert Chimento) and a renegade sheriff ([Diane Venora](/source/Diane_Venora)). When they find out that her younger sister is chosen to take her place as the secret bride they join forces to expose the truth that lies hidden in a town in Utah. Marks calls in favors from the military and Washington but even that may not be enough to help them fight the deeply secretive cult.

==Production==
Filming took place in [Portland, Oregon](/source/Portland%2C_Oregon).<ref name="ORfilm">{{cite web
 | url=http://library.state.or.us/repository/2015/201505210910074/2015.pdf
 | title=Filmed in Oregon 1908-2015
 | work=Oregon Film Council
 | publisher=Oregon State Library
 | accessdate=December 27, 2015
 | archive-date=April 3, 2019
 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403010101/http://library.state.or.us/repository/2015/201505210910074/2015.pdf
 | url-status=dead
 }}</ref>

==Release==

The film premiered in competition at the 2009 [Santa Barbara International Film Festival](/source/Santa_Barbara_International_Film_Festival) and was also screened at the [Newport Beach Film Festival](/source/Newport_Beach_Film_Festival).<ref name="ftp-author"/> ''Follow the Prophet'' opened theatrically on April 30, 2010 at a benefit for the Texas Center For The Missing,  Coordinator of the Houston Regional [Amber Alert](/source/AMBER_Alert).<ref name="artshound"/>
It was released for [pay-per-view](/source/pay-per-view) on May 1, 2010<ref name="ftp-author"/> and on DVD on May 14.<ref name="amazon"/>

==Reception==
[Variety](/source/Variety_(magazine)) magazine describes ''Follow the Prophet'' as generally an "above-average" made-for-cable film.<ref name="Leydon-2010"/>

==Recognition==
* [Palm Beach International Film Festival](/source/Palm_Beach_International_Film_Festival), 2010. Official selection.<ref name="allrovi"/>
* WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival, 2010. Remi Award.<ref name="Flores-Alvarez-2010"/>

==References==
<references>

<ref name="ftp">{{cite web |url=http://www.followtheprophetmovie.com/ |title=Follow the Prophet |publisher=Red Road Productions |accessdate=October 20, 2011}}</ref>

<ref name="ftp-author">{{cite web |url=http://followtheprophetmovieblog.com/follow-the-prophet-movie/01_screenplay/ |title=Author |work=Follow the Prophet Movie Blog |publisher=Red Road Productions |accessdate=October 21, 2011}}</ref>

<ref name="allrovi">{{cite web |last=Deming |first=Mark |url=http://www.allrovi.com/movies/movie/v514448 |title=Follow the Prophet |work=[AllRovi](/source/AllRovi) |accessdate=October 20, 2011 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130116183639/http://www.allrovi.com/movies/movie/v514448 |archive-date=January 16, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

<ref name="Leydon-2010">{{cite web |first=Joe |last=Leydon |date=May 17, 2010 |url=https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117942793/ |title=Variety Reviews&nbsp;– Follow the Prophet |work=Variety |issn=0042-2738 |accessdate=October 20, 2011}}</ref>

<ref name="Flores-Alvarez-2010">{{cite news |last=Flores Alvarez |first=Olivia |date=April 30, 2010 |url=http://blogs.houstonpress.com/hairballs/2010/04/follow_the_prophet_uncovering.php |title=Follow the Prophet: Uncovering the Child Sex Abuse in Polygamous Sects |work=Houston Press: Hair Balls |accessdate=October 21, 2011}}</ref>

<ref name="Sweeny-2010">{{cite web |last=Sweeny |first=Joan |date=April 16, 2010 |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/joan/new-film-exposes-sex-offe_b_540667.html |title=New Film Exposes Sex Offenses in Polygamy Cult |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100419160812/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joan/new-film-exposes-sex-offe_b_540667.html |archivedate=April 19, 2010 |url-status=live |work=[The Huffington Post](/source/The_Huffington_Post) <!-- masthead in archive --> |accessdate=October 20, 2011 |quote=We made this movie because we were outraged. During the making of the film [Warren Jeffs](/source/Warren_Jeffs), the self-proclaimed Prophet of the fundamentalist church, went on the FBI's most wanted list, was caught, extradited to Utah and convicted as an accomplice to the rape of a 14-year-old.}}</ref>

<ref name="amazon">{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.com/Follow-Prophet-Diane-Venora/dp/B003IH7OCY/ref=sr_1_1?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1319145887&sr=1-1 |title=Follow the Prophet |publisher=Amazon |asin=B003IH7OCY |accessdate=October 21, 2011 |postscript=. See Product details section.}}</ref>

<ref name="artshound">{{cite web |url=http://www.artshound.com/event/detail/440735012/Follow_The_Prophet_Benefit_Screening |title=Follow The Prophet Benefit Screening |publisher=Houston Arts Alliance |accessdate=October 20, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304000704/http://www.artshound.com/event/detail/440735012/Follow_The_Prophet_Benefit_Screening |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

</references>

==External links==
* {{Official website|1=http://www.followtheprophetmovie.com/}}
* {{IMDb title|1095404|Follow the Prophet}}
* {{Rotten Tomatoes|follow_the_prophet_2010}}

Category:American independent films
Category:Films set in Utah
Category:Fiction about Mormon fundamentalism
Category:Films shot in Portland, Oregon
Category:2009 drama films
Category:2009 films
Category:Films about polygamy in Mormonism
Category:2009 English-language films
Category:2009 American films
Category:Films about child marriage

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