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* DawsonCasting: At the time of production, the age range for male LDS missionaries was 19 to 25 years old. While K.C. Clyde (Elder Rogers) and Cameron Hopkin (Elder Van Pelt) both fit into this range, being 23 at time of release, Kirby Heyborne (Elder Calhoun) was 26 and David Nibley (Elder Johnson) was 29.
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* SelfAdaptation: Anderson adapted his own stage play ''The Best Two Years of My Life'' into the movie.
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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The style of missionary work depicted in the movie became dated almost immediately after it was released, due to the LDS Church rolling out a new program called ''Preach My Gospel'' in 2004. For example, the flip-charts Elder Calhoun and Elder Rogers use while teaching were replaced with lessons that missionaries were supposed to study and allowed to teach as they felt inspired. Additionally, changes in standards for missionary behavior (known as "raising the bar", introduced in 2002, and expanded upon since) mean it's much more likely struggling missionaries like Elder Rogers would be sent home instead of being allowed to spend weeks on their own not teaching. Further changes in 2012 and in the following years have in many ways made modern LDS missionary service unrecognizable compared to the style of proselyting seen here.
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* CaliforniaDoubling: While the exterior scenes of the movie were generally filmed on-location in Holland, the interior scenes were filmed in an American apartment.
* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The style of missionary work depicted in the movie became dated almost immediately after it was released, due to the LDS Church rolling out a new program called ''Preach My Gospel'' in 2004. For example, the flip-charts Elder Calhoun and Elder Rogers use while teaching were replaced with lessons that missionaries were supposed to study and allowed to teach as they felt inspired. Additionally, changes in standards for missionary behavior (known as "raising the bar", introduced in 2002, and expanded upon since) mean it's much more likely struggling missionaries like Elder Rogers would be sent home instead of being allowed to spend weeks on their own not teaching. Further changes in 2012 and in the following years have in many ways made modern LDS missionary service unrecognizable compared to the style of proselyting seen here.
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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The style of missionary work depicted in the movie became dated almost immediately after it was released, due to the LDS Church rolling out a new program called ''Preach My Gospel'' in 2004. For example, the flip-charts Elder Calhoun and Elder Rogers use while teaching were replaced with lessons that missionaries were supposed to study and allowed to teach as they felt inspired. Additionally, changes in standards for missionary behavior (known as "raising the bar", introduced in 2002, and expanded upon since) mean it's much more likely struggling missionaries like Elder Rogers would be sent home instead of being allowed to spend weeks on their own not teaching. Further changes in 2012 and in the following years have in many ways made modern LDS missionary service unrecognizable compared to the style of proselyting seen here.
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