Book of Mormon stories filmed in Kaysville
Ogden UT Standard-Examiner 24Sep99 A4
By Ruth Malan: Standard-Examiner correspondent

"This is being done to fulfill people's dreams," said Mell. "Everyone is donating their time. Nobody gets paid until we find out how the movie does." Happy Hollow was chosen because of its jungle-like atmosphere. "Once I walked back there, I knew this must be the place," Mell said.

Mell has been writing scripts for the last two years. But it was Cary Derbidge who came up with the idea and will also play the lead character, Gid. "Everything fell in place. Now it's a team effort, people become leaders," Derbidge said.

"I have known since I was young that I wanted to do movies," Derbidge said. "No one has made a feature length movie of the Book of Mormon. My goal is to make inspirational films."