The Best Two Years (2004)
1h 52m
Running Time
February 20, 2004Release Date
The Best Two Years (2004)
1h 52m
Running Time
February 20, 2004Release Date
Plot.
Two pairs of Mormon missionaries from America live in a beaten-up apartment in the Dutch city of Haarlem. Their personalities are distinctly different. Elder Johnson is the District Leader and oversees their efforts. His companion, the vain Elder Van Pelt, seeks to become the assistant to the mission president (the top post available) as soon as possible. The capable Elder Rogers has become disillusioned and inattentive to his duties ever since a previous missionary companion returned to America and married Elder Roger's girlfriend. The three meet Elder Roger's new companion, Elder Calhoun, in the train station. This new elder is a nerdy but enthusiastic "greenie" that has just arrived from the Missionary Training Center (MTC) in Utah. Unfortunately, his training did not give him much fluency in the Dutch language. But as luck would have it, the first person he approaches to proselytize is a fellow American named Kyle.
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Cast & Crew.
K.C. Clyde
Elder John Rogers
Kirby Heyborne
Elder Hezekiah Calhoun
Cameron Hopkin
Elder Steven Van Pelt
Scott Christopher
Kyle Harrison
David Nibley
Elder Emmit Johnson
Michael Flynn
President Sandburg / Producer
Scott S. Anderson
Director
Michael Flynn
Producer
Ineke den Hollander
Woman on Train
Jaime Anderson
Elder Van Pelt's Girlfriend
John Batdorf
Composer
Michael McLean
Composer
Michael McLean
Composer
Andrea Anderson
Elder Van Pelt's Girlfriend
Scott McLean
Composer
Alice Lonsdale
Elder Van Pelt's Girlfriend
Stephanie Nibley
Julie
Gordon Lonsdale
Cinematographer
Christie Gardiner
Julie's Voice (voice)
Anne H. den Hollander
Girl in Amsterdam Square
Marte den Hollander
Monique
Geerte den Hollander
Girl on Couch
Fred C. Danneman
Brother Cross / Executive Producer
Jane Juber
Excercise Ladie's Voice (voice)
Nico Zwaneveld
Man Eating Sandwich
Bart Zwaneveld
Stroopwaffel Kid
Tim Scholten
Stroopwaffel Kid
Thomas Stigter
Stroopwaffel Kid
Richard Hubert
Boy on Bike
Jan Reynders
Boy on Bike
Jeane Kirschbaum
Woman at Door
Christiaan Robert Kirschbaum
Train Station Announcer (voice)
Tessa Shields
Roger's Girlfriend
Wynn Hougaard
Editor
Media.
Details.
Release DateFebruary 20, 2004
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 52m
Content RatingPG
Budget$400,000
Box Office$1,163,450
Filming LocationsUtah, United States of America
Genres
Wiki.
The Best Two Years is a 2003 dramedy film written and directed by Scott S. Anderson. It is based on the stage play The Best Two Years of My Life, also by Anderson. It portrays the experience of four LDS missionaries living in an apartment in the city of Haarlem in the Netherlands. The stage play had one setting, the apartment of the missionaries. The movie does expand upon the play's setting, with some filming taking place in the Netherlands, but much of the movie still takes place in the apartment.
The writer, Scott Anderson, and producer, Michael Flynn, perceive this movie as a comedy. Others see this movie as a drama. The movie has elements of both.