World after this voyage, but the quarrel within the family continues. After Lehi dies in the promised land, Laman and Lemuel, and their families, rebel again, and turn to evil things. The Lamanites separate from the Nephites. Because of this, Nephi and his allies have to escape them, and once more go into the wilderness. Cast Noah Danby as Nephi Bryce Chamberlain as Lehi Jan Broberg Felt as Sariah Cragun Foulger as Lemuel Mark Gollaher as Laman Kirby Heyborne as Sam Sue Rowe as daughter of Lehi Bruce Newbold as Moroni Bern Kubiak as Jesus Christ Jacque Gray as Nephi's wife Ron Frederickson as Ishmael Todd Davis as Zoram Michael Flynn as Laban Richard J. Clifford as Lucan Brad Johnson as Jonathan Production Development Rogers's inspiration was the Cecil B. DeMille 1956 version of The Ten Commandments. He envisioned The Book of Mormon as one long historical epic. His plan was to make nine films that cover the entire story of the book. The film's length is two hours, and it was revealed on the DVD commentary that the first cut of the film was two hours and forty minutes. Casting Noah Danby was cast as Nephi because of his strong resemblance to the art of Arnold Friberg, who created a series of paintings inspired by The Book of Mormon. He had never read the Book of Mormon prior to his casting. Danby is a devout Lutheran, and while at first he didn't feel comfortable in making the film due to religious differences, he has said in an interview for The Hollywood Reporter that he took the role to gain experience as an actor. Filming The desert scenes were filmed in Utah in the spring, and it was very cold. The "great and spacious building" was a five-foot miniature. The boat does not appear in the theatrical version of the scene in which the family arrives in the promised land. It was digitally added to that scene for the DVD version. Mike Ripplinger directed and filmed the behind-the-scenes portion on the DVD release. The film was mentioned in Paul C. Gutjahrs 2012 book The Book of Mormon: A Biography. Release The film was rated PG-13 for "a scene of violence", having contained an image of Nephi with blood splatter on his face after beheading Laban. This image was removed for home media releases, and the film received a PG rating