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Merrill said church leaders let him rewrite the script when they brought him into the project.

Merrill said the film could not be made where the events likely occurred, in Central America, because of security and logistical problems. The total expenditures on Kaua’i for the filming of “The Testaments” totaled about $5 million. The cast on Kaua’i numbered 2,500, with the film company paying for 4,000 hotel nights.

A total crew of 220 included 184 locally-hired crew members. Filming lasted for 42 days, between March 29 and May 5, 1999. Production on Kaua’i lasted for 6 months, including construction and wrap time, according to figures provided by. And it really shows when you see the movie projected on the big screen.” “They wanted to make sure that every frame was full of visual information. “Because the film was shot in 70mm film (twice the size of a normal 35mm feature film), the designers’ attention to detail was extraordinary,” said Drosd. “These were the biggest and most elaborate sets built on Kaua’i in at least the last 10 years and many Kaua’i crew and artisans were employed for what was an unusually lengthy construction phase,” said Kauai Film Commissioner Judy Drosd. Production on Kaua’i featured a set Merrill said was the largest ever built in Hawai’i except for the one constructed at Kawaihae Harbor on the Big Island for filming in 1994 for “Waterworld.” Crews recreated the center of the ancient Book of Mormon city of Zarahemla in an area 450 by 300 feet in a field outside of Kilauea town.

The film was directed by Kieth Merrill, who won an Oscar in 1974 for the documentary the “Great American Cowboy.” “The Testaments” used Kaua’i backdrops during location filming in 1999 and is now playing in Hawai’i at the IMAX theater at the Polynesian Cultural Center in Laie in windward O’ahu. Now the mega-screen film is playing a little closer to home, giving local cast and crew members, plus anyone interested in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints story behind the story, a chance to see the movie. Taking in a screening of the Kaua’i-made IMAX-format film “The Testaments” has meant a long trip to Salt Lake City or Washington D.C.