Scott S. Anderson
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Scott S. Anderson was the writer and director of the film The Best Two Years
. This was an adaptation
for film of his earlier stage production The Best Two Years of My Life.
Anderson served as a missionary
for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Netherlands
and both the film and stage production were set in the Netherlands and based on his experiences there.
The Best Two Years
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 Holland region of the Netherlands. The stage play...
. This was an adaptation
Film adaptation
Film adaptation is the transfer of a written work to a feature film. It is a type of derivative work.A common form of film adaptation is the use of a novel as the basis of a feature film, but film adaptation includes the use of non-fiction , autobiography, comic book, scripture, plays, and even...
for film of his earlier stage production The Best Two Years of My Life.
Anderson served as a missionary
Missionary
A missionary is a member of a religious group sent into an area to do evangelism or ministries of service, such as education, literacy, social justice, health care and economic development. The word "mission" originates from 1598 when the Jesuits sent members abroad, derived from the Latin...
for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
and both the film and stage production were set in the Netherlands and based on his experiences there.