| The Mailbox | |
| Director: | David K. Jacobs |
| Producer: | David K. Jacobs |
| Screenplay: | David K. Jacobs |
| Story: | Florence Doyle Putt |
| Music: | Merrill Jenson |
| Cinematography: | Reed Smoot |
| Editing: | James W. Dearden |
| Studio: | BYU Motion Picture Studios |
| Distributor: | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints |
| Runtime: | 24 minutes |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
The Mailbox is a 1977 American 24-minute short film produced by BYU Motion Picture Studios. The film is available through the Brigham Young University Office of Creative Works on a compilation DVD with other LDS films.[1] [2] [3]
An old woman's loneliness is amplified as she daily walks to the mailbox, only to find nothing there for her. Her neighbors and the mailman provide some relief, but her family doesn't seem to care.
Considered as among the best known films produced at BYU,[4] and "It is clear that the tragedy is not in the death, but in the emptiness of the mailbox."[5]