| Description |
1 videodisc (DVD)(163 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Series |
Criterion collection ; 70.
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| Note |
Widescreen version. |
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Based on the novel by Nikos Kazantzakis. |
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Videodisc release of the 1988 motion picture by Universal Pictures and Cineplex Odeon Films. |
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For specific features see interactive menu. |
| Credits |
Executive producer, Harry Ufland ; producer, Barbara De Fina ; director, Martin Scorsese ; screenplay, Paul Schrader ; photography, Michael Ballhaus ; editor, Thelma Schoonmaker ; production design, John Beard ; music, Peter Gabriel. |
| Cast |
Willem Dafoe (Jesus), Harvey Keitel (Judas), Barbara Hershey (Mary Magdalene), Harry Dean Stanton (Paul), David Bowie (Pontius Pilate). |
| Summary |
In this controversial movie, Jesus, as both fully human and fully divine, is viewed as free of sin but subject to all temptations, including sexual ones. |
| Audience |
Rated R. |
| System Details |
DVD format. |
| Language |
Subtitled in English for the hearing impaired. |
| Subject |
Jesus Christ -- Drama.
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Feature films -- Videodiscs.
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Religious films -- Videodiscs.
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DVDs.
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| Genre |
Feature films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Kazantzakis, Nikos, 1883-1957.
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Scorsese, Martin.
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Dafoe, Willem.
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Keitel, Harvey.
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Hershey, Barbara, 1948-
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Stanton, Harry Dean, 1926-
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Bowie, David.
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| ISBN |
1559409037 |
| Music No. |
CC1555D Criterion Collection |
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