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Amazon.com Customer,
As someone who has purchased related items,
we thought you might like to know that Newmarket Films and Icon Productions
present The
Passion of the Christ, starring James Caviezel as Jesus and Monica
Bellucci as Mary Magdalene. Directed by Academy
Award® winner Mel Gibson,
The Passion
of the Christ opens Wednesday, February 25, and
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The Passion
of the Christ is a controversial, uncompromising, and often
harrowing retelling of the last twelve hours in the life of Jesus of
Nazareth. The film follows Jesus from his betrayal by Judas after the Last
Supper through his condemnation of death in Jerusalem, and ultimately to
his crucifixion. The screenplay for
The Passion
of the Christ, by director/producer Mel Gibson and author Benedict
Fitzgerald, is adapted from the accounts of Christ's last hours as depicted
in the Biblical books of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. The film is
subtitled, with all the characters speaking Aramic and Latin, the actual
languages of the time, and was filmed entirely in Italy.
The Passion
of the Christ opens Wednesday, February 25, and is rated R for
sequences of graphic violence.