The Last Temptation of Christ

The Last Temptation of Christ (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Golden Globes
Oscar Academy Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

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Product Origin/Format:
Netherlands ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
155 min

Aspect Ratio:
Anamorphic Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 1988 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Martin Scorsese

Written By:
Nikos Kazantzakis (novel)
Paul Schrader (screenplay)

Actors:
Willem Dafoe ..... Jesus of Nazareth
Harvey Keitel ..... Judas Iscariot
Paul Greco ..... Zealot
Steve Shill ..... Centurian
Verna Bloom ..... Mary, Mother of Jesus
Barbara Hershey ..... Mary Magdalene
Roberts Blossom ..... Aged Master
Barry Miller ..... Jerobeam
Gary Basaraba ..... Andrew, Apostle
Irvin Kershner ..... Zebedee
Victor Argo ..... Peter, Apostle
Michael Been ..... John, Apostle
Paul Herman ..... Phillip, Apostle
John Lurie ..... James, Apostle
Leo Burmester ..... Nathaniel, Apostle

Synopsis:

Willem Dafoe plays Jesus Christ in this extraordinarily controversial adaptation of Nikos Kazantzaki's novel. The film depicts a sometimes reluctant, self-doubting Jesus, gradually coming to accept His divinity and the inexorability of His ultimate fate. The much-maligned sex scene with Mary Magdalene (Barbara Hershey) occurs as an hallucination experienced by Jesus as he suffers on the cross. This particular sequence was what infuriated the film's most rabid critics, but in fact it is just one of many iconoclastic musings to be found in the film and its source novel. Equally volatile are the intimations that, as a carpenter, Jesus indifferently shaped the crucifixes for other condemned prisoners long before his own fate was sealed, and that Judas (Harvey Keitel) was literally manipulated into betrayal by a Christ whose preoccuption with his own destiny compelled him to 'use' others. None of these departures from the normal interpretation of the scriptures are offered as any more than theory; as such, it was accepted as food for thought by the more open-minded clerics and Biblical scholars who recommended the film.

At last, Martin Scorsese's most personal masterpiece can be viewed outside of the controversy it engendered, and seen for what it is: a 15-year labor of love. Nikos Kazantzakis' landmark novel comes to breathtaking life in this moving and spiritual film. The all-star cast includes Harvey Keitel, Barbara Hershey, Harry Dean Stanton, David Bowie and Willem Dafoe as Jesus.

The life of Jesus Christ, his journey through life as he faces the struggles all humans do, and his final temptation on the cross.

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 15 May, 2007.

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