The Passion of the Christ is a 2004 American biblical drama film produced, co-written and directed by Mel Gibson. It stars Jim Caviezel as Jesus of Nazareth, Maia Morgenstern as the Virgin Mary, and Monica Bellucci as Mary Magdalene. It depicts the Passion of Jesus largely according to the gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. The film has been controversial and received largely polarized reviews, with some critics calling the film a religious classic.
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The Passion of the Christ is a 2004 American biblical drama film produced, co-written and directed by Mel Gibson. It stars Jim Caviezel as Jesus of Nazareth, Maia Morgenstern as the Virgin Mary, and Monica Bellucci as Mary Magdalene. It depicts the Passion of Jesus largely according to the gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. The film has been controversial and received largely polarized reviews, with some critics calling the film a religious classic while others found the extreme violence distracting and excessive. It is currently the highest-grossing Christian film of all time. It received three nominations at the 77th Academy Awards in 2005, for Best Makeup, Best Cinematography, and Best Original Score. The dialogue is entirely in Hebrew, Latin, and reconstructed Aramaic. It also draws on pious accounts such as the Friday of Sorrows along with other devotional writings, such as reputed Marian apparitions attributed to Anne Catherine Emmerich. It grossed over USD 612 million worldwide and became the seventh-highest- grossing film domestically at the end of its theatrical run. It was, for the most part, shot in Italy. It covers the final 12 hours before Jesus’ death, consisting of the Passion, hence the title of the film. It has flashbacks to particular moments in Christ’s life, some of which are biblically based, and others that are artistic license, like when Mary comforts Jesus and the scene where Jesus is crafting a table.
It ends with a brief depiction of his resurrection, and ends with the film’s end. The movie is subtitled, although Gibson was initially against it, and the film is subt subtitles. The soundtrack was released in 2005 and is available on Blu-ray, CD, DVD, and other formats. The DVD version of the movie was released on November 25, 2005. The Blu-Ray version of The Passion of The Christ is available for the first time on DVD on November 26, 2005, and on the Blu- ray version on November 27, 2005 for the second and third release on DVD and the DVD of The Sermon on the Mount on November 28, 2006. TheBlu-ray version is also available on CD and DVD for the third and the fourth release on November 29, 2006, and for the fifth and the sixth releases on November 30, 2007, respectively. The DVDs of the first and the second releases are available on DVD in the UK and the US on November 31, 2007. The video versions of the films are available in the U.S. and the UK on November 9, 2008, and November 30. The films were released in the United States on November 16, 2008 and November 29,. 2008, respectively, and are released in Australia and the United Kingdom on November 24, 2008. The UK release is the same day as the US release of The Last Supper. The US release is also the same date as the UK release of Jesus’ crucifixion and death.
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