THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST (DEFINITIVE EDITION)

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• Release Year: 2004
• Genre: Drama
• Plot: Mel Gibson's well-publicized production The Passion of the Christ concerns the last 12 hours in the life of Jesus of Nazareth. The dialogue is spoken in the ancient Aramaic language along with Latin and Hebrew. In the Garden of Gethsemane near the Mount of Olives Jesus (James Caviezel) is betrayed by Judas Iscariot (Luca Lionello). Jesus is condemned to death for blasphemy and brought before Pontius Pilate (Hristo Naumov Shopov) the Roman governor of Judea for sentencing. The roaring crowd demand his death so Pilate orders his crucifixion. Jesus is severely beaten and made to carry his cross up to Golgotha the hill outside Jerusalem where he is nailed to the cross. Romanian theatrical actress Maia Morgenstern plays Mary Mother of God and Italian superstar Monica Bellucci plays Mary Magdalene. Amid much controversy involving Gibson and various religious organizations The Passion of the Christ received an international theatrical release in February of 2004. In March 2005 Gibson released an unrated version of the film dubbed The Passion Recut that eliminated five to six minutes of the more graphic scenes of flogging and crucifixion.
• Cast: Jim Caviezel; Maia Morgenstern; Christo Jivkov; Francesco De Vito; Monica Bellucci; Mattia Sbragia; Toni Bertorelli; Luca Lionello; Hristo Shopov; Claudia Gerini; Fabio Sartor; Giacinto Ferro; Olek Mincer; Sheila Mokhtari; Lucio Allocca; Paco Reconti; Adel Bakri; Luciano Dragone; Adel Ben Ayed; Franco Costanzo; Lino Salemme; Emanuele Gullotto; Francesco De Rosa; Maurizio Di Carmine; Francesco Gabriele; Angelo Di Loreta; Federico Pacifici; Roberto Santi; Giovanni Vettorazzo; Ted Rusoff; Tom Shaker; Andrea Coppola; Romuald Andrzej Klos; Giuseppe Lo Console; Dario D'Ambrosi; Luciano Federico; Omar Capalbo; Valerio Esposito; Antonello Iacovone; Nicola Tagarelli; Ivan Gaudiano; Chokri Ben Zagden; Roberto Bestazzoni; Luca De Dominicis; Pietro Sarubbi; Abel Jafri; Lello Giulivo; Emilio De Marchi; Roberto Visconti; Sergio Rubini; Francesco Cabras; Andrea Refuto; Giovanni Capalbo; Matt Patresi; Sabrina Impacciatore; Daniela Poti; Jarreth J. Merz; Noemi Marotta; Rossella Longo; Davide Marotta; Rosalinda Celentano; Danilo Di Ruzza; Vincenzo Monti; Danilo Maria Valli; Nuot Arquint; Abraam Fontana; Valerio Isidori; Paolo Dos Santos; Arianna Vitolo; Gabriella Barbuti; Ornella Giusto; Michelle Bonev; Lucia Stara; Evelina Meghnagi; Francis Dokyi; Mel Gibson; Benedict Fitzgerald
• Director: Mel Gibson
• Runtime: 2:06
• Company: 20th Century Fox
• Media Format: Movie