The Gospel of John - Part 5 of 12

THE GOSPEL OF JOHN (THE FILM) -- PART 5 of 12

The Gospel of John is a 2003 film that is the story of Jesus' life as recounted by the Gospel of John. It is a motion picture that has been adapted for the screen on a word-for-word basis from the American Bible Society's Good News Bible. This three-hour epic feature film follows John's Gospel precisely, without additions to the story from other Gospels, nor omission of complex passages.
This film was created by a constituency of artists from Canada and the United Kingdom, along with academic and theological consultants from around the world. The cast was selected primarily from the Stratford Shakespeare Festival and Soulpepper Theatre Company, as well as Britain's Royal Shakespeare Company and Royal National Theatre. The musical score, composed by Jeff Danna and created for the film, is partially based on the music of the Biblical period. The film was produced by Visual Bible International.
The film is narrated by Christopher Plummer and stars Scottish-Peruvian actor Henry Ian Cusick as Jesus. Others cast include British actors Stuart Bunce (John), Richard Lintern (Leading Pharisee) Scott Handy (John the Baptist), Lynsey Baxter (Mary Magdalene), and Canadian actors Diego Matamoros (Nicodemus), Stephen Russell (Pontius Pilate), Daniel Kash (Simon Peter), Cedric Smith (Caiaphas) and Nancy Palk (Samaritan Woman).
The film was directed by Philip Saville and co-produced by Canadian producer Garth Drabinsky and British producer Chris Chrisafis.
Executive producers were Sandy Pearl, Joel B. Michaels, Myron Gottlieb and Martin Katz.
Also involved were screenwriter John Goldsmith, production designer Don Taylor, sound mixer David Lee, makeup artist Trefor Proud, costume designer Debra Hanson, and director of photography and film editors Miroslaw Baszak and Michel Arcand.
Nitzan Sharron, the actor who portrayed Lazarus of Bethany, was born and raised in Jerusalem, Israel.

Release date(s) September 26, 2003

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[bradofsaa]

@msdogooder

God be praised, may he bless you!  Your comment is wonderful and true. Thanks!

[tadowfromkc]

the pharisees were so hard hearted and hell-filled..

[Grinceviciusfamily]

Amen.

[msdogooder]

Jesus is clearly sharing THE WORD throughout the whole movie...He always says "I'm Telling You The Truth!" I really take heed to everything Jesus is teaching because it is for us to hear, understand, absorb, and make the center of our beliefs. Thank you God in the name of Jesus Christ. Thank you for the THE TRUTH. I pray with all my being that all of us still alive at this very moment will follow your teachings, accept you into our lives, and worship you with great cheer and steadfast love! Amen

[anissueofursincerity]

6:40 One of the weirder portions of the gospels. Only the woman is caught in adultery but there is no man (I suppose the man could have been unaware she was married). And we are never told what Jesus is writing, while old Jesus movies speculated he was identifying the sins of individual men in the crowd.