| Description |
1 videodiscs (101 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
Blu-ray ; 1080p high definition, widescreen (2.4:1) ; DTS-HD Master audio 5.1, Dolby digital 2.0. |
| Cast |
Keisha Castle-Hughes, Oscar Isaac, Hiam Abbass, Shaun Toub, Ciarán Hinds, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Stanley Townsend, Emilia Fortunato, Alexander Siddig. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Elliot Davis ; editor, Robert K. Lambert ; music, Mychael Danna ; costume designer, Maurizio Millenotti ; production designer, Stefano Maria Ortolani. |
| Note |
Release of the 2006 motion picture. |
| Contents |
A vision -- Mary of Nazareth -- King Herod's collection -- The prophecy -- Marriage to Joseph -- A child through the Holy Spirit -- Mary visits Elizabeth -- Birth of John -- The three Wise Men journey -- Mary returns home -- Joseph's dream -- The census -- To Bethlehem -- The perilous journey -- The holy city -- Herod and the Wise Men -- Finding shelter -- The birth of Jesus -- Three gifts -- Escape to Egypt. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: PG; for some violent content. |
| Summary |
Begins with the slaughter of Bethlehem's innocents under orders from a paranoid King Herod. Go back a year to the prophecy that informs Zechariah that his wife, Elizabeth, will bear a child. Elizabeth's cousin, the adolescent Mary, struggles with her family to make ends meet and is promised to the carpenter Joseph. Mary is told by the angel Gabriel that she will carry, while still a virgin, the long-awaited Messiah who will liberate the Jews from Herod and his Roman benefactors. Joseph and Mary travel to Bethlehem. Three Magi spend months crossing the desert trying to rendezvous at some point below the convergence of three heavenly bodies in the night sky. Friendship and trust emerges between Mary and Joseph after he is told in a dream that she speaks truthfully about her miraculous pregnancy. |
| Awards |
Dove Foundation Film Advisory Board Award winner. |
| Language |
English dialogue, optional English or Spanish subtitles; subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Jesus Christ -- Nativity -- Drama.
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Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint -- Drama.
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Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint -- Motherhood -- Drama.
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Joseph, Saint -- Drama.
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Jesus Christ -- Drama.
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Prophecy -- Drama.
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Magi -- Drama.
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Bethlehem -- Drama.
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Jesus Christ -- Natividad -- Teatro.
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Mes de María -- Teatro.
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Religious -- Feature.
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Religious films.
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Feature films.
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Bible films.
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| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Religious films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Fiction films.
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| Added Author |
Hardwicke, Catherine.
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Rich, Mike, 1959-
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Godfrey, Wyck.
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Bowen, Marty.
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Castle-Hughes, Keisha, 1990-
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Isaac, Oscar.
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Abbass, Hiam.
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Toub, Shaun.
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Hinds, Ciarán, 1953-
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Aghdashloo, Shohreh, 1952-
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Townsend, Stanley.
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Fortunato, Emilia.
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Siddig, Alexander, 1965-
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Danna, Mychael.
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New Line Cinema Corporation.
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Temple Hill Entertainment (Firm)
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New Line Home Entertainment (Firm)
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Warner Home Video (Firm)
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| Standard No. |
794043162718 |
| Music No. |
3000046342 New Line Home Entertainment |
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