The Gospel of John (film)
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36% Rotten Tomatoes 4.7/5 Amazon Genre Biography, Drama, History Narrator Christopher Plummer Language English | 7.7/10 IMDb 5/5 Read the Spirit Director Philip Saville Adapted from Gospel of John Duration Country United Kingdom
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Writer John Goldsmith (screenplay) Release date September 26, 2003 (2003-09-26) Cast Christopher Plummer (Narrator (voice)), Henry Ian Cusick (Jesus Christ), Stuart Bunce (John), Daniel Kash (Simon Peter), Stephen Russell (Pontius Pilate), Alan van Sprang (Judas Iscariot)Similar movies The Passion of the Christ , The Hood Samaritan , Leopard Vision Vol.1 , The Apocalypse , The Miracle Maker , Noah Tagline For God loved the world So much... |
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, or 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 Gottliel 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.
The filming production was shot in Toronto, Ontario, and Almeria, Andalucia, Spain.



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