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Lenten Series 2006

Jesus in Movies
or
Learning the Gospels in the Dark

On Tuesday and Thursday evenings selected movies from the Lenten Series "Jesus in the Movies" are being shown in their entirety. The movies start at 5:00 pm and end at approximately 7:00 pm

DATE
ROOM
MOVIE

2/21

Crowley Room

The Life and Passion of Jesus Christ
1905 Ferdinand Zecca/Lucien Nonguet

2/21 Crowley Room

From the Manger to the Cross
1912 Sidney Olcott

2/23 Library

King of Kings
1927-28 Cecil B. DeMille

3/2 Crowley Room

King of Kings
1961 Nicholas Ray

3/7 Barth Hall

The Gospel According to St. Matthew
1964 Pier Paolo Pasolini

3/9 Crowley Room

The Greatest Story Ever Told
1965 George Stevens

3/14 Crowley Room

Jesus Christ Superstar
1973 Norman Jewison

3/16 Staff Dining Room

Godspell
1973 David Greene

3/21 Crowley Room

The Last Temptation of Christ
1988 Martin Scorsese

3/23 Crowley Room

Jesus of Montreal
1989 Denys Arcand

3/28 Crowley Room

Jesus
1999 Roger Young

3/30 Crowley Room

The Gospel of John
2003 Philip Saville

4/4 Barth Hall

Monty Python's Life of Brian
1979 Terry Jones

4/6 Crowley Room

The Jesus Film
1979 John Heyman

4/11 Crowley Room

The Passion of the Christ
2004 Mel Gibson

Other movies that may be available to view with special arrangements with Kit Ilardi are:

Movie Year Director

Mary, Mother of Jesus 1999 Kevin Connor

Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter 2001 Lee Demarbre

Jesus of Nazareth 1977 Franco Zeffirelli

The Robe 1953 Henry Koster

Life of Jesus The Revolutionary 1996 Robert Marcarelli

Ben Hur 1959 William Wyler

Intolerance 1916 D.W. Griffith

The Messiah 1975 Roberto Rossellini

Close to Jesus 1999 Raffaele Mertes

There are many, many other movies about Jesus or who have the Jesus story as a background plot. Among these are Barabbas, Quo Vadis, Demetrius and the Gladiators, The Silver Chalice, and The Big Fisherman, as well as many others. These may be available from the library or other vendors.

 

 

 
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