James
Caviezel as Jesus
behind the scenes
It is Mel Gibson’s hands that
nail Christ to the cross during the Crucifixion scene. The decision
for using his own hands in the film is explained by Gibson who says:
"It was me that put Christ on the cross. It was my sins that put
him there."
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The Passion of the Christ
Mel Gibson's film is
is a vivid depiction of the last 12 hours of Christ's life
John Meacham writes
about The Passion of the Christ
"It is night, in a quiet, nearly
deserted garden in Jerusalem. A figure is praying; his friends sleep a
short distance away. We are in the last hours of the life of Jesus of
Nazareth, in the spring of roughly the year 30, at the time of the Jewish
feast of Passover. The country—first-century Judea, the early 21st's
Israel—is part of the Roman Empire..."
Jody Dean's
response
CBS News anchor Jody Dean talks about her reaction to the Gibson film
James Caviezel
talks about the Jesus role
"I don't want people to see me. All I want
them to see is Jesus Christ."
Peggy Noonan talks with James
Caviezel
The actor James Caviezel, who plays Jesus in "The Passion of the Christ," met with Pope John Paul II on Monday
at the Vatican. Afterward Mr. Caviezel talked with me briefly by phone from Rome. I asked him what it was like, and transcribed what he
said.
The Day God Died by Mart De
Haan
"At a moment in time, the eternal
God closed His eyes and stopped breathing. Under the weight of wrongs
that had hurt those who were dear to Him, His body fell limp and lifeless.
At that moment God was dead—not just in the perception of others,
but in real time and in an actual place."
Caleb
Deschanel photographs The Passion of the Christ
"...the
story in this film is really pre-religion; it inspired a religion, but
it's not a religious story. It's the story of a person whose power comes from forgiveness."
the original screenplay for The Passion
Read the complete screenplay by Mel Gibson and Benedict Fitzgerald
available as a Microsoft Word document (to download to your computer)
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cinematographer John Bailey and film writer Stephen Pizzello talk to Caleb Deschanel about shooting The Passion of the Christ...