| The Passion of the Christ | |
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| 3 Nominations | |
| Year | 2004 |
| Director | Mel Gibson |
| Writer | Benedict Fitzgerald, Mel Gibson |
| Starring | Jim Caviezel, Maia Morgenstern, Monica Bellucci |
| 77th Academy Awards | |
The Passion of the Christ is a 2004 American drama film directed by Mel Gibson and starring Jim Caviezel, Maia Morgenstern, Monica Bellucci, Christo Jivkov, and Hristo Shopov. The dialogue is entirely in reconstructed Aramaic and Latin with vernacular subtitles.
Nominations
- Best Cinematography — Caleb Deschanel
- Best Makeup — Keith Vanderlaan, Christien Tinsley
- Best Original Score — John Debney
Plot[]
A depiction of the last twelve hours in the life of Jesus of Nazareth, on the day of his crucifixion in Jerusalem. The story opens in the Garden of Olives where Jesus has gone to pray after the Last Supper. Betrayed by Judas Iscariot, is arrested and taken back within the city walls of Jerusalem where leaders of the Pharisees confront him with accusations of blasphemy and his trial results in a condemnation to death. Jesus is brought before Pontius Pilate, the Roman Governor of Palestine, for his sentencing, who struggles on the right course trying to avoid political conflict. Jesus is handed over to the Roman soldiers and is brutally flagellated. Bloody and unrecognizable, he is brought back before Pilate who, once again, presents him to the thirsty crowd--assuming they will see that Jesus has been punished enough. The crowd, however, is not satisfied. Thus, Pilate washes his hands of the entire dilemma, ordering his men to do as the crowd wishes. Whipped and weakened, Jesus is presented with the cross and is ordered to carry it through the streets of Jerusalem, all the way up to Golgotha. There, more corporal cruelty takes place as Jesus is nailed to the cross--suffering.
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