The Last Temptation of Christ: Passion Project
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Film Info
- United States
- 1988
- 163 minutes
- Color
- 1.85:1
- English
- Spine #70
The Last Temptation of Christ, by Martin Scorsese, is a towering achievement. Though it initially engendered enormous controversy, the film can now be viewed as the remarkable, profoundly personal work of faith that it is. This fifteen-year labor of love, an adaptation of Nikos Kazantzakis’s landmark novel that imagines an alternate fate for Jesus Christ, features outstanding performances by Willem Dafoe, Barbara Hershey, Harvey Keitel, Harry Dean Stanton, and David Bowie; bold cinematography by the great Michael Ballhaus; and a transcendent score by Peter Gabriel.
Cast
| Jesus | Willem Dafoe |
| Judas | Harvey Keitel |
| Mary Magdalene | Barbara Hershey |
| Saul/Paul | Harry Dean Stanton |
| Pontius Pilate | David Bowie |
| Mary, mother of Jesus | Verna Bloom |
| Jeroboam | Barry Miller |
| Zebedee | Irvin Kershner |
| John the Baptist | André Gregory |
| Girl angel | Juliette Caton |
Credits
| Director | Martin Scorsese |
| Based on the novel by | Nikos Kazantzakis |
| Produced by | Barbara De Fina |
| Screenplay | Paul Schrader |
| Executive producer | Harry Ufland |
| Director of photography | Michael Ballhaus |
| Original score composed by | Peter Gabriel |
| Edited by | Thelma Schoonmaker |
| Production designer | John Beard |
| Costume designer | Jean-Pierre Delifer |
| Casting | Cis Corman |
Disc Features
DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION
- New, restored high-definition digital transfer, supervised and approved by cinematographer Michael Ballhaus and editor Thelma Schoonmaker, with a 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack by supervising sound editor Skip Lievsay on the Blu-ray edition
- Audio commentary featuring director Martin Scorsese, actor Willem Dafoe, and writers Paul Schrader and Jay Cocks
- Galleries of production stills, research materials, and costume designs
- Location production footage shot by Scorsese
- Interview with composer Peter Gabriel, with a stills gallery of traditional instruments used in the score
- English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired
- PLUS: A new essay by film critic David Ehrenstein
New cover by Gordon Reynolds and Eva Wah
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