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Is Gibson film anti-Jewish? Ministers give it thumbs up Gibson's film isn't scheduled to be released until Feb. 25 -- Ash Wednesday -- but it's been making waves and headlines for a year after several Jewish leaders saw an early version of the script and criticized the film as anti-Semitic for allegedly placing the blame for Christ's death on the Jews. The Willow Creek screening of an unfinished cut of the film and another screening Jan. 5 at a mega-church in California were its first large-scale venues. Kuiper and other pastors who saw the film said violence in scenes depicting the beating and crucifixion of Jesus was brutally graphic. www.suntimes.com /output/religion/cst-nws-jesus21.html   (683 words)

CNS STORY: POPE-PASSION Jan-19-2004 (360 words) xxxi The film, "The Passion of the Christ," is Gibson's interpretation of the last 12 hours of Christ's life and is set for release in the United States Feb. 25, Ash Wednesday. The co-producer of the film, Steve McEveety, was in Rome in early December to host private screenings of a rough cut of the film for Vatican and other Catholic officials. Archbishop Dziwisz watched the film in the pope's apartment with Pope John Paul and with the pope's second secretary in early December. www.catholicnews.com /data/stories/cns/20040119.htm   (485 words)

USATODAY.com - Secretary: Pope didn't OK Gibson film The film, on the last hours of Jesus' life, is scheduled to open Feb. 25 — Ash Wednesday on the Roman Catholic calendar. The papal secretary rarely speaks to the press; his remarks were an apparent indication of concern over alleged papal endorsement of a film that has stirred controversy for months before it has been viewed by the general public. The Vatican denies the pontiff endoresed the film. www.usatoday.com /life/movies/news/2004-01-20-vatican-gibson-film_x.htm   (501 words)

A Hard 'Days' Night - Entertainment Although Lent is actually 47 days and 47 nights, beginning Ash Wednesday and ending Easter Sunday, we shouldn't hold this kind of discrepancy against a film as enjoyable as this one. Instead, 40 Days and 40 Nights turns out to be a film that doesn't rely on one joke or even retread over gags used in previous "sex comedies." Scenes including a fantastic flight across a terrain of naked, bouncing breasts and strange confessions in a confessional give the movie an original edge. The backbone of the film is not its comedy, but a set of great performances. www.dailytexanonline.com /news/2002/03/01/Entertainment/A.Hard.days.Night-503106.shtml   (853 words)

CNS STORY: POPE-PASSION Jan-19-2004 (360 words) xxxi The film, "The Passion of the Christ," is Gibson's interpretation of the last 12 hours of Christ's life and is set for release in the United States Feb. 25, Ash Wednesday. Archbishop Dziwisz watched the film in the pope's apartment with Pope John Paul and with the pope's second secretary in early December. After the pope and Archbishop Dziwisz watched the film, the archbishop met with McEveety and with Jan Michelini, an assistant director of the film. www.catholicnews.com /data/stories/cns/20040119.htm   (853 words)

Cinema Confidential News: 10/22/03 - Newmarket Films to distribute "The Passion of Christ" The film will be released on Ash Wednesday next year, February 25, 2004. The film chronicling the last 12 hours of the life of Jesus Christ has received much controversy over supposed claims that the film takes an anti-Semitic stance. Newmarket Films to distribute "The Passion of Christ" www.cinecon.com /news.php?id=0310223   (853 words)

Zenit News Agency - The World Seen From Rome Next Wednesday is Ash Wednesday, the day when Mel Gibson's film "The Passion" will premiere around the world, depicting the last 12 hours in the life of Jesus Christ. SYDNEY, Australia, FEB. 24, 2004 (Zenit.org).- Cardinal George Pell wrote this commentary on the film "The Passion of the Christ." It appeared in the Sunday Telegraph and on the archdiocese's Web site. www.zenit.org /english/visualizza.phtml?sid=49580   (853 words)

Mel Spreading "Passion" - Oct 23, 2003 - E! Online News The film will open on Ash Wednesday, which falls on February 25 next year. Recently, Gibson was forced to change the name of the project from its original title The Passion as Miramax already had a film by that name in the works. Other studios had said that due to its controversial subject matter, the film was untouchable. www.eonline.com /News/Items/0,1,12759,00.html?tnews   (853 words)

Elijah Wood as Frodo Baggins : Lord of the Rings Pictures, Biography, Pics, Interview, Photos, Gallery Wood starred in Ash Wednesday opposite Ed Burns, who also wrote and directed this mobster drama which premiered at the Tribecca Film Festival. He also lent his voice to the animated film The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina. Elijah Wood has been widely regarded as one of the most gifted actors of his generation. www.lordoftherings.net /film/cast/ca_ewood.html   (224 words)

40 Days and 40 Nights - PittsburghLIVE.com The film has a one-joke premise, that a young man "vows" (a misused word in context) to abstain from all sexual activity for the 40 days and 40 nights of Lent - that is, the period beginning on Ash Wednesday and concluding implicitly on Easter. It is not a religious film, either, although it is at its most offensive in its extremely superficial allusions to Lent, to spiritually motivated practices and to the depiction of clerical life and family values. Enduring "40 Days and 40 Nights" to the end may be the biggest Lenten sacrifice of all. www.pittsburghlive.com /x/tribune-review/entertainment/movies/reviews/s_19616.html   (224 words)

February 18-25, 2004 The Passion of The Christ, a film by Mel Gibson about the last 12 hours of the life of Jesus, has raised voices of controversy for months leading up to its scheduled release next week on February 25, 2004, Ash Wednesday. Critics of the film argue that its graphic portrayal of Jesus' final hours will revive the debate over whom to blame for Jesus' death. Crosswalk.com is not affiliated with or supported by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.) www.elca.org /youth/faithlens/week255.html   (1071 words)

The Catholic Diocese of Peoria - Catholic Post - March 7, 2004 issue - Holy week in Hollywood I saw the film on Ash Wednesday with the student body of The High School of St. Thomas More in Champaign. Seeing this film in the same cineplex showing "Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen" or promoting "Starsky & Hutch" makes one realize how far the glitz of Hollywood can be from the Gospel core. While the movie and television focus on the Gospel is at once encouraging and curious, there's no better way to draw close to Christ this Lenten season than frequent Mass attendance and the traditional practices of prayer, fasting and charitable giving. www.cdop.org /catholic_post/post_3_7_04/edit.cfm   (1071 words)

Soul Of America - Martinique The major holidays in Martinique are New Year's Day, Carnival, Ash Wednesday, Good Friday, Easter, Easter Monday, Labor Day, Victory Day, Slavery Abolition Day, Bastille Day, Schoelcher Day, Assumption Day, All Saints' Day, Armistice Day, and Christmas. Bring plenty of film, since film is more expensive in Martinique The crime rate here is probably less than a major metropolitan city, but visitors should use common sense when out and about. www.soulofamerica.com /isldfldr/martinique.html   (391 words)

Soul Of America - Guadeloupe The major holidays in Guadeloupe are New Year's Day, Carnival, Ash Wednesday, Good Friday, Easter Monday, Labour Day, Ascension, Slavery Abolition Day, Bastille Day, Schoelcher Day, Assumption Day, All Saints Day, Armistice Day and Christmas. Bring plenty of film, since film is more expensive in Guadeloupe. If you plan to use a laptop, purchase a surge protector in Guadeloupe to protect your computer. www.soulofamerica.com /isldfldr/guadeloupe.html   (260 words)

Newmarket Films: finding itself blessed Opening on Ash Wednesday, the film grossed $125 million in its first five days -- for many, it became part of the religious observance of the Easter season. A drama about a female serial killer, that film was also considered a tough sell, but it earned its star Charlize Theron the best actress Oscar and went on to gross $34 million domestically. In its second year of operation, Newmarket Films certainly didn't suffer from any sophomore slump. www.hollywoodreporter.com /thr/film/feature_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000747436   (260 words)

A Pro-Life Review of The Passion of The Christ The review of the film, which opens on February 25 (Ash Wednesday), praises the "spiritual dimension that begs the viewer on from contemplation of the horrific tortures Christ suffered for our sins, to the realization of the fact that those sufferings came after He divested himself of the glory of His divinity." Westen wrote that the film is "the most realistic and spectacular portrayal of Christ" as it focuses on Jesus' torturous final 12 hours. ORONTO — In the February Interim newspaper, mailed out in January, LifeSite's John-Henry Westen reviewed Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ. www.catholicexchange.com /vm/index.asp?art_id=22535   (260 words)

ARTICLE: ''Passion'' film draws range of responses from local viewers (The Virginian-Pilot - HamptonRoads.com/PilotOnline.com) Watson, 54, his brow smeared black from the Ash Wednesday service he’d attended, was among hundreds who thronged to the movie on opening day. The movie, bolstered by $10 million in advance ticket sales, played mostly to the faithful on Wednesday. Watson and Holt had never before met, but they dove right into a dialogue that was part prayer meeting, part movie critique. home.hamptonroads.com /stories/story.cfm?story=66644&ran=102003   (687 words)

Passion Plays The current controversy about the film produced by Mel Gibson and titled The Passion of the Christ that is being screened in some 2800 movie theaters from Ash Wednesday (February 25, 2004) may become more understandable in the context of historical perspective. The version at Oberammergau in Germany is highly relevant to current discussion of the film. Eliezer Segel: The Purim-Shpiel and the Passion Play www.clas.ufl.edu /users/gthursby/rel/passion.htm   (687 words)

Mel Gibson The Passion of the Christ movies : ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY From the very start, Mel Gibson knew he was courting danger when he decided to make his $25 million passion project, ''The Passion of the Christ,'' which opens Feb. 25 -- Ash Wednesday -- on 2,000 screens nationwide. EW was denied a screening of the film, as well as interviews with Gibson, James Caviezel (the movie's Jesus), and the rest of the ''Passion'' team. And the question that will haunt Gibson long after the furor over the film is this: Did it really need to be? www.ew.com /ew/onlyonaol/report/0,17129,589826_1478293_0_,00.html   (592 words)

Conversations : Fr. Fulco and Edward Siebert on "Passion of the Christ" Fulco's work with Mel Gibson on the script of Gibson's film, The Passion of The Christ, which is to open nationwide on Ash Wednesday. In the Fall issue, Marilyn Becker, Loyola Marymount University, wrote of the tension between teaching the ideals of Jesuit education and then sending students into the world of Hollywood, where values were bound to clash. Fulco and Edward Siebert on "Passion of the Christ" www.calprov.org /news/fulco.html   (3237 words)

FilmForce: Celeb of the Day: Rosario Dawson Rosario's roles since then include Sidewalks of New York, Chelsea Walls, Ash Wednesday, Men in Black II, and 25th Hour. Rosario got her first acting role in the controversial and powerful pseudo-documentary; it brought her to the attention of Spike Lee, who cast her in his 1997 film He Got Game. Rosario stars opposite The Rock and Seann William Scott in the action-adventure-comedy The Rundown, opening in theaters this weekend. filmforce.ign.com /articles/316/316376p1.html   (3237 words)

ASH - Information Page Template The trip included seeing an IMAX film called Mysteries of Egypt and then a visit to the Museon next door where the stuidents engaged in activities on the theme of flight and also reviewed the winning photographs from last year's Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition. On Wednesday, March 16th the sixth grade visited Den Haag www.ash.nl /6news/fieldtrip2.html   (56 words)

The PIT Daily Schedule (2005-06-10) They perform regularly around NYC and have appeared in all sorts of cool-kid showcases like Hot Tub (at The PIT), Filet o Film (UCB), and Ash Wednesday (Parkside Lounge/Magnet). All three members of PCUSA — Brianne Halverson, Michael Terry, and Mike Condrick — studied sketch with The State's Kevin Allison. Get ready for a yuck-fest that goes from zero to gut-bust in 0.8 seconds flat — as timed by a German time enthusiast. www.thepit-nyc.com /daily.html?y=2005&m=06&d=10   (203 words)

From The Archives -Einstürzende Neubauten- Videography Line-up: Blixa Bargeld, N.U.Unruh, Alex Hacke, Rudi Moser, Jochen Arbeit & Ash Wednesday. Info: 30 minutes long film featuring Neubauten during the recording/mixing of the "Perpetuum Mobile" album @ the Tritonus studio, Berlin between Mar/Apr-03. Includes interviews with Blixa, Alex, Andrew, Rudi, Boris Wilsdorf, the Webmaster of Neubauten.org, and snippets of the above songs. www.fromthearchives.com /en/videography.html   (203 words)

Institute for Jewish The announced Ash Wednesday release of Mel Gibson’s film, “The Passion of Christ,” will give an extra boost during Lent to this story fraught with memory and meaning for both Jews and Christians. Lent is about Passion – Jesus’ Passion, and the passion of Christians for their suffering Lord. It has also been about the suffering of Jewish communities that were targeted for revenge after the Passion story had been told in traditional anti-Jewish form. www.muhlenberg.edu /cultural/ijcu/Pre-Lent03.html   (203 words)

CycloneWeb - St. Christopher Secondary School Ash Wednesday featured the annual liturgy and the distribution of ashes to staff and students. Even after the film ended, concluding with Jesus' death and resurrection, there was an unusual sense of quiet as each one reflected on the witness of Jesus' sacrifice of love as staff and students spilled into the theatre's foyer. The season of lent arrived with a flurry in the Cyclone world. www.stchris.ca /04Lent.htm   (170 words)

Passion Play Although not scheduled to be released to theaters until Ash Wednesday, "The Passion" generated this spring more discussion than any film in recent memory: endless op-eds, press releases, debates, and denunciations--all about a movie, in Aramaic and Latin, that none of the commentators had seen. There are, in a sense, only five historical accounts of the Passion: in the gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, and, in bare but vivid outline, in the letters of St. Paul. Perhaps in response to all this publicity, both negative and positive, Gibson released a trailer for "The Passion" on July 14. www.weeklystandard.com /Content/Public/Articles/000/000/003/014ziqma.asp   (170 words)

Reason Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ, opening on Ash Wednesday, has inspired an argument over its revival of medieval Passion Play content, and whether such a project risks a revival of medieval-style, post-Passion Play Judeophobia. But there's a closely related dimension of Gibson's film that has so far received less attention, and which is at least as compelling: The movie is also a revival of medieval theatrical sadism. www.reason.com /links/links022304.shtml   (170 words)

village voice > film > Family Fundamentals; Knockaround Guys; Below; A Cuban Legend; Ash Wednesday by The violence is so ludicrously overdubbed one begins to imagine the sound guy blowing up and clapping a series of brown paper bags. The inevitable double- and triple-crosses arise, but the only drama is in waiting to hear how John Malkovich's reedy consigliere will pronounce his next line. Brian Koppelman and David Levien's rancid mob flick has a Road to Perdition-ish primal scene, Dennis Hopper as a handball-playing underboss, and son Barry Pepper resembling a young Christopher Walken and squinting wildly for emotion. www.villagevoice.com /issues/0241/shots.php   (769 words)

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