Movie Details

Newsletter SMS Alerts Version française Facebook Twitter SMS Mobile
Theatres FIND A MOVIE MOVIES AT HOME

Site Navigation

  1. Theatres
  2. Movies
  3. Events
  4. Buy Tickets
  5. Video
  6. Blog
  7. Contests
  8. Corporate Sales
  9. SCENE
  10. Buy/Rent Movies
  11. Gift Cards
 
Find Movies | Find Cast Members
Please enter a movie title.
# A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Movie Archive: The Passion of the Christ
The Passion of the Christ
Year Released: 2004
Release Date: February 25, 2004
Genre: Biopic, Drama
Director: Mel Gibson
Cast: Jim Caviezel, Maia Morgenstern, Monica Bellucci, Mattia Sbragia, Hristo Shopov, Claudia Gerini, Luca Lionello, Rosalinda Celentano, Hristo Jivkov, Francesco Cabras, Sergio Rubini, Toni Bertorelli, Robert Bestazzoni, Emilio De Marchi, Francesco DeVito, Lello Giulivo, Abel Jefri, Jarreth Merz, Matt Patresi, Fabio Sartor, Roberto Visconti, Giancinto Ferro, Olek Mincer, Adel Ben Ayed, Chokri Ben Zagden
Producer: Enzo Sisti, Mel Gibson, Steve McEveety, Bruce Davey
Writer: Mel Gibson, Benedict Fitzgerald

US Theatrical Distributor: Newmarket Films
US Home Video Distributor: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Domestic Box Office: $370,270,943
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, the controversial Jesus--who has performed 'miracles' and has publicly announced that he is 'the Son of God'--is arrested and taken back within the city walls of Jerusalem. There, the leaders of the Pharisees confront him with accusations of blasphemy; subsequently, his trial results with the leaders condemning him to his death. Jesus is brought before Pontius Pilate, the Roman Governor of Palestine, for his sentencing. Pilate listens to the accusations leveled at Jesus by the Pharisees. Realizing that his own decision will cause him to become embroiled in a political conflict, Pilate defers to King Herod in deciding the matter of how to persecute Jesus. However, Herod returns Jesus to Pilate who, in turn, gives the crowd a choice between which prisoner they would rather to see set free--Jesus, or Barrabas. The crowd chooses to have Barrabas set free. Thus, 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, he hangs there, left to die. Initially, in his dazed suffering, Jesus is alarmed that he has been abandoned by God his father. Eventually, he overcomes his fear and with his last breaths, tells Mary, his Mother, "It is accomplished." He then beseeches God, "Into Thy hands I commend my spirit." At the moment of his death, nature itself over-turns.

My Favourites

My Favourite Theatres

My Favourite Movies

Latest From the Blog

Young Hollywood stars strike out on own at Cannes
G.I. Joe pushed back to 2013
Extreme tourism goes extremely wrong in clips from Chernobyl Diaries
10 minutes in the box with Goon's Marc-André Grondin
More...

What's Hot


The Great Gatsby

Anchorman 2



The Hobbit

Browse By Category

About us

Cineplex Inc. ("Cineplex") is the largest motion picture exhibitor in Canada and owns, leases or has a joint-venture interest in 130 theatres with 1,359 screens serving approximately 70 million guests annually. Headquartered in Toronto, Canada, Cineplex operates theatres from British Columbia to Quebec and is the exclusive provider of UltraAVX™ and the largest exhibitor of digital, 3D and IMAX projection technologies in the country. Proudly Canadian and with a workforce of approximately 10,000 employees, the company operates the following top tier brands: Cineplex Odeon, Galaxy, Famous Players, Colossus, Coliseum, SilverCity, Cinema City and Scotiabank Theatres. Cineplex shares trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) under the symbol "CGX".