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Director:
Hal Hartley
Writer:
Hal Hartley (writer)
Contact:
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Release Date:
26 May 1999 (Belgium) more
Genre:
Comedy more
Tagline:
A controversial retelling of the Apocalypse
Plot:
The end of the millenium has taken on a certain significance in modern day prophecies. What happens... more | add synopsis
User Comments:
Born to play Jesus more

Cast

  (Credited cast)

Martin Donovan ... Jesus Christ
P.J. Harvey ... Magdalena
Thomas Jay Ryan ... Satan
Miho Nikaido ... Edie
Anna Köhler ... Hotel Clerk
Martin Pfefferkorn ... Martyr

Layla Alexander ... Waitress (as Olga Alexandrova)

Michael Marisi Ornstein ... Computer Wizard (as Michael Ornstein)
Paul Albe ... Mormon Thug #1
Don Creech ... Mormon Thug #2
Joseph McKenna ... Man at Airport

Abby Royle ... Woman at Airport
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
William S. Burroughs ... Preacher on radio (voice)
Katreen Hardt ... Lawyer's Assistant
Georgia Hubley ... Salvation Army Band (as Yo La Tengo)
Ira Kaplan ... Salvation Army Band (as Yo La Tengo)
James McNew ... Salvation Army Band (as Yo La Tengo)
D.J. Mendel ... Lawyer

Dave Simonds ... Dave

James Urbaniak ... True Believer
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Additional Details

Runtime:
63 min
Country:
France | USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Stereo
Certification:
UK:12
Company:
Haut et Court more

Fun Stuff

Quotes:
[about human beings]
Satan: It's amazing the things they do. They're inventing themselves now. Artificial intelligence and cybergenetics and so on.
Jesus Christ: It's impressive, I admit.
Satan: They're cross-fertilizing pears with apples and goats with sheeps, tobacco plants with lightning bugs.
Jesus Christ: Now that's just stupid.
Satan: Well, I agree.
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1 out of 1 people found the following comment useful:-
Born to play Jesus, 8 December 2002
7/10
Author: paul2001sw-1 (paul2001sw@yahoo.co.uk) from Saffron Walden, UK

Hartley on low-key form: Martin Donovan, born to play Jesus, comes as Messiah to millenial Manhatten; P.J. Harvey is excellent as sidekick Magdelena. A slight film, but drily amusing, short and sweet.

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