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26 May 1999 (Belgium) moreTagline:
A controversial retelling of the ApocalypsePlot:
The end of the millenium has taken on a certain significance in modern day prophecies. What happens... more | add synopsisUser Comments:
Born to play Jesus moreCast
(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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[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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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.