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The Body (2001) -- A crucified body dated back to the 1st century A.D is uncovered at an ancient cave in Jerusalem. Trouble ensues as word spreads.

Overview

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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Richard Sapir (novel)
Jonas McCord (screenplay)
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Release Date:
5 January 2001 (Spain) more
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Tagline:
Chaos, unearthed. more
Plot:
A crucified body dated back to the 1st century A.D is uncovered at an ancient cave in Jerusalem. Trouble ensues as word spreads. full summary | add synopsis
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(2 articles)
Vintage horror and genre historians on DVD
 (From Fangoria. 19 February 2009, 9:46 AM, PST)

Banderas's Movie Delayed Under Religious Fears
 (From WENN. 18 April 2001)

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Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Antonio Banderas ... Father Matt Gutierrez

Olivia Williams ... Sharon Golban
John Shrapnel ... Moshe Cohen

Derek Jacobi ... Father Lavelle

Jason Flemyng ... Father Walter Winstead
Lillian Lux ... Mother
John Wood ... Cardinal Pesci

Makram Khoury ... Nasir Hamid (as Makram J. Khoury)

Vernon Dobtcheff ... Monsignor

Ian McNeice ... Dr. Sproul

Mohammed Bakri ... Abu Yusef (as Muhamed Bakri)
Yoav Dekelbaum ... Avi (as Yoav Deckelbaum)

Sami Samir ... Achmed
Jordan Licht ... Dorene
Limor Goldstein ... Galic
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Das geheimnisvolle Grab (Germany)
The Body - Das geheimnisvolle Grab (Germany) (TV title)
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for some violent sequences and brief language.
Runtime:
109 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Continuity: When Sharon Golban is at the airport to pick up Father Matt Gutierrez, she leaves the keys in the ignition. When she returns, she takes her keys from her pocket. more
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Abu Yusef: As you said before, God has no place in politics. more

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4 out of 6 people found the following comment useful.
When he rose from the dead,did they believe? (Bob Dylan "in the garden"), 27 May 2006
Author: dbdumonteil

This movie has a plus side and a minus side:

-On the plus side,the fear a priest encounters when he discovers that bones found in a Jerusalem' s grave by an archaeologist might be Jesus 's ones.So if Jesus is a man,it's a whole religion which falls down;one should note that ,for that matter ,the Muslims' and the Jews ' religions stand in little danger of bringing this about.Antonio Banderas is very convincing,I do not know if the actor is a believer,but we do believe the character he portrays is.

-On the minus side,when the movie becomes a thriller (complete with kidnapping,shootings and priest becoming a superhero),it peters out.One can admit the Jews want to keep the Vatican from getting the bones,but that part is not better than a Van Damme flick.

Watch this movie anyway cause it asks disturbing questions.

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