The Nativity Story (2006)

Director:

Catherine Hardwicke

Writer (WGA):

Mike Rich (written by)

Release Date:

1 December 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Family

Tagline:

Her child would change the world.

Plot:

A drama that focuses on the period in Mary and Joseph's life where they journeyed to Bethlehem for the birth of Jesus.

Plot Keywords:

Bethlehem | Angel | Pregnancy | Journey | Prophecy

Awards:

3 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

Keisha Castle-Hughes	...	Mary
Oscar Isaac	...	Joseph
Hiam Abbass	...	Anna
Shaun Toub	...	Joaquim
Ciarán Hinds	...	Herod
Shohreh Aghdashloo	...	Elizabeth
Stanley Townsend	...	Zechariah
Alexander Siddig	...	The Angel Gabriel
Nadim Sawalha	...	Melchior
Eriq Ebouaney	...	Balthasar
Stefan Kalipha	...	Gaspar
Alessandro Giuggioli	...	Antipas
Farida Ouchani	...	Ruth
Saïd Amadis	...	Tero
Maria Giovanna Donzelli	...	Mary's Friend
Francesca Piliero	...	Mary's Friend
Serge Feuillard	...	Eldest Priest
Kais Nashif	...	Benjamin
Andy Lucas	...	Tax Collector
Tomer Sisley	...	Tax Collector
Jeffery Kissoon	...	Herod's Architect
Lucia Zotti	...	Elizabeth's Aunt
Monica Contini	...	Elizabeth's Cousin
Paola Sotgiu	...	Midwife
Gabrielle Scharnitzky	...	Palm Reader
Stewart Scudamore	...	Simeon
Chiara Di Pede	...	Girl Taken By Soldiers
Zinedine Soualem	...	Girl's Father
Luciana Paolicelli	...	Girl's Mother (as Luciana Filomena Paolicelli)
Damir Todorovic	...	Soldier at Collection
Matt Patresi	...	Sentry Soldier
Ted Rusoff	...	Old Shepherd
Sami Samir	...	Thief
Yvonne Sciò	...	Thief's Accomplice (as Yvonne Brulatour Sciò)
Andrea Bruschi	...	Bethlehem Townsperson
Jean-Claude Deret	...	Bethlehem Townsperson (as Jean-Claude Breitman-Deret)
Angela Iurilli	...	Bethlehem Townsperson
Francesco Martoccia	...	Bethlehem Townsperson
Alessandro Piscitelli	...	Bethlehem Townsperson
Maria Antonietta DiMonte	...	Bethlehem Townsperson
Emilio Adrisani	...	Bethlehem Townsperson
Emilia Fortunato	...	Bethlehem Townsperson
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Shelby Young	...	Naomi (voice) (uncredited)

Directed by
Catherine Hardwicke

Writing credits (WGA)
Mike Rich		(written by)

Produced by
Marty Bowen	....	producer
Cale Boyter	....	executive producer
Michael Disco	....	co-executive producer
Toby Emmerich	....	executive producer
Judd Funk	....	co-executive producer
Wyck Godfrey	....	producer
Catherine Hardwicke	....	executive producer
Mike Rich	....	executive producer
Enzo Sisti	....	line producer: Italy
Tim Van Rellim	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Mychael Danna

Cinematography by
Elliot Davis		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Robert K. Lambert
Stuart Levy

Casting by
Priscilla John
Mindy Marin
Juliette Ménager
Shaila Rubin

Production Design by
Stefano Maria Ortolani

Art Direction by
Maria-Teresa Barbasso
Antonio Tarolla
Marco Trentini		(supervising art director)

Set Decoration by
Alessandra Querzola

Costume Design by
Maurizio Millenotti

Makeup Department
Mariam Lee Abounouom	....	makeup artist
Nezha Aouis	....	makeup artist: Morocco
Diego Avolio	....	assistant makeup artist
Laura Borselli	....	makeup artist (as Laura Borzelli)
Hiba Boukili	....	hair stylist: Morocco (as Hiba Boukili El Hassani)
Liliana Bouladoux	....	hair stylist
Giacinto Bretti	....	makeup artist
Jana Carboni	....	key makeup artist
Maria Teresa Corridoni	....	hair designer
Renato Francola	....	makeup artist
Carla Indoni	....	hair stylist
Maria Jittou	....	key makeup artist
Khadija Najahi	....	hair stylist: Morocco
Arianna Palmucci	....	hair stylist
Luigi Rocchetti	....	makeup designer

Production Management
Andrea Alunni	....	unit manager
Moncef Belam	....	production team
Vito Colazzo	....	unit production manager
Ian Hickinbotham	....	unit production manager
Erik Holmberg	....	executive in charge of production
Udi Nedivi	....	unit production manager
Jay Vinitsky	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Alain Aswani	....	first assistant director: second unit, Morocco
Tarik Ait Ben Ali	....	second second assistant director: Morocco
Inti Carboni	....	first assistant director: second unit, Italy
Mouhssine El Badaoui	....	second assistant director: second unit
Yann Mari Faget	....	second assistant director: Morocco
Alessandra Fortuna	....	second second assistant director
Richard Graysmark	....	second assistant director (as Rickay Graysmark)
Harvey Harrison	....	second unit director
Ahmed Hatimi	....	first assistant director: Morocco
Jamie Marshall	....	first assistant director: second unit
Nata More	....	second assistant director: second unit
Justin Muller	....	first assistant director
Edoardo Petti	....	second assistant director: Italy

Art Department
Tarik Amchemar	....	props
Abdellah Baadil	....	assistant art director
Francesca Birri	....	construction coordinator
Luigi Calvitti	....	carpenter
Massimo Ciaraglia	....	props
Federico Costantini	....	concept artist
Massimo Di Palma	....	blacksmith
Cristiano Donzelli	....	storyboard artist
Said El Kounti	....	props buyer
Roberta Federico	....	assistant art director
Antonio Fraulo	....	property master
Peter Hooper	....	greens supervisor
Sandra Jelmini	....	art department coordinator
Domenico Mancino	....	blacksmith (as Memmo)
Jon Marson	....	key greensman
Sebastiano Murer	....	assistant property master
Aziz Rafiq	....	assistant set decorator
Domenico Reordino	....	stand-by painter
Monica Sallustio	....	assistant art director
Davide De Stefano	....	conceptual artist
Luca Tranchino	....	assistant art director
Fernando Valento	....	construction manager
Francesco Valento	....	construction foreman
Daniela Voccia	....	assistant art director
Daniela Voccia	....	assistant production designer
Giulia Chiara Crugnola	....	set dressing designer (uncredited)
Aziz Hamichi	....	assistant art director (uncredited)
Matthew Richard Harris	....	graphic designer (uncredited)

Sound Department
Brahim Ait Belkas	....	boom operator: second unit
Beau Borders	....	sound re-recording mixer
Gary C. Bourgeois	....	sound re-recording mixer (as Gary Bourgeois)
Paul Timothy Carden	....	dialogue editor (as Paul Carden)
Rickley W. Dumm	....	sound effects editor
Russell Farmarco	....	supervising adr editor
Russell Farmarco	....	supervising dialogue editor
Simon Firsht	....	boom operator
Frank Gaeta	....	sound designer
Frank Gaeta	....	supervising sound editor
Luis Galdames	....	assistant sound editor (as Louis Galdames)
Patrick Giraudi	....	sound editor
Catherine Harper	....	foley artist
Ethan Holzman	....	assistant sound editor
Rick Kline	....	sound re-recording mixer
Darrin Mann	....	foley mixer
Christopher Moriana	....	foley artist
Todd Niesen	....	sound editor
Thomas O'Neil Younkman	....	foley editor
Thomas O'Neil Younkman	....	sound editor (as Tom Younkman)
Sarah Payan	....	dialogue editor
Fred Peck III	....	sound re-recordist
Greg Steele	....	adr mixer
Cameron Steenhagen	....	dialogue editor
Erik Swanson	....	ProTools operator
Tami Treadwell	....	adr recordist
Dylan Voigt	....	sound mixer: second unit
Ian Voigt	....	sound mixer
Nourdine Zaoui	....	boom operator
Greg Zimmerman	....	adr recordist
Iain Jamieson	....	assistant adr recordist (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Renato Agostini	....	special effects supervisor
Mohamed Ali Aguermin	....	special effects technician: Morocco
Danilo Bollettini	....	special effects foreman
Maurizio Corridori	....	special effects coordinator
Franco Simeone	....	special effects technician
El Hassan Tib	....	special effects technician: Morocco (as Hassan Tib)

Visual Effects by
Stephanie Allen	....	visual effects producer
Ed L. Anderson	....	rotoscope artist: Digital Domain (as Ed Anderson)
Carlos Arguello	....	matte painting supervisor: Hammerhead Productions
David Arredondo	....	digital matte painter: Hammerhead Productions
Marvin L. Barillas	....	3D modeler: Hammerhead Productions (as Marvin Barillas)
David Beedon	....	compositor: Digital Dream
Brian Begun	....	digital compositor: Digital Domain
Elizabeth Beier	....	rotoscope artist: Hammerhead Productions
Thad Beier	....	technical supervisor: Hammerhead Productions
Daniel Birnbaum	....	digital compositor
Chris Bond	....	visual effects supervisor: Frantic Films
Kevin Bouchez	....	compositor: Digital Domain
Shannan Burkley	....	matte painter: Digital Domain
Elika Burns	....	rotoscope artist: Hammerhead Productions
Daniel Chuba	....	visual effects executive producer: Hammerhead Productions (as Dan Chuba)
Thomas Clary	....	visual effects coordinator: Digital Dream (as Tom Clary)
Chad E. Collier	....	scanning and recording operator: Digital Domain
Janice Barlow Collier	....	dustbuster: Digital Domain (as Janice Barlow)
Maria Ines Comparini	....	digital matte painter: Hammerhead Productions
Sean Coonce	....	digital rotoscope artist: Hammerhead
Aliza Corson Chameides	....	compositor: Hammerhead Productions (as Aliza Chameides)
Toby Cortes	....	digital matte painter: Hammerhead Productions
Robert Cribbett	....	lead compositor: opening title sequence, yU+Co. (as Rob Cribbett)
Lee Croft	....	digital paint & rotoscope lead: Digital Domain
Peter 'Beak' Cvijanovic	....	compositor: Digital Domain (as Beak)
Jamie Dixon	....	visual effects executive producer: Hammerhead Productions
Brady Doyle	....	visual effects coordinator: Hammerhead
Joe Dubs	....	digital artist: Digital Dream
Michelle Eisenreich	....	visual effects producer: Hammerhead
Theresa Ellis	....	visual effects supervisor (as Theresa Ellis Rygiel)
Jesse Fernley	....	compositor: Hammerhead Productions
Ramiro A. Garcias	....	digital matte painter: Hammerhead Productions (as Ramiro Garcias)
Florian Gellinger	....	digital effects supervisor
Gilbert Gonzales	....	compositor: Hammerhead Productions
Fred Haro	....	lighting and rendering artist: Frantic Films
Scott Harper	....	visual effects supervisor
Kamal Hatami	....	3D artist: opening title sequence, yU+Co.
Claas Henke	....	visual effects supervisor: Digital Domain
Jose M. Hernandez	....	3D modeler: Hammerhead Productions (as Jose Manuel Hernandez)
Veronica Hernandez	....	rotoscope artist: Digital Domain
Darin Hilton	....	matte painter
Deborah Hiner	....	rotoscope artist: Hammerhead Productions
Elizabeth Hitt	....	senior digital coordinator
Nate Homan	....	lead 3D artist: opening title sequence, yU+Co.
Brian Jones	....	visual effects editor
Justin Jones	....	digital compositor
Kelly Rae Kenan Green	....	assistant coordinator: Hammerhead Productions (as Kelly Kenan)
Hong Kim	....	digital artist: Digital Dream
Roger Kupelian	....	matte painter: Digital Domain
James Kuroda	....	digital compositor: Digital Domain
Bonnie Lemon	....	visual effects producer: Digital Domain
Dan Levitan	....	compositing supervisor: Hammerhead Productions (as Daniel Levitan)
Benjamin Liu	....	animator
Michael Liv	....	dustbuster: Digital Domain
Peter Lloyd	....	senior matte painter: opening title sequence, yU+Co.
Jo Lockman	....	dustbuster
Jo Lockman	....	scanning and recording operator: Digital Domain
Carlos Long	....	digital matte painter: Hammerhead Productions
Margaret B. Lynch	....	visual effects producer: Digital Domain
Mauricio Macal	....	matte painting coordinator: Hammerhead Productions
Rebecca Marie	....	compositor: Hammerhead Productions
Doris Marroquin	....	digital matte painter: Hammerhead Productions
Richard Matsushita	....	lighting artist: Hammerhead Productions
Mamie McCall	....	on-set matchmover: Hammerhead Productions
Morgan McDermott	....	compositor
Mimi Medel	....	visual effects executive
Daniel Mellitz	....	matchmover: Hammerhead Productions
Daniel Miller	....	digital compositor
Fatima Mojaddidy	....	system administrator: Hammerhead Productions
Alejandra Molina	....	3D modeler: Hammerhead Productions
Miguel Monterroso	....	matte painting coordinator: Hammerhead Productions (as Juan Miguel Monterroso)
Adam Newman	....	3D modeler: opening title sequence, yU+Co.
Claire O'Brien	....	executive producer: opening title sequence, yU+Co.
Oxcar Orellana	....	digital matte painter: Hammerhead Productions
Ricardo F. Ortiz	....	3D modeler: Hammerhead Productions (as Ricardo Ortiz)
Ludwing Paniagua	....	digital matte painter: Hammerhead Productions
Clint A. Perez	....	digital matte painter: Hammerhead Productions (as Clint Perez)
Todd Perry	....	matchmover: Hammerhead Productions (as Todd Sheridan Perry)
Robert E. Phillips	....	digital intermediate assistant producer: EFILM
Douglas Pineda	....	digital matte painter: Hammerhead Productions
Corinne Pooler	....	visual effects producer: Digital Dream
Jerry Pooler	....	visual effects supervisor: Digital Dream
Kelly Port	....	visual effects supervisor
James E. Price	....	visual effects supervisor
Michael Ramirez	....	roto artist
Rodrigo R. Ramirez	....	3D modeler: Hammerhead Productions (as Rodrigo Ramirez)
Marco Recuay	....	compositor: Digital Dream
Pedro Ruiz	....	digital matte painter: Hammerhead Productions
Evelyn Salguero	....	digital matte painter: Hammerhead Productions
Olivier Sarda	....	compositor: Digital Domain (as Olivier P. Sarda)
Christopher Savides	....	color grader
Moshe Sayada	....	compositor: Hammerhead Productions
Robert Schajer	....	visual effects producer: Frantic Films
Kino Scialabba	....	digital matte painter: Hammerhead Productions
Aaron Seelman	....	rotoscope artist: Hammerhead Productions
Jaeil Seo	....	matte painter (as Jay Seo)
Jane Sharvina	....	lead compositor: Frantic Films
M. Zachary Sherman	....	digital effects artist
Jay Shindell	....	visual effects
Daniel C.J. Todd	....	lighting and rendering artist: Frantic Films
Linda Tremblay	....	compositor: Hammerhead Productions (as Linda Trembley-Geibel)
Lily C. Vasquez	....	3D modeler: Hammerhead Productions (as Lily Vasquez)
Sarah Vinson	....	visual effects coordinator
Scott Vosbury	....	digital paint & rotoscope artist: Digital Domain
Pablo Ware	....	3D modeler: Hammerhead Productions
Carsten Woithe	....	visual effects: previz
Garson Yu	....	creative designer: opening title sequence, yU+Co.
Andres Zea	....	matte painting coordinator: Hammerhead Productions
Ken Zorniak	....	visual effects
Amanda Hampton	....	pipeline engineer (uncredited)
Dan Patterson	....	digital character artist: Digital Domain (uncredited)
Kristen Swanson	....	dustbuster: Digital Domain (uncredited)

Stunts
Joseph Beddelem	....	stunts
Othman Ilyassa	....	stunts
Philippe Losson	....	stunts
Stefano Maria Mioni	....	stunt coordinator: Italy (as Stefano Mioni)
Emiliano Novelli	....	assistant stunt coordinator
Marco Pancrazi	....	stunts
Valentina Paradiso	....	stunts
Catia Pasqualoni	....	stunt performer
Catia Pasqualoni	....	stunts
Francois Poirier	....	stunts
Cedric Proust	....	stunt coordinator
Massimo Racca	....	stunts
Gabriele Ragusa	....	stunt double
Sgarbi Roberto	....	stunts
Florian Robin	....	stunts
Ferdinando Stazzone	....	stunts
Mustapha Touki	....	stunts
Massimiliano Ubaldi	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Andy Arnautov	....	gaffer: Morocco
Lyamani Bouhmdi	....	best boy electric (as El Yamani Bouhamdi)
Alessio Bramucci	....	best boy electric
Daniele Caiuli	....	electrician
Massimo Cecchini	....	electrician
Fabio De Meis	....	gaffer: second unit
Andrea Fioravanti	....	grip
Paolo Frasson	....	dolly grip
David Galbraith	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Gian Claudio Giacomini	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera, second unit
Harvey Harrison	....	director of photography: second unit
Ladislav Hruby	....	first assistant camera: Morroco
Marcostavros Maggi	....	second assistant camera
Giulio Magnolia	....	second assistant camera
Paolo Marchetti	....	clapper loader
Miroslav Pavlik	....	second assistant camera: Morroco
Alessandro Picchi	....	electrician
Zdenek Pozar	....	best boy: Morocco
Imad Rechiche	....	second assistant camera
Flaviano Ricci	....	grip
Emanuele Salvatore	....	rigging grip
Prokop Satochin	....	key grip: second unit
Jaromir Simek	....	rigging gaffer
Kamaleddine Talmi	....	grip
Emiliano Topai	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Mauro Toscano	....	video assist operator: second unit
Jaimie Trueblood	....	still photographer
Daniele Verdenelli	....	electrician
Giacomo Zampieri	....	video assist operator
Davide Zanetti	....	clapper loader: second unit

Casting Department
Mohamed Essaghir Aabach	....	casting assistant
Faith Allbeson	....	casting associate
Yael Aviv	....	casting: Israel
Donna DeSeta	....	casting: New York
Michela Forbicioni	....	casting assistant
Zinedine Ibnou Jabal	....	casting: Morocco
Hervé Jakubowicz	....	casting: France
Kara Lipson	....	casting associate
Russell Scott	....	casting associate
Omar Tisli	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Luca Canfora	....	costume assistant
Giovanni Casalnuovo	....	associate costume designer
Rebecca Higginson	....	costumer: second unit
Francesco Luperini	....	set costumer
Tiziana Magris	....	wardrobe
Massimo Cantini Parrini	....	assistant costume designer
Lucilla Simbari	....	key set costumer
Alice Spigno	....	wardrobe assistant
Hassan Taghriti	....	costumer
Hassan Taghriti	....	wardrobe supervisor

Editorial Department
Hassan Aridal	....	assistant editor
Terra Bliss-Alvarez	....	digital intermediate producer (as Terra Bliss)
Gary Burritt	....	negative cutter
Rachel Faith Hanson	....	post-production coordinator
Lara Khachooni	....	first assistant editor
Natasha Leonnet	....	digital intermediate colorist
Marc Lulkin	....	digital color assist
Daniela Ovi	....	post-production assistant
Jim Passon	....	color timer
Robert E. Phillips	....	digital intermediate assistant producer: EFILM
John Potter	....	high definition preview timer
Jonny Winograd	....	assistant editor: avid
Jack Lewars	....	assistant color timer: Efilm (uncredited)

Music Department
Lee Blaylock	....	music clearances
Joe Breaux	....	assistant music editor
Paul Broucek	....	executive in charge of music
Bryan Clements	....	scoring crew
Stephen Coleman	....	music arranger: vocals
Debbi Datz-Pyle	....	music contractor
Nicholas Dodd	....	conductor
Nicholas Dodd	....	orchestrator
Mark Eshelman	....	scoring crew
Richard Ford	....	music editor
Matt Franko	....	music preparation
Brad Haehnel	....	score recordist
Brad Haehnel	....	scoring mixer
Russ Howard III	....	music programmer
Russ Howard III	....	musician: guitars
Shira Kammen	....	musician
Greg Loskorn	....	scoring technician
Stephanie Lowry	....	additional music editor
Andrew Lumsden	....	choir director
Adam Michalak	....	score recordist
Christopher Moroney	....	music consultant
Davide Palmiotto	....	music scoring mixer assistant
Victor Pesavento	....	music preparation
Kim Reese	....	music executive
Lori Silfen	....	music business affairs
Rob Simonsen	....	composer: additional arrangements
Steven L. Smith	....	music preparation
Jill Streater	....	music librarian
James Thatcher	....	musician: french horn
John F.X. Walsh	....	music business affairs
Kirsty Whalley	....	additional music editor
Gina Zimmitti	....	music contractor

Transportation Department
Daniele Abeille	....	transportation coordinator
Khalid Ameskane	....	transportation captain
Paolo Bernardini	....	driver
Leonardo de Angelis	....	transportation captain
Hicham Regragui	....	transportation coordinator

Other crew
Hiam Abbass	....	acting coach
Ngadi Abdeslam	....	assistant location manager
Mira Abu Sinni	....	advisor: Nazareth village
Barbara Adducci	....	assistant production coordinator
Saad Ajedigue	....	production assistant
Carlo Antonioni	....	horse master: Italy
Mohamed Atbir	....	production assistant
Eleonora Baldwin	....	script supervisor
Elhoussaine Baouzine	....	set production assistant
Cassandra Barbour	....	rights and clearances
Ludovico Bettarello	....	digital dailies encoding: Technicolor Rome
Ludovico Bettarello	....	digital dailies online
Katherine E. Beyda	....	production executive
Stefano Biraghi	....	location manager: second unit
Julie Brown	....	script supervisor: second unit
Enrico Bruschini	....	historical advisor (as Professor Enrico Bruschini)
Stephan Burle	....	title designer
Jerome Butler	....	dialect coach
Sabrina Canale	....	assistant to executive producer
Houssna Choukri	....	assistant: M. Tim Van Rellim
Claudia Cimmino	....	travel coordinator
Matthew Cohen	....	assistant: Mr. Godfrey
Kathi Danielson	....	first assistant accountant
Marco De Luca	....	key on-set production assistant
Roy Doliner	....	advisor: Jewish religion
Jessica Drake	....	supervising dialect coach
Saida Elidrissi	....	production secretary
Julio Ferrario	....	creative director: main titles
Alice Filippi	....	set production assistant
Maria Fiorito	....	production accountant
Chiara Fregoso	....	production secretary
William J. Fulco	....	consultant: theology and aramaic (as Professor William Fulco)
Driss Gaidi	....	location manager
Alessandro Giuseppini	....	assistant: Ms. Hardwicke
Dionne Gordon	....	assistant: Ms. Hardwicke
Pamela B. Green	....	main title producer
Pamela B. Green	....	project manager: titles, PIC (as Pamela Green)
Holly Hagy	....	production coordinator
Souheil Halaoui	....	location manager: second unit
Samir Hawa	....	advisor: Nazareth village
Lesley Hazleton	....	historical advisor
Elek Hendrickson	....	assistant: Mr. Godfrey
Robert S. Hoffman	....	assistant: Catherine Hardwicke (as Rob Hoffman)
Rani Isbanyoli	....	advisor: Nazareth village
Silvie Janculová	....	travel coordinator
Nazha Kajja	....	assistant: Mrs Hardwick
Nazha Kajja	....	production coordinator: second unit
Steve Kesmodel	....	credits administrator
Jerzy Lamirowsky	....	animal wrangler (as Jerzy Lamirowski)
Gianni Marini	....	assistant horse master
Edoardo Martino	....	animal wrangler
Pasquale Martino	....	animal trainer
Norma Marie Mascia	....	production coordinator
Alex Matcham	....	production controller
R.J. Millard	....	unit publicist
Ryan Miningham	....	general assistant
Nata More	....	set production assistant
Myra Moreta	....	assistant: Mychael Danna
Cariddi Nardulli	....	assistant: Mr. Sisti
Umberto Pannacci	....	animal wrangler
Erik Paoletti	....	location manager
Carla Maria Perrina	....	accounting payroll clerk
Pacetti Priscilla	....	set production assistant
Cedric Proust	....	animal trainer
Mohammed Hamza Regragui	....	production assistant: Morocco
Alfredo Scalone	....	animal wrangler
Annalisa Schmid	....	accommodation coordinator
Cristiano Sebastianelli	....	payroll
Laura Sevier	....	rights and clearances
Massimiliano Sisti	....	assistant accountant
Stefania Sisti	....	production secretary
Jesse Springer	....	consultant: visuals and story
Valerio Stano	....	set production assistant
Lora Marie Taylor	....	accountant: client services
Dena Twain	....	assistant: Mr. Bowen
Jarik Van Sluijs	....	title designer
Lorenzo Verderame	....	advisor: ancient astronomy
Alex Wayaffe	....	assistant: Mr. Bowen
Wanda Zaccaro	....	assistant to actress

Production Companies

• New Line Cinema
• Sound for Film
• Temple Hill Entertainment

Distributors

• Benelux Film Distribution (2006) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Distribution Company (2006) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Eagle Pictures (2006) (Italy) (theatrical)
• Entertainment Film Distributors (2006) (UK) (theatrical)
• FS Film Oy (2006) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Fox-Warner (2006) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Metropolitan Filmexport (2006) (France) (theatrical)
• New Line Cinema (2006) (USA) (theatrical)
• Time Warner Entertainment Company (2006) (worldwide) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2006) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Argentina Video Home (2007) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Argentina Video Home (2007) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Dutch FilmWorks (DFW) (2007) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Front Row Filmed Entertainment (2006) (United Arab Emirates) (all media) (Middle East)
• Medyavizyon (2007) (Turkey) (all media)
• PlayArte Home Vídeo (2007) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2007) (Germany) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Hammerhead Productions (visual effects)
• Digital Domain (visual effects)
• Digital Dream (visual effects)
• Frantic Films (visual effects)
• yU+Co. (opening visual effects sequence)

Other Companies

• ARRI Rental  additional grip and electric equipment (as ARRI Rental-Munich)
• Air Lyndhurst Studios  choir recorded at (as Air Studios, London)
• Alf Service  lighting balloon
• Awesome Power Worldwide  additional recording
• Biblical Studio Morocco  filming studio
• Capitol Studios  additional recording
• Curb Records  soundtrack
• DeLuxe Laboratories  prints
• Dune Films  production and location services: Morocco
• EFilm  digital intermediate
• Entertainment Clearances  rights and clearances
• Film Production Consultants  fiscal representatives
• Forum Music Village  additional recording (as Forum Music Village Studios, Rome)
• Isobel Griffiths Limited  choir contractor
• Jo Anne Kane Music Services  music preparation (as JoAnn Kane Music Services)
• Legacy Recording Studios  additional recording
• Metro Voices  choir
• New Line Records  soundtrack
• Ocean Way Studios  additional recording (as Ocean Way Recordings)
• PIC Agency  main and end title design (as PIC)
• PIC Agency  titles
• Panalight  camera: grip and electric equipment (as Panalight-Roma)
• Panavision UK  camera: grip and electric equipment (as Panavision-London)
• Salon  editing equipment
• Silva Screen Records  soundtrack
• Sony Pictures Studios  post-production sound services (as Sony Pictures)
• Sony Pictures Studios  score recorded and mixed at
• Technicolor  color
• Tirelli Costumi  costumes by
• Todd-AO Studios  adr recorded at
• Warner Bros. Records  soundtrack
• Winchester Cathedral  boy sopranos (as Winchester Cathedral, London)
• Zoo Grunwald  animals provided by
• yU+Co.  titles

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MPAA:

Rated PG for some violent content

Runtime:

101 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | SDDS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:PG (certificate #43084) | UK:PG | Ireland:PG | Singapore:PG | Netherlands:MG6 | Finland:K-7 | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | Norway:7 | Argentina:Atp | Hong Kong:I | Australia:PG | Sweden:Btl | Portugal:M/6 | South Korea:All | Peru:PT | Denmark:7 | Canada:G (Ontario/Quebec) | Canada:PG (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Nova Scotia) | South Africa:PG | France:U

Filming Locations:

Cinecittà Studios, Cinecittà, Rome, Lazio, Italy

Company:

New Line Cinema

Trivia:

By the time New Line had agreed to finance the film, several other studios had similar nativity scripts under review, so the film was rushed to production for a Christmas 2006 release date, thereby eliminating competition.

Goofs:

Anachronisms: The movie shows a field of maize-corn in a Nazareth farming scene. Maize-corn is native to Mesoamerica. It was grown only in the Americas until the late 15th century.

Quotes:

Joseph:If I claim this child as mine, it will be lying. I would have broken a law laid down by God.
Mary:I would never ask you to lie.
Joseph:If I say this child is not mine, they will ask what I'm going to do. If I accuse you...
Mary:There is a will for this child greater than my fear of what they may do.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Smagsdommerne: Episode #4.18" (2006)

Soundtrack:

In Rosa Vernat Lilium

nice and simple

I hadn't planned on seeing the movie after work today. It was a last minute thing. I had no preconceived notions and had read no reviews. For my family it was a nice and simple rendering of the story that is celebrated by Christians this time of year. It's a story that I am very familiar with, but the portrayal connected a few dots that I hadn't gotten after hearing the story all of these years.

For all of you who have a difficult time getting into the proper Christmas mood, this might help you get separated from the hustle and bustle of shopping madness. It did for me and will be a must see at Christmas time each and every year.