Constantine's Sword (2007)

User Rating:

6.9/10   

Director:

Oren Jacoby

Writers:

James Carroll (writer)
Oren Jacoby (writer)

Release Date:

18 April 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Documentary

Plot:

An exploration of the dark side of Christianity, following acclaimed author and former priest James Carroll on a journey of remembrance and reckoning. |

Cast

Liev Schreiber	...	Constantine (voice)
Philip Bosco	...	Gian Pietro Caraffa (voice) (as Phillip Bosco)
Natasha Richardson	...	Edith Stein (voice)
Eli Wallach	...	Piero Terracina (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
James Carroll	...	Himself
Ted Haggard	...	Himself
Gary Hart	...	Himself
Dr. Kristen Leslie	...	Herself
Monica Limentani	...	Herself
Peter Mazur	...	Himself
Jarek Mensfeld	...	Himself - Auschwitz-Birkenau Guide
Melinda Morton	...	Herself - Former Air Force Academy Chaplain
Dr. Reiner Nolden	...	Himself
Stan Obirek	...	Himself (as Father Stan Obirek)
Elaine Pagels	...	Herself - Biblical Scholar
Brent Parsley	...	Himself - Youth Pastor
John Pawlikowski	...	Himself
Piero Terracina	...	Himself
Amanda Weinstein	...	Herself
Casey Weinstein	...	Himself
Mikey Weinstein	...	Himself
Leon Wieseltier	...	Himself
Tullia Zevi	...	Herself

Directed by
Oren Jacoby

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
James Carroll		writer
Oren Jacoby		writer

Produced by
James Carroll	....	producer
Donald Cutler	....	co-producer: Prologue Prods.
Raffaella Di Giulio	....	field producer: Rome (as Fafaella Di Giulio)
Leslie Friedman	....	associate producer
Julie Gautier-Holt	....	field producer: Colorado
Charlotte Gladstone	....	associate producer
Oren Jacoby	....	producer
Ivette Löcker	....	field producer: Germany
Alexandra Salomon	....	field producer: Rome
Elgin Smith	....	supervising producer
Michael Solomon	....	producer
Betsy West	....	producer

Original Music by
Joel Goodman

Cinematography by
Bob Richman
Robert Richman

Film Editing by
Kate Hirson

Sound Department
Rob Daly	....	sound effects editor
Richard Fairbanks	....	sound re-recording mixer
Richard Fairbanks	....	supervising sound editor
Jeremy Goldsmith	....	sound engineer
Peter J. Miller	....	additional sound
Edward O'Connor	....	sound recordist (as Edward L. O'Connor)
Roger Phenix	....	additional sound
Juan Rodriguez	....	additional sound
Brian Vancho	....	foley artist

Visual Effects by
Brian Oakes	....	title sequence and motion graphics

Camera and Electrical Department
Paola Barbaglia	....	first assistant camera: Italy
John Bourbonais	....	first assistant camera: Colorado
Nikole Erksmeier	....	first assistant camera: Germany (as Nicole Erksmeier)
Max Fischer	....	steadicam operator: Washington, D.C.
Wolfgang Held	....	additional photographer
Oren Jacoby	....	additional photographer
Piotr Jagninski	....	gaffer: New York (as Piotr 'Ski' Jagninski)
Pawel Kajszczek	....	first assistant camera: Poland (as Pawel Kajszczak)
Paul Kaye	....	gaffer: New York
Grzegorz Kuleta	....	grip: Poland
Gillian MacBride	....	grip: Italy
Mike 'Electric' Mervilde Jr.	....	gaffer: New York (as Mike 'Electric' Mervilde)
Smokey Nelson	....	gaffer: New York
Enrico Pergolini	....	additional photographer
Claudia Raschke	....	additional photographer (as Claudia Raschke-Robinson)
Elgin Smith	....	additional photographer
Michael Solomon	....	additional photographer
Joia Speciale	....	first assistant camera: New York
Hossein Taheri	....	grip: Italy
Brett Walters	....	first assistant camera: New York
Mike Wilson	....	grip: Washington, D.C.
Jeremy Wocker	....	first assistant camera: Colorado

Editorial Department
Will Cox	....	colorist
Will Cox	....	on-line editor
Carter Gunn	....	on-line assistant
Sandy Patch	....	on-line assistant
Elgin Smith	....	additional editor

Transportation Department
Andrzej Durman	....	driver: Poland
Helge Jansen	....	driver: Germany

Other crew
Aleksandra Adamowicz	....	fixer: Poland
Marc Aidinoff	....	intern
Juan Berrera	....	production assistant: Colorado
Patrick Carroll	....	intern (as Patrick Marshall Carroll)
Nicola Di Giulio	....	production assistant: Italy
Robert Freedman	....	legal counsel (as Robert I. Freedman)
Brigitte Hillebrecht	....	translator: Germany
Katherine Hindley	....	researcher
Wojtek Janiszewski	....	production assistant: Poland
Frantz Jasmin	....	production assistant: New York (as Frantz Jasmine)
Jordan Leland	....	intern
Angela McDowell	....	intern
Jamie Meyer	....	production assistant: New York
Fulvio Pannese	....	production assistant: Italy
Lionel Perez	....	production assistant: New York
Natalie Picoe	....	licensing
Julie Rubenstein	....	intern
Amy Schewel	....	archival supervisor
Maria Skapska	....	fixer: Poland
Matt Vascellaro	....	intern
Joshua Weinberg	....	production assistant: Colorado
Jeffrey Yoskowitz	....	intern
Raffaella Di Giulio	....	production coordinator (uncredited)

Thanks
Aureliano Amadei	....	special thanks
Smith Bagley	....	very special thanks
Jens Baumeister	....	special thanks
Dr. Barbara Becker-Jackli	....	special thanks
Oded Ben Hur	....	special thanks
Amy Binder	....	very special thanks
Mary Boys	....	special thanks
Keith Brace	....	special thanks
Peter Broderick	....	special thanks
Trish Brush-Krums	....	special thanks (as Trish Brush)
Patrick Carroll	....	special thanks (as Patrick Marshall Carroll)
Mary Daly	....	special thanks
Arnold Delin	....	very special thanks
Serdar Demir	....	special thanks
Kelly Dougherty	....	special thanks
Irvin Ehrlich	....	special thanks (as Rabbi Irvin Ehrlich)
Alan Epstein	....	special thanks
Theresa Fagan	....	special thanks
Barry Fagin	....	special thanks
Michelle Fagin	....	special thanks
Marjorie Federbush	....	special thanks
Elizabeth Fineron	....	special thanks
Michael Fitzgerald	....	special thanks (as Archbishop Michael Fitzgerald)
Erin Fitzpatrick	....	special thanks
Abraham Foxman	....	special thanks (as Abe Foxman)
R. William Franklin	....	special thanks (as Rev. R. William Franklin)
Elizabeth Frawley Bagley	....	very special thanks
Howard Ganek	....	very special thanks
Konstanty Gebert	....	special thanks
Marty Granoff	....	very special thanks
Perry Granoff	....	very special thanks
Eugene M. Grant	....	very special thanks
Alex Gross	....	special thanks
Martin Gross	....	very special thanks
Richard Haass	....	special thanks
Anne Harrison	....	special thanks
Dean Heinz Heckwolf	....	special thanks
Monica Herrera	....	special thanks
Willy Holtzman	....	special thanks
Eric Horowitz	....	special thanks
Ashley Hubbard	....	special thanks
Patricia Huhn	....	special thanks
Jane Jacoby	....	special thanks
Ann Kaplan	....	very special thanks
Caroline Kaplan	....	special thanks
Christoph Klinkhammer	....	special thanks
Stanislaw Krajewski	....	special thanks
Ron Kronish	....	special thanks
Tomasz Kuncewicz	....	special thanks
Agnieszka Legutko-Olownia	....	special thanks
Abraham Lehrer	....	special thanks
Thomas Lennon	....	special thanks
Glen Lewy	....	very special thanks
Daniel A. Madigan	....	special thanks
Janusz Makuch	....	special thanks
Mario Marazziti	....	special thanks
Alexandra Marshall	....	special thanks
Carlo M. Martini	....	special thanks (as Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini)
Matthew Mazur	....	special thanks
Susan Mercandetti	....	special thanks
James Parks Morton	....	special thanks (as Rev. James Parks Morton)
Robin Neustein	....	very special thanks
Harold Newman	....	very special thanks
Samuel Norich	....	special thanks
Petrus Novak	....	special thanks (as Father Petrus Novak)
Padraic O'Hare	....	special thanks
Thomas P. O'Neill III	....	very special thanks
Anna Orla-Bukowski	....	special thanks
Trevor Pears	....	very special thanks
Michael Posner	....	special thanks
Andreas Rademachers	....	special thanks
Theodore Randles	....	special thanks
Timothy Robbins	....	special thanks
Horst Roehler	....	special thanks
Werner Rössel	....	special thanks (as Father Werner Rössel)
Alessandro Ruben	....	special thanks
Oren Rudavsky	....	special thanks
Giacomo Saban	....	special thanks
Julie Salander	....	very special thanks
Lawrence Salander	....	very special thanks
Chris Schwartz	....	special thanks
Fred Schwartz	....	special thanks
Cheryl S. Scott	....	very special thanks
Myrna Shinbaum	....	special thanks
Kathy Sloane	....	very special thanks
Peter Sprunger-Froese	....	special thanks
Stephanie Steiker	....	special thanks
Wendy Strothman	....	special thanks
Marion Lear Swaybill	....	special thanks (as Marion Swaybill)
Theresa Swiebodska	....	special thanks
Steven Tabakin	....	special thanks
Eric Verlo	....	special thanks
Bonnie Weinstein	....	special thanks
Curtis Weinstein	....	special thanks
Pam Zubeck	....	special thanks
Susan Zucotti	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Storyville Films

Distributors

• First Run Features (2008) (USA) (theatrical)

Runtime:

93 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Filming Locations:

Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA

Company:

Storyville Films

Movie Connections:

Features "Today" (1952)

Soundtrack:

Knockin' on Heaven's Door

I loved this documentary

I loved this documentary. I think, though, this film is playing to the choir and should be seen by those who really need to see it. May I suggest offering it for sale at the Air Force Academy and anywhere where fundamentalist religiosity in its extreme has us by our throats influencing Washington policy. It is an existential threat to our existence as a free republic and certainly a threat to our founders determination to keep religion and state forever separate. The cross in the form of a sword as James Carroll has said, has meant death to millions and continues to morph itself into different forms which still mean murder. I love ALL of James Carroll's work. He speaks for us. Run do not walk to see this film.