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Corpus Christi: Playing with Redemption

  • 2012
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 15m
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2.9/10
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Corpus Christi: Playing with Redemption (2012)
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Inspired by Terrence McNally's Passion Play told through the lens of a young gay Jesus, Corpus Christi: Playing with Redemption follows a group of actors who began production on the play sev... Read allInspired by Terrence McNally's Passion Play told through the lens of a young gay Jesus, Corpus Christi: Playing with Redemption follows a group of actors who began production on the play seven years ago in a small church. Within months they suddenly found themselves thrust in the... Read allInspired by Terrence McNally's Passion Play told through the lens of a young gay Jesus, Corpus Christi: Playing with Redemption follows a group of actors who began production on the play seven years ago in a small church. Within months they suddenly found themselves thrust in the world spotlight touring to international acclaim. The documentary follows the troupe and ... Read all

  • Directors
    • Nic Arnzen
    • James Brandon
  • Writers
    • Nic Arnzen
    • James Brandon
    • Terrence McNally
  • Stars
    • Jeanene Ambler
    • Nic Arnzen
    • Nicotongia Arnzen-Samoa
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  • IMDb RATING
    2.9/10
    457
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    • Directors
      • Nic Arnzen
      • James Brandon
    • Writers
      • Nic Arnzen
      • James Brandon
      • Terrence McNally
    • Stars
      • Jeanene Ambler
      • Nic Arnzen
      • Nicotongia Arnzen-Samoa
    • 22User reviews
    • 1Critic review
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    Sheilagh Brooks
    • James the Less…
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    Elizabeth Cava
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    Norman Lear
    Norman Lear
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    Terrence McNally
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    Matthew Montgomery
    Matthew Montgomery
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      • Nic Arnzen
      • James Brandon
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      • Nic Arnzen
      • James Brandon
      • Terrence McNally
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    1jeniask

    Genesis 19-- the rest of the story

    It is true that God said he'd spare 50 righteous people IF there were that many. Apparently Abraham knew better because he talked God down to 10 people. Whoever has ACTUALLY read the story would know that Sodom and Gomorrah WAS destroyed because only four nearly escaped the same distribution of the towns. I say nearly because Lot's wife was one of the four, however God said leave and don't look back. She looked back, and since God is true to his word he destroyed her as well by turning her info a pillar of salt. God does love and he shows that to those who truly believe in him. This movie is an abomination to God, it represents something he hates!! True Christians would know that. He's not just a thing to believe in, but he's to be obeyed. Read Romans chapter 1. People, you must realize that the Bible is not written based on verse by vesre, but by stories of real life events and words to live by. Not pick and choose what verse works for you today!! Pray about things before you put your trust in it. I'm morn for those who don't see through the devil's games. Just believing there is a God will NOT get you into heaven. God is very precise with details, look at the exact instructions of the ark, the Tabernacle, the clothes the high priest wore. Don't be fooled into thinking salvation isn't just as precise!! Seek the truth!! And to answer your question, no I do not think I'm holier than everyone, but I do live every moment hoping I'm not leaving God out. And I strive to keep the Holy Ghost within my heart and cry out to God when I know it's not there. I love you and pray for you...
    1airrider16

    Garbage

    A waste of time. I would have rather watched Thor.
    jm10701

    pretty good movie about a pretty bad play

    The problem with this documentary movie is that the play at its center is badly written - so bad that hearing just a few lines of it is enough to make me cringe. People have complained that this movie doesn't show the full play, but I'm grateful it doesn't. I assume they included the best parts, so the rest of it must be even worse.

    I love Terrence McNally very much as a person, but as a writer he's not that good. His writing is pretentious and clumsy, and it never sounds like real human beings talking. If he weren't gay, weren't a very attractive, compassionate and charismatic man, and didn't therefore have an automatic following in the gay community, I think he'd probably have had to spend his life doing something else.

    The bad actors who are putting on the play's 2006 revival in LA don't help any, but the play itself is so leaden and contrived that I don't think ANY actors could bring it to life. What's most disturbing about this movie is not the virulent but oh-so-predictable opposition to it from "Christians" - whose loudest spokespeople are always the stupidest - but the fact that so much energy was wasted on such an embarrassingly bad play. (McNally's claim in this movie - that the opposition from fundamentalist Christians came as a total surprise to him - is not credible. NO one could be that naive.)

    That's too bad, because the concept - a strong and loving gay Jesus - is fantastic. I just wish a more talented playwright would rise to the challenge and give us a play that's WORTH fighting for.
    redmoon-58369

    Wrong on every level!

    Seriously who would watch this or even bother supporting it? Stop shoving gay rights in everyone's faces and leave my God out of it. This is blasphemy, that's all it is. Everyone is so careful not to offend any other religion, so why does it make it ok to always attack Christianity?
    1wzeagler

    This movie should be banned and/or destroyed

    Nothing but an attack on Christianity. Those who read the Bible and that are true Christians will boycott and ban this movie.

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      The film has previewed at various film festivals across the country since 2011 to allow the audience a voice in the filmmaking process, reflecting the substantial role they played in the international touring success of this production.

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    • Release date
      • April 29, 2012 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
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      • English
    • Filming locations
      • Texas, USA
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      1 hour 15 minutes
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