The Last Temptation Of Christ
Summary:
Willem Dafoe plays Jesus Christ in this extraordinarily controversial adaptation of Nikos Kazantzakis's novel. The film depicts a sometimes reluctant, self-doubting Jesus, gradually coming to accept His divinity and the inexorability of His ultimate fate. The much-maligned sex scene with Mary Magdalene (Barbara Hershey) occurs as an hallucination experienced by Jesus}... Full Summary >>
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Cast:
Willem Dafoe - (Jesus Christ)
Harvey Keitel - (Judas Iscariot)
Barbara Hershey - (Mary Magdalene)
Harry Dean Stanton - (Saul)
Harry Dean Stanton - (Paul)
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Review:
Canceled in 1983, finally made in 1987, and embroiled in controversy, Martin Scorsese's adaptation of Nikos Kazantzakis' -The Last Temptation of Christ (1988) is the ultimate labor of love and a singularly thought-provoking take on the life of Jesus. Though fundamentalists loudly protested a brief scene featuring Willem Dafoe's Christ... Continue >>
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