Jesus, a humble Judean carpenter beginning to see that he is the son of God, is drawn into revolutionary action against the Roman occupiers by Judas -- despite his protestations that love, not violence, is the path to salvation. The burden of being the savior of mankind torments Jesus throughout his life, leading him to doubt.
Willem Dafoe | Jesus | |
Harvey Keitel | Judas | |
Paul Greco | Zealot | |
Steve Shill | Centurian | |
Verna Bloom | Mary / Mother of Jesus | |
Barbara Hershey | Mary Magdalene | |
Roberts Blossom | Aged Master | |
Barry Miller | Jeroboam | |
Gary Basaraba | Andrew / Apostle | |
Irvin Kershner | Zebedee | |
Victor Argo | Peter / Apostle | |
Michael Been | John / Apostle | |
Paul Herman | Phillip / Apostle | |
John Lurie | James / Apostle | |
Leo Burmester | Nathaniel / Apostle | |
Andre Gregory | John The Baptist | |
Peggy Gormley | Martha / Sister of Lazarus | |
Randy Danson | Mary / Sister of Lazarus | |
Robert Spafford | Man At Wedding | |
Doris von Thury | Woman with Mary / Mother of Jesus | |
Tomas Arana | Lazarus | |
Alan Rosenberg | Thomas / Apostle | |
Del Russel | Money Changer | |
Nehemiah Persoff | Rabbi | |
Donald Hodson | Saducee |
Director | Martin Scorsese | |
Writer | Nikos Kazantzakis, Paul Schrader | |
Producer | Barbara De Fina, Harry J. Ufland | |
Musician | Peter Gabriel | |
Photography | Michael Ballhaus |
Quantity | 1 |
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Seen | |
Added Date | May 05, 2024 15:29:59 |
Modified Date | Jun 25, 2024 17:04:34 |
Screen Ratios | Widescreen (1.85:1) |
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Audio Tracks | DTS [English] DTS-HD HR 5.1 [English] |
Subtitles | English |
Distributor | The Criterion Collection |
Layers | Single side, Dual layer |
The Last Temptation of Christ, by Martin Scorsese, is a towering achievement. Though it initially engendered enormous controversy, the film can now be viewed as the remarkable, profoundly personal work of faith that it is. This fifteen-year labor of love, an adaptation of Nikos Kazantzakis’s landmark novel that imagines an alternate fate for Jesus Christ, features outstanding performances by Willem Dafoe, Barbara Hershey, Harvey Keitel, Harry Dean Stanton, and David Bowie; bold cinematography by the great Michael Ballhaus; and a transcendent score by Peter Gabriel.
New, restored high-definition digital transfer, supervised and approved by cinematographer Michael Ballhaus and editor Thelma Schoonmaker, with a 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack by supervising sound editor Skip Lievsay
Audio commentary featuring director Martin Scorsese, actor Willem Dafoe, and writers Paul Schrader and Jay Cocks
Galleries of production stills, research materials, and costume designs
Location production footage shot by Scorsese
Interview with composer Peter Gabriel, with a stills gallery of traditional instruments used in the score
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
PLUS: A new essay by film critic David Ehrenstein
New cover by Gordon Reynolds and Eva Wah