The Gospel of John (film)
| The Gospel of John | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Philip Saville |
| Produced by | Garth Drabinsky Chris Chrisafis |
| Written by | John Goldsmith |
| Narrated by | Christopher Plummer |
| Starring | Henry Ian Cusick |
| Music by | Jeff Danna |
| Cinematography | Mirosław Baszak |
| Editing by | Michel Archand |
| Distributed by | Visual Bible International THINKFilm |
| Release date(s) | September 26, 2003 |
| Running time | 180 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom Canada United States |
| Language | English |
The Gospel of John is a 2003 film that is the story of Jesus' life as recounted by the Gospel of John. It is a motion picture that has been adapted for the screen on a word-for-word basis from the American Bible Society's Good News Bible. This three-hour epic feature film follows John's Gospel precisely, without additions to the story from other Gospels, nor omission of complex passages.
This film was created by a constituency of artists from Canada and the United Kingdom, along with academic and theological consultants from around the world. The cast was selected primarily from the Stratford Shakespeare Festival and Soulpepper Theatre Company, as well as Britain's Royal Shakespeare Company and Royal National Theatre. The musical score, composed by Jeff Danna and created for the film, is partially based on the music of the Biblical period. The film was produced by Visual Bible International.
The film is narrated by Christopher Plummer and stars Scottish-Peruvian actor Henry Ian Cusick as Jesus. Others cast include British actors Stuart Bunce (John), Richard Lintern (Leading Pharisee) Scott Handy (John the Baptist), Lynsey Baxter (Mary Magdalene), and Canadian actors Diego Matamoros (Nicodemus), Stephen Russell (Pontius Pilate), Daniel Kash (Simon Peter), Cedric Smith (Caiaphas) and Nancy Palk (Samaritan Woman).
The film was directed by Philip Saville and co-produced by Canadian producer Garth Drabinsky and British producer Chris Chrisafis.
Executive producers were Sandy Pearl, Joel B. Michaels, Myron Gottlieb and Martin Katz.
Also involved were screenwriter John Goldsmith, production designer Don Taylor, sound mixer David Lee, makeup artist Trefor Proud, costume designer Debra Hanson, and director of photography and film editors Miroslaw Baszak and Michel Arcand.
The filming production was shot in Toronto, Ontario and Andalucia, Spain.
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[edit] Website History
The domain name www.gospelofjohnthefilm.com, which is advertised in the end credits,[1] was registered to a Toronto based company called Visual Bible International Inc. As of January 12, 2012 now redirects to another site that says it is for sale; the WHOIS look up says the site is not available.[2] On 11 April 2005 the domain's website content was titled Gospel of John The Film and had at least one url titled Play Trailer,[3] which redirected to a flash based website hosted by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Inc and was titled The Gospel of John - Official Website.[4] Between the afformentioned 11 April and 12 September 2005 editions, the website's format was changed. The 12 September edition's content clearly promoted a 2 disc set "Gospel of John DVD", a "Gospel of John Ministry Edition", a url link to www.disney.video.go.com and an email address ending with the domain name visualbible.com.[5] The current website, www.visualbible.com, contains similar content and an identical format to 12 September 2005 edition, which promote the major motion picture "The Gospel of John".
By 24 June 2006 and 4 August 2006 the website content changed again. This time however, there was promotional content for a company called Great Gulf Group Limited.[6][7]
Less than 10 days later, by 13 August 2006 the website was back to promoting content for a "2 Disc Set" which "includes the Never-Before-Seen 2-Hour version and the original theatrical version of the film." of the motion picture film.[8] A little less than a year later, on 26 June 2007, the website content was still similar to that of on the date of 13 August 2006.[9] [10]
[edit] References
- ^ The Gospel of John (film). End Credits.
- ^ "WHOIS Lookup". Whois.com Pte Ltd.. Accessed 11 August 2009.
- ^ "Gospel of John The Film", Visual Bible International Inc., 13 Aug. 2006, Republished by the Internet Archive. Accessed 11 Aug. 2009.
- ^ "The Gospel of John - Official Website", Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Inc., 4 April 2005, Republished by the Internet Archive. Accessed 11 Aug. 2009.
- ^ "Gospel of John The Film" Visual Bible International Inc., 12 September 2005, Republished by the Internet Archive. Accessed 11 Aug. 2009.
- ^ "Gulf Homes", Great Gulf Group Limited, 24 June 2006, Republished by the Internet Archive. Accessed 11 Aug. 2009.
- ^ "Great Gulf Homes", Great Gulf Group Limited, 4 Aug. 2006, Republished by the Internet Archive. Accessed 11 Aug. 2009.
- ^ "Gospel of John The Film", Visual Bible International Inc., 13 Aug. 2006, Republished by the Internet Archive. Accessed 11 Aug. 2009.
- ^ "Gospel of John The Film", Visual Bible International Inc., 26 June 2006, Republished by the Internet Archive. Accessed 11 Aug. 2009.
- ^ For more history of this website please search for gospelofjohnthefilm.com at the Internet Archive.
