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©2006
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2 videodiscs (101 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
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Release of the 2006 motion picture
A vision -- Mary of Nazareth -- King Herod's collection -- The prophecy -- Marriage to Joseph -- A child through the Holy Spirit -- Mary visits Elizabeth -- Birth of John -- The three Wise Men journey -- Mary returns home -- Joseph's dream -- The census -- To Bethlehem -- The perilous journey -- The holy city -- Herod and the Wise Men -- Finding shelter -- The birth of Jesus -- Three gifts -- Escape to Egypt
Begins with the slaughter of Bethlehem's innocents under orders from a paranoid King Herod. Go back a year to the prophecy that informs Zechariah that his wife, Elizabeth, will bear a child. Elizabeth's cousin, the adolescent Mary, struggles with her family to make ends meet and is promised to the carpenter Joseph. Mary is told by the angel Gabriel that she will carry, while still a virgin, the long-awaited Messiah who will liberate the Jews from Herod and his Roman benefactors. Joseph and Mary travel to Bethlehem. Three Magi spend months crossing the desert trying to rendezvous with some point below the convergence of three heavenly bodies in the night sky. Friendship and trust emerges between Mary and Joseph after he is told in a dream that she speaks truthfully about her miraculous pregnancy
Director of photography, Elliot Davis ; editor, Robert K. Lambert ; music, Mychael Danna ; costume designer, Maurizio Millenotti ; production designer, Stefano Maria Ortolani
Keisha Castle-Hughes, Oscar Isaac, Hiam Abbass, Shaun Toub, Ciarán Hinds, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Stanley Townsend, Emilia Fortunato, Alexander Siddig
MPAA rating: PG; for some violent content
Blu-ray ; 1080p high definition, widescreen (2.4:1) ; DTS-HD Master audio 5.1, Dolby digital 2.0
DVD ; region 1 ; widescreen (2.35:1) and full screen (1.33:1) presentations ; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo., surround
English dialogue, optional English or Spanish subtitles; subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing
Dove Foundation Film Advisory Board Award winner