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Entertainment
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The YJ Friday Feb. 27T 2004 Page 14
Movie Times
50 Hrst Dales (PG-13)
I hour cind 5 A minutes
I2:-I() p.m. 2:50 p.m. 5:15
p.m. 7:30 p.m. 9:45 p.m.
The Passion
off he Christ (R)
J hours and 8 m inul.es
M Hlu.m. 2 p.m. 4:30
l m. 7 p.m. 8:30 p.m.
Welcome to
Moosepovi (PG-13)
' hours and 6 minutes
1 1 -50 .i.mv 2:20 p.m. 4:45
p m. 7:10 p.m. 9:30 p.m.
Confessions of a Teenage
Drama Queen (PG)
I hour cind 41 minutes
12:50 p.m. 3:05 p.m. 5:10
p.m. 7:25 p.m. 9.35 p.m.
Dirty Dancing 2:
Havana Nights (PG-13)
1 hour eincl 42 minutes
12:45 p.m. 2:50 p.m. 4:55
p.m. 7 p.m. 9:20 p.m.
Twisted (R)
1 hour cnd 2 minutes
12:15 p.m. 2:45 p.m. 5:05
r m. 7.25 p.m. 945 p.m.
Miracle (PG-13)
' hnnm cind 30 minutes
1 (.) p.m. 3:15 p.m. 6
p.m. 8:45 p.m.
Euro i rip (R)
I hour and 47 minutes
12:55 p.m. 3 p.m. 5: J 5
p mv 7:20 p.m. 9:40 p.m.
The Passion of the Christ:
Provocative and beautiful
Uy D.ive Norvcll
"i I I nlorUiiiitiieiit Reportei
I MM. I want Id stale lli.il
llii-ro is no way ili.it this leview
ol I lio Passion dl I ho C'hnsl
will iiinii; actoss ohcclively
so miii will have hate with iik
I will git .ill ol the ledum il
stllll oni ol the wav Insi I
li.iu liss to say about tli.il .il t v
ui
I lie nun io is .1 depiction
ol ilk' List twelve lioins ol
losiis lilo Ilk' movie stalls in
tin e.iidcii ol Gilhsim iik. .mil
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li i l" ic.ul tins slmv 111 (ho loin
"ospds .Hill lll.lt Is llOIII while
k I Gibson takes his snipt
bin no oik' 1 including iik I c in
Ik ptcpaicd lot this
Ilk lIllCltl.ltOL'lapllV Is
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IX spite Ilk uolciki Hid uiiii
tins movie is Ih.hiIiIiiI Ilk
slow motion p. ins .ind slop
klion nils add to Ilk p 11c .mil
In I ol ilk' tnov 11 ( ulisoii
unploys sonk .iilislk lin'iis
hut Ilk' movie in in opinion
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Director and producer Mel Gibson discusses the next shot with actors and production
stnlf during the filming of "The Passion of the Christ."
Miinii 1 H tins 1 I Nl.itr i veils ago hut I believe tins lo
KiMilnitoiisi uIid plis ln ho line lo dod's woid
M ii l id us im 1 .1 stiom-pci ddiessinu .11111 Semitic
loini inn .kins iiions. it 1 hoi 11 again
( inns have s.inl ill it tins Clinsii.in 1. in sit ihiough tins
nioMi is 100 Molcnt. lh.it it is movie and see the nails driven
inisini ihli lot puiple in watch into ( hnsi's b.inils iiid Icet.
.mil lli.it it will nk He .inn sec him hc.itcn .ind led .ins
Si until seniiiik'nis Xes this limit: but guilt lor their own
miiMc is indeed h.iish II is sins and teliel lor the lorgive-
vciv 10lenl .mil goiv hut so ncss ih.it c .11110 liom Ills de.itli.
w.is ksiis de.itli acioidmg to then I will st.ind .un.ied
wli.il we 1 in 1 c.id in the As Gibson suited last
I'ospels Uioidmg lo Inston week in Ins mleiview with
oil timiiin iiinii .ind (he winds Diane Saw vol. "Il is not .ihout
ol tin liibli. this is the most pointing the I nice is II s not
.il c in iti poili.iMil ol Jesus' .ihoul playing the lil.ime game
di lib il It's .ihout Until hope line .iik!
In the 11101 ic Roman loigiveness II is leahly lor
miinoi I'oiuin 1'il.ile isks me I believe lli.it I li.uo lo
I nitli Wlni is iiulh' Mils I 01 my own s.ikc. so I c.111
iiiovh niM'lit not hi exactly hope so I 1111 ho.' .mil. "It's
hit Inpp ind two Iboiis.ind .ihoul Chtisl's s.kiiluc" llus
continues to ho .1 true suite
mont altet lowing the movie
A host ol unsavory
things cut he s.ud about this
inoMC. but C'hrisiians hac to
I .ice the ugliness to mil) 1e.1l-
10 the extent ol Chnsi's s.icii
f ice lot lis. In that icahatioii is
the understanding that this
movie and this story is heauli-
t it I It is what changed my lilo
and has cltangod countless oth-
ers Il is a love sloiy about a
God that loved us so much that
he willingly let His son cnduic"
all ol those brutal things lot us
He is our icplacoinont. Ho paid
the price Amidst the violence
and brutality is also louiid
peace and lorgiveness We
1 1111I these things in tlueo
wotds. "II IS A('( ()l-I'USIIII)"
Cast and crew
Jesus Christ:
James Caviezel
Mary:
Maia Morgenstern
Mary Magdalono:
Monica Bellucci
I
' Satan:
Rosalinda Colentano
Gosmas:
Francesco Cabras
Pilatus
Ivano Marescotti
Pilatus Wife:
Claudia Germi
Dismns:
Sergio Rubini
John:
Hristo Jiukov
Scteenplay:
Benedict Fitzgerald
Mel Gibson
Produced:
Bruce Davey
producer
Mel Gibson
producer
Stephen McEveety
producer
Enzo Sisti
line producer
Cinematography:
Caleb Deschanel
Casting:
Shaila Rubin
Production Design:
Francesco Frigeri
Set Decoration:
Carlo Gervasi
Costume Design:
Maurizio Millenotti
Interview lends clues to Gibson's 'Passion'
By D.ivc Norvcll
1 1 I nb lUiuiiiii'iil Ki pintor
II yui have he.ud the wind
I 1 ii 11 ' in the pist liw weeks you
It iv '1 ml both 1 n inn .ind 1 wiilm
v 1 I In 11 1111 1 N K I ' 11I n unl
thocoulioiii is iim.1 llic inn k I lie
I'll ion ol ( linsl winch GiliM 11 pin
diked and diluted Mali) intiiisl
L'loup. have claimed that the movie is
.mil Siiiitlk Also ihcio .lie claims
tii.it tin movie is way too griiesonii
and ol ( oursc. theio ate mien sis into
whv Mil Gibson has inliicil in siiih
.111 elide not Gibson ul In - d iln 1
and 111.u1 othei issiii on Imsdiy
I'ob Id ill a loloMscd mleivicw with
Uiano Sawyer on "I'llinc lime Live "
In our nation Ihcio ate always
people and interest groups who .110
seel nig 10 luict controversy m ecr-
Ihin!' Il is no surprise that they all
jumped on a movie alioiit the death ol
Jesus C'litist I he 111 1111 l'loup 'o take
the loii'lionl in this 1 ise in iikinhns
ol I lie lewiih eoiiuuiiiiu I In 11 mi
ttal allegations that the movie was
and Semitic are due lo the fad that
tin I licit ili';'edl inikis lews nut to
Ik hloodllitislN iildell loi tin 11 pail
III tin di lib ol Ullist
III icsponsc lo these .ilk cations
Gib on aid 'No ol eouisi not And
bin s the olliei tiling I 01 me it gois
1" mist ilk tin 'Is ol ni I nth to hi
1.11 s in an loim lo be .inti Seinilie
is 1 sin One I'.ipal ( oiiuiil has 1011
ileiillied II I beie s encyilii.ils 011 it
which is you know lo he .nil 1
Scuulii is lo be 1111 ( lit isti.ni and I in
not
Mtei main lewisb leuleis
1 n' 11 inn nl ilu m i 11 ilk
ml lb it in I kl Ilk mm n was not
mil Semitic hut that it had the pnlcn
Hal lo etkouiago ill Icelings tow.mls
Jews
Gibson said III. H ho bchcHos
that this will not he the ease and slat
od that "Il is not about pointing the
linens It's not about plaiug the
bl 1111 game It ihoul I nth hope
love and loigivetiess II 1. icihty loi
m I hi In c that I have lo I 01 my
own sake so I can hope so I can
live' and "It's about Ghost's sacrt
lice
Gibson also ipl mini his u 1
sons lot piodiiiing siiih 1 nilenl
account ol Jesus de lib He told
Sawyer. ' I w inled it to In slioekinu
And I also wanted it to In 1 xlu me I
wauled 11 lo iiish tin n vui oii ilk
edge And It does that I llunl it push
cs one ovoi the edge So ilniihisio
the cikii nuts llic eiioiiiul) ol that
saeiiltee to see III it someone could
chduic that and still come bid. with
love and loigiicniss ien llnoiigli
exticnie p 1111 m aillt 1 mr unl
iidkiile
Veiy kw ( luisli ins and iio
pie in gciieial klu.ill n.ilii the
haishncss ol eiucilixion Min nous
in today's chinches .110 poiln unl
euphemistic with an emaciated bust
hanging his head while Itanslixid on
a cross Hits vision is lai liom 10.1I1
IV Gibson's movie shows how Jesus
was beaten whipped mil nioikid
until lie ic idled llic lull ol ( dial)
whoic ho was hiiilallv nailed to the
cioss
In regard to his own behcls
Gibson stated some piolound themes
ol ( luistiauil). which is a gteat vielo
iv loi ( IimsIi.iiis today I llimk wo
would all agicc that it is about time
that someone in Hollywood stood up
loi then I. nib in C'litist
Going hack lo the issue ol who
was to blame loi llic death ol C'litist
Gibson pioloiindly stated ' llic lug
answci is wo all did I'll lie lirsl in
the culpability slakes here you
know "
In leg. ml 10 his own Until
Gibson icl.iled llic stoiy ol how 11 the
height ol his i.iicci he was hopeless
ly lost 111 addiction and oven thought
ol suicide In coming to the cud ol Ins
own attempts he said "I think i just
lut my knees " Ho says that Ins ln.ils
lie I pet I lo hung him hack to an inti-
mate iclaliouship with God 'Tain is
the piccutsor to change which is
gieal" Gibson said ol Ins experi-
ences 'lint's the good news"
Among othoi piolound and
nicinoiablc iuolcs wcic Gibson's
quoting ol sciipltue "Jesus Gluts!
was beaten lor out uniuilios. Ho was
wounded lor our Hansgicssions and
lis his wounds we .lie healed I hat's
the point ol the lihn "
Gibson pioloiindly and sur-
prisingly intelligently delended
Ills movie and l.utli in this interview
and 111 my opinion the man should be
applauded Not only lot pioduuug a
inov ic that may Iv the gie.iiost tool ol
witnessing litis gciiciaiion or any
other has soon hut lor the tact that lie
ovoreaine such gioat obstacles to etc
ale tins movie both liom outside
souteos and in his own hie
llic Passion ol C linsl was
released to llioaleis on Wednesday I
oncotuago you 10 sec il
I believe that tins movie will
show us .111 account ol the death ol
Christ tli.it will demand .1 response
I ron 1 us It will be dillicitli lo watch
and deal with but is an experience
thai I strongly wish each and every
heliovct available should sec llus
movie is going lo change lives
Qnote hiki 11 Imm CNN inn
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