The nativity story

Hardwicke, Catherine, (film director.). Rich, Mike, 1959- (screenwriter.). Godfrey, Wyck, (film producer.). Bowen, Marty, (film producer.). Castle-Hughes, Keisha, 1990- (actor.). Isaac, Oscar, (actor.). Abbass, Hiam, (actor.). Toub, Shaun, (actor.). Hinds, Ciarán, 1953- (actor.). Aghdashloo, Shohreh, 1952- (actor.). Townsend, Stanley, (actor.). Fortunato, Emilia, (actor.). Siddig, Alexander, 1965- (actor.). Danna, Mychael, (composer (expression)). New Line Cinema Corporation, (presenter.). Temple Hill Entertainment (Firm), (production company.). New Line Home Entertainment (Firm), (publisher.). Keisha Castle-Hughes, Oscar Isaac, Hiam Abbass, Shaun Toub, Ciarán Hinds, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Stanley Townsend, Emilia Fortunato, Alexander Siddig. (Cast).

Summary: 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.

Item details

ISBN: 0780656709
ISBN: 9780780656703
Physical Description: videodisc
1 videodisc (101 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Publisher: Burbank, CA : New Line Home Entertainment, [2007]
Copyright: ©2007
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Contents / Notes

General Note:	DVD release of the 2006 motion picture.
Formatted Contents Note:	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.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Director of photography, Elliot Davis ; editor, Robert K. Lambert ; music, Mychael Danna ; costume designer, Maurizio Millenotti ; production designer, Stefano Maria Ortolani.
Participant or Performer Note:	Keisha Castle-Hughes, Oscar Isaac, Hiam Abbass, Shaun Toub, Ciarán Hinds, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Stanley Townsend, Emilia Fortunato, Alexander Siddig.
Target Audience Note:	MPAA rating: PG; for some violent content.
System Details Note:	DVD ; NTSC, region 1 ; widescreen (2.35:1) and full screen (1.33:1) presentations ; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo, surround.
Language Note:	In English with optional English or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.
Awards Note:	Dove Foundation Film Advisory Board Award winner.