The Nativity Story
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 c... Full description
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. |
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Item Description: |
Title from container. Originally released as a motion picture in 2006. |
Physical Description: |
1 videodisc (101 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. |
Format: |
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. |
Audience: |
MPAA rating: PG; for some violent content. |
Production Credits: |
Director of photography, Elliot Davis ; editor, Robert K. Lambert ; music, Mychael Danna ; costume designer, Maurizio Millenotti ; production designer, Stefano Maria Ortolani. |
ISBN: |
0780656709 9780780656703 |