[Faith-talk] The Nativity Story

[Peter Donahue]

Good evening everyone,

    Last night and this morning we heard television adds for an exciting
Christmas film to premier next month in a theater near you; Newline cinema's
The Nativity Story. We just checked out a Web Site with more information
about this film and wanted to share it with you all. I downloaded one of the
teaser clips and from what I saw the film appears to stay true to the
Biblical account of the events surrounding Christ's birth. It's about time
we had more good quality Christmas films produced by Hollywood's studios. We
plan to see it once we know where it's playing and will buy the sound track
and the DVD when they become available.

    Another Christmas story on my list of holiday events to be presented as
a motion picture would be a film about the Christmas Truce of 1914. If
you're familiar with the events of that Christmas Eve in Europe on the front
lines you'd quickly observe that those events could have ended World-War I
on Christmas Day of that year if the nations involved decided to settle
their disputes around the bargaining table rather than wasting the lives of
countless men in the trenches of that war. Would Catherine Hardwicke,
Newline Cinema, and/or Peter Jackson please take note? Films are or would be
what Christmas is all about. Here is the information for The Nativity Story:

>From the Web Site:
http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=13337

The Nativity Story

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Release Date: December 1, 2006
Studio: New Line Cinema
Director: Catherine Hardwicke
Screenwriter: Mike Rich
Starring: Keisha Castle-Hughes, Oscar Isaac, Hiam Abbass, Shaun Toub,
Alexander Siddig, Said Amadis, Ciaran Hinds, Shohreh Aghdashloo
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG (for some violent content)
Official Website:
The Nativity Story .com

Review: Not Available
DVD Review: Not Available
DVD: Not Available
Movie Poster:
View here
Production Stills:
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Plot Summary: "The Nativity Story" chronicles the arduous journey of two
people, Mary and Joseph, a miraculous pregnancy, and the history-defining
birth
of Jesus. This dramatic and compelling story comes to life in a major motion
picture starring Keisha Castle-Hughes (Whale Rider) as Mary and
Oscar-nominee
Shoreh Aghdashloo ("House of Sand and Fog") and Oscar Isaac (Syriana) in
supporting roles. "The Nativity Story" is directed by Catherine Hardwicke
("Thirteen,"
"Lords of Dogtown") from a screenplay by Mike Rich ("Finding Forrester,"
"The Rookie"). It is scheduled for a December 1, 2006 release.
Peter Donahue