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The Body (2001)

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Release Date
• USA: Apr 20, 2001
• UK: 9 Nov 2001
DVD Release Date
• R1: Jul 3, 2001

MPAA Rating
Rated PG-13 for some violent sequences and brief language.

Running Time
1 hour, 49 minutes

Country USA, Israel, Germany

Studio Avalanche Films, Diamant, Green Moon Productions, Helkon Media Filmproduktion

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• The Body



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Genre: Drama, Suspense, Religion, Murder, Culture Clash, Kidnapping, Blackmail, Terrorism, Investigation

Tagline: Chaos, unearthed.

Plot: At the dawn of the new millennium, in the cradle of faith that is Jerusalem, two seemingly mismatched people from different worlds and cultures -- Vatican-appointed Jesuit priest Matt Gutierrez (ANTONIO BANDERAS) and Israeli archaeologist Sharon Golban (OLIVIA WILLIAMS) -- make a tenuous alliance to investigate a find that not only threatens the very foundations of western religion, but also blow apart the region's fragile peace.

Behind a simple hardware store on Hanevi'im Street, Sharon has discovered an ancient skeleton in a rich man's tomb. Coloration on the wrist and leg bones indicate that the cause of death was the Roman method of executing criminals and enemies of the state, crucifixion. A gold coin found in the tomb bears the markings of Roman governor Pontius Pilate. And there are other signs which might corroborate Biblical descriptions of the death of the first century Judean rabbi Yeshu Ben Yosef... better known to our world as Jesus, son of Joseph.

Now, against increasingly difficult odds placed in their path by those locked in the power struggle for this transcendently beautiful but eternally troubled part of the world--politicians, clerics, religious extremists and those using terror as a means to an end--Matt, a man of faith and Sharon, a woman of science, find

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 Directed by
Jonas McCord
Malice, Eulogy, The Company
 Written by
Richard Sapir
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Jonas McCord
Malice, Class of '61, Eulogy
 Cast
Antonio Banderas
Shrek 2, Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles, The Mask of Zorro
Olivia Williams
The Sixth Sense, Rushmore, The Postman
John Shrapnel
Gladiator, Troy, Notting Hill
Derek Jacobi
Gladiator, Underworld: Evolution, Henry V
Jason Flemyng
Snatch., Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, From Hell
John Wood
Chocolat, The Avengers, WarGames
Makram Khoury
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 Music By
Serge Colbert
Ticker, Derailed, Crocodile



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