The Gospel Of John (2003)
The story of Jesus' life as told by the apostle John, narrated by Christopher Plummer.
For God loved the world So much...
Jesus Christ: I am the resurrection and the life, he who believes in me will live even though he dies and he who lives and believes in me will never die.
Tabernas, Almer?a, Andaluc?a, Spain
(Cave scene)
M?laga, Andaluc?a, Spain
Spain
(Exterior)
Almer?a, Andaluc?a, Spain
La Alcazaba, Almer?a, Andalucia, Spain
The dialog follows the Good News Bible, word for word, in sequential order from beginning to end.
Original score incorporating instrumental sounds of the period.
This film was created by a constituency of artists from Canada and the United Kingdom, along with academic and theological consultants from around the world.
The cast was selected primarily from the Stratford Shakespeare Festival and Soulpepper Theatre Company, as well as Britain's Royal Shakespeare Company and Royal National Theatre.
75 principal actors and 2,000 extras.
Factual errors
After Jesus performs his first miracle of turning the water into wine at the wedding feast, he pours the wine into what appears to be a plastic cup (to help us see the color of what was water). Actually, colorless glass has been around since approximately the 9th century BC.
Jesus is shown wearing a scarlet robe when he was presented by Pilate to the people despite the fact that he wore purple in the Gospel of Mark and John and scarlet in Matthew.
John 7: 31-32 says ""When the Messiah comes, will he perform more miracles than this man has?" The Pharisees heard the crowd whispering these things about Jesus..." but in the film, a man shouts the line instead of whispering while the narration says "The crowd whispering..."