The nativity story /

The nativity story / [print] New Line Cinema presents a Temple Hill production ; produced by Wyck Godfrey, Marty Bowen ; written by Mike Rich ; directed by Catherine Hardwicke. - Burbank, California : New Line Home Entertainment : (c)2007., 2006. - 1 videodisc (101 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

DVD release of the 2006 motion picture.

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.

Director of photography, Elliot Davis ; editor, Robert K. Lambert ; music, Mychael Danna ; costume designer, Maurizio Millenotti ; production designer, Stefano Maria Ortolani. Director of photography, Elliot Davis ; editor, Robert K. Lambert ; music, Mychael Danna ; costume designer, Maurizio Millenotti ; production designer, Stefano Maria Ortolani.

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.

Northern Mariana IslandsAA rating: PG; for some violent content.



Dove Foundation Film Advisory Board Award winner.

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Jesus Christ--Nativity--Drama.
Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint --Drama.
Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint --Motherhood--Drama.
Joseph, Saint --Drama.
Jesus Christ--Drama.


Prophecy--Drama.
Magi--Drama.

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