The Nativity Story | 
 enlarge | Director: Catherine Hardwicke
Actors: Keisha Castle-hughes, Oscar Isaac, Hiam Abbass, Shaun Toub, Ciaran Hinds
Studio: New Line Home Video
Category: DVD
List Price: $19.98
Buy New: $14.99
You Save: $4.99 (25%)
New (41) Used (22) Collectible (1) from $7.32
Rating:  200 reviews
Sales Rank: 901
Format: Ac-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dvd-video, Full Screen, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 101
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: TRNDN10668D
UPC: 794043106682
EAN: 0794043106682
ASIN: B000MGBM1I
Theatrical Release Date: December 1, 2006
Release Date: March 20, 2007
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
|
| Similar Items:
|
| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
The Nativity Story is a remarkable, if frustratingly restrained, act of imagining the tale of Christ's birth as a flesh-and-blood drama actually set in Israel two millenia ago. Written by Mike Rich (Finding Forrester) and directed by Catherine Hardwicke (Thirteen), the film makes very strong impressions in a scene-by-scene way. Beginning with the slaughter (bloodlessly portrayed; this is a PG movie) of Bethlehem's innocents under orders from a paranoid King Herod (a dark and knowing Ciaran Hinds), the film then jumps back a year to the prophecy that informs Zechariah (Stanley Townsend) that his wife, Elizabeth (Shohreh Aghdashloo), will bear a child. Meanwhile, Elizabeth's cousin, the adolescent Mary (Keisha Castle-Hughes), struggles with her family to make ends meet and is promised to the carpenter Joseph (Oscar Isaac). Soon comes word to Mary, via an angel, that she will carry, while still a virgin, the long-awaited Messiah who will liberate the Jews from Herod and his Roman benefactors. Thus begins a detailed account of Joseph and Mary's hard travel to Bethlehem, while three Magi spend months crossing the desert trying to rendezvous with some point below the convergence of three heavenly bodies in the night sky. Hardwicke and Rich anchor all this in period detail, though what proves most moving are relationship nuances, especially the friendship and trust that emerge between Mary and Joseph after he is told in a dream that she speaks truthfully about her miraculous pregnancy. While The Nativity Story should appeal to almost anyone as a straightforward narrative, it is far from a secular version of the familiar Biblical tale, and thus feels a bit stifled. It might have been nice if the film could have breathed a little more with imagination, but The Nativity Story makes up for it by ingeniously weaving hints of things to come, later in Christ's life, into the action. --Tom Keogh
Product Description
A drama that focuses on the period in mary & josephs life where they journeyed to bethlehem for the birth of jesus. Studio: New Line Home Video Release Date: 09/30/2008 Starring: Keisha Castle-hughes Hiam Abbass Run time: 101 minutes Rating: Pg
|
| Customer Reviews: Read 195 more reviews...
 Great Film January 8, 2009
The Nativity Story (2006) is a great movie that begins with the slaughter of Bethlehem's first born under orders from King Herod. The movie takes you to Mary's house where she is met by an angle proclaiming that she will be the mother of the Messiah. Joseph and Mary's journey begins.It's a great story of hope.
If you would like to read a great book that will being you hope read "The Enlightenment, What God Told Me After One Million Prayers: A Message for Everyone," by John H. Eagan. In this day and age it's like a glimmer of hope in a dark world.
The real story January 7, 2009
This is a really good movie that shows the birth of Jesus without the Hollywood-style story changing that was so common in a lot of movies when I was growing up. If you are Christian, this is a must watch every Christmas.
Great Movie January 7, 2009
The Nativity Story (2006) is a great movie that begins with the slaughter of Bethlehem's first born under orders from King Herod. The movie takes you to Mary's house where she is met by an angle proclaiming that she will be the mother of the Messiah. Joseph and Mary's journey begins.
If you're so inclined, I found this beautiful new book about Jesus, faith, God and what we will do in the after-life entitled "The Enlightenment, What God Told Me After One Million Prayers: A Message for Everyone," by John H. Eagan. I just finished it. It's really great and deals with God, the creator, Jesus' teachings, and His Passion. It brought me to tears. I think you will really enjoy The Enlightenment
well done January 7, 2009
The movie, although not precise in it's depiction (e.g. depicts the Wise Men at the stable), certainly gives one a better appreciation of how difficult it must have been to make the journey to Bethlehem, as well as the reality of being unwed and pregnant. I think this is an excellent movie to watch and review with both Christians and non-Christian. It makes the Christmas story more than simply a story. It is a fact (albiet the movie takes a degree of poetic license...these equivocal portions do not detract from the basic truths.)
 Good moviue % quick srvice January 6, 2009
Good move, one of the best nativity move so fare. Good quick service... stander mailing.
|
|
|
|
