The Last Temptation of Christ
The Last Temptation of Christ, by Martin Scorsese, is a towering achievement. Though it initially engendered enormous controversy, the film can now be viewed as the remarkable, profoundly personal work of faith that it is. This fifteen-year labor of love, an adaptation of Nikos Kazantzakis’s landmark novel that imagines an alternate fate for Jesus Christ, features outstanding performances by Willem Dafoe, Barbara Hershey, Harvey Keitel, Harry Dean Stanton, and David Bowie; bold cinematography by the great Michael Ballhaus; and a transcendent score by Peter Gabriel.
DIRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- New, restored high-definition digital transfer, supervised and approved by cinematographer Michael Ballhaus and editor Thelma Schoonmaker, with a 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack by supervising sound editor Skip Lievsay
- Audio commentary featuring director Martin Scorsese, actor Willem Dafoe, and writers Paul Schrader and Jay Cocks
- Galleries of production stills, research materials, and costume designs
- Location production footage shot by Scorsese
- Interview with composer Peter Gabriel, with a stills gallery of traditional instruments used in the score
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: A new essay by film critic David Ehrenstein
New cover by Gordon Reynolds and Eva Wah
DIRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- New, restored high-definition digital transfer, supervised and approved by cinematographer Michael Ballhaus and editor Thelma Schoonmaker, with a 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack by supervising sound editor Skip Lievsay
- Audio commentary featuring director Martin Scorsese, actor Willem Dafoe, and writers Paul Schrader and Jay Cocks
- Galleries of production stills, research materials, and costume designs
- Location production footage shot by Scorsese
- Interview with composer Peter Gabriel, with a stills gallery of traditional instruments used in the score
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: A new essay by film critic David Ehrenstein
New cover by Gordon Reynolds and Eva Wah
Cast
- Willem Dafoe
- Jesus
- Harvey Keitel
- Judas
- Barbara Hershey
- Mary Magdalene
- Harry Dean Stanton
- Saul/Paul
- David Bowie
- Pontius Pilate
- Verna Bloom
- Mary, mother of Jesus
- Barry Miller
- Jeroboam
- Irvin Kershner
- Zebedee
- André Gregory
- John the Baptist
- Juliette Caton
- Girl angel
Credits
- Director
- Martin Scorsese
- Based on the novel by
- Nikos Kazantzakis
- Produced by
- Barbara De Fina
- Screenplay
- Paul Schrader
- Executive producer
- Harry Ufland
- Director of photography
- Michael Ballhaus
- Original score composed by
- Peter Gabriel
- Edited by
- Thelma Schoonmaker
- Production designer
- John Beard
- Costume designer
- Jean-Pierre Delifer
- Casting
- Cis Corman
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