The Body
by Jonas McCord
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Actor: Antonio Banderas, Derek Jacobi, Jason Flemyng, John Shrapnel, Olivia WilliamsDirector: Jonas McCord
Brand: Sony
DVD: Region Code 99
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled)
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 108 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2001-07-03
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Sony Pictures
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Movie Review: My movie choice from Amazon.com
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a great little known movie of Antonio Banderas that is quite un-nerving but needs to be seen all the way through. It rocks his faith until he realizes who he truly needs to put his trust in. A must see. I had no problems with the condition of the movie and the timeliness of its arival. Amazon is one of the first places I go to when looking for anything to purchase on the web. They do a great job.
Summary of The Body
Dawn of the new millenium. In the credle of faith that is jerusalem two seemingly mismatched people from different worlds and cultures a vatican-appointed jesuit priest and an israeli archaeologist makes a tenuous alliance to investigate a find that threatens the very foundations of western religion. Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 08/28/2007 Starring: Antonio Banderas John Wood Run time: 109 minutes Rating: Pg13 Director: Jonas MccordWhy is the career of Antonio Banderas so troubled? Because the man is unquestionably a movie star. Even in a movie like The Body--in which he plays a priest sent by the Vatican to investigate whether or not a skeleton found in a tomb in Jerusalem is in fact the bones of Jesus Christ, a movie that reduces complex questions of faith and theology to plot points on a screenplay formula, a movie that manages to be simultaneously preposterous and mundane--even in a movie like this, Banderas is engaging. He's phenomenally good-looking; he's both intelligent and emotionally accessible; he's funny and passionate; why have only genre pictures (such as The Mask of Zorro and Desperado) so far managed to capture his charm and warmth? His five films with exuberant Spanish director Pedro Almod?var (Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, Law of Desire, Matador, Labyrinth of Passion, and Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!) showed Banderas to be a versatile actor, capable of tackling sophisticated parts with both comic and serious edges. But Hollywood doesn't seem to know what to do with him; it's dismaying to think that the numerous duds that litter his filmography are actually the best choices he's been offered. The Body is far from his worst film--the cinematography is superb, and though the script is trying to tackle religious and political issues far beyond its grasp, the dialogue is reasonably well written and the characters have some dimension to them--but why is an actor as sexy as Banderas being cast as a priest? Please, someone, give this man the roles he deserves! --Bret Fetzer
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