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26 May 1999 (Belgium) moreTagline:
A controversial retelling of the ApocalypsePlot:
The end of the millenium has taken on a certain significance in modern day prophecies. What happens... more | add synopsisUser Comments:
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(Credited cast) | Martin Donovan | ... | Jesus Christ |
 | P.J. Harvey | ... | Magdalena |
| Thomas Jay Ryan | ... | Satan |
| Miho Nikaido | ... | Edie |
| Anna Köhler | ... | Hotel Clerk |
| Martin Pfefferkorn | ... | Martyr |
 | Layla Alexander | ... | Waitress (as Olga Alexandrova) |
 | Michael Marisi Ornstein | ... | Computer Wizard (as Michael Ornstein) |
| Paul Albe | ... | Mormon Thug #1 |
| Don Creech | ... | Mormon Thug #2 |
| Joseph McKenna | ... | Man at Airport |
 | Abby Royle | ... | Woman at Airport |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| William S. Burroughs | ... | Preacher on radio (voice) |
| Katreen Hardt | ... | Lawyer's Assistant |
| Georgia Hubley | ... | Salvation Army Band (as Yo La Tengo) |
| Ira Kaplan | ... | Salvation Army Band (as Yo La Tengo) |
| James McNew | ... | Salvation Army Band (as Yo La Tengo) |
| D.J. Mendel | ... | Lawyer |
 | Dave Simonds | ... | Dave |
 | James Urbaniak | ... | True Believer |
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This movie is one of a kind. All of the Hal elements are there. Dramatic pauses, unique camera work, off beat score, memorable one-liners (Satan: "Natural disasters...very profitable").
Even Martin Donavon as the tortured J. Christ who suddenly realizes that revenge is not redemption. There is a humorous scene where Satan and Jesus meet at a bar, do a couple of shots, and discuss the future of the world.
To some (Christians), this movie may seem a bit blasphemous. But that is because they are too busy putting Jesus on some pedestal while forgetting that the Bible says he was just as much a man as a god.
And the Mormons love it, even though Jesus questions who they are in the film.
Looking forward to Hal's next full length feature, No Such