"Revelations" (2005) TV mini-series

User Rating:

6.0/10   

Creator:

David Seltzer

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

13 April 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Fantasy | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

Omnium finis imminet. The end is here.

Plot:

Just before the start of Armageddon, a physicist and a nun race against the clock to see if the end of the world apocalypse can be averted.

Plot Keywords:

TV Mini-Series

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys. Another 1 win & 4 nominations

Cast

Bill Pullman	...	Dr. Richard Massey (6 episodes, 2005)
Natascha McElhone	...	Sister Josepha Montafiore (6 episodes, 2005)
Michael Massee	...	Isaiah Haden (6 episodes, 2005)
Mark Rendall	...	Henry 'Hawk' Webber (6 episodes, 2005)
Chelsey Coyle	...	Olivia 'Livvie' Beaudrey (6 episodes, 2005)
Brittney Coyle	...	Olivia 'Livvie' Beaudrey (6 episodes, 2005)
John Rhys-Davies	...	Professor Lampley (6 episodes, 2005)
Orla Brady	...	Nora Webber (6 episodes, 2005)
Alexa Nikolas	...	Lucy / ... (6 episodes, 2005)
Tobin Bell	...	Nathan Volk (5 episodes, 2005)
Martin Starr	...	Mark Rubio (5 episodes, 2005)
Fred Durst	...	Ogden (5 episodes, 2005)
Caryn Green	...	Tulia (5 episodes, 2005)
Fionnula Flanagan	...	Mother Francine (4 episodes, 2005)
Jesper Christensen	...	Torvald Eklind (4 episodes, 2005)
Paul Venables	...	Tom Webber (4 episodes, 2005)
Jonathan Whittaker	...	Nelson Boyd (4 episodes, 2005)
Winter Ave Zoli	...	Anna-Theresa (4 episodes, 2005)
Clémence Poésy	...	E.C. (3 episodes, 2005)
Christopher Biggins	...	Cardinal Laveigh (3 episodes, 2005)
Werner Daehn	...	Asteroth (3 episodes, 2005)
Scott Williams	...	Prison Guard / ... (3 episodes, 2005)
Patrick Bauchau	...	Dr. Daniel Goran (2 episodes, 2005)
Davenia McFadden	...	Sister Delise (2 episodes, 2005)
Joel Polis	...	Hospital Administrator (2 episodes, 2005)
James Bigwood	...	Prison Chaplain (2 episodes, 2005)
Anne Katrine Bay Ejlersen	...	Super Model #1 (2 episodes, 2005)
Karen Sofie Bay Ejlersen	...	Super Model #2 (2 episodes, 2005)
Jeff Smith	...	Prison Gate Guard (2 episodes, 2005)
Robert Polo	...	Court TV Reporter / ... (2 episodes, 2005)

Runtime:

43 min (6 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Singapore:NC-16

Filming Locations:

Matera, Basilicata, Italy

Company:

NBC Enterprises

Trivia:

A freeze frame of the articles that Dr. Massey looks up about Sister Josepha online reveal the following things about her: Her younger sister's name was Denise They were abandoned as infants She and her sister grew up at an orphanage in New South Wales called The Lord's House Sister Josepha got her bachelor's degree at Kings Theological Seminary in Ottawa, Canada and graduated with valedictory honors She went on to attend the Oxford School of Advanced Religions Studies at Oxford College in England Her sister Denise joined the following of a self-proclaimed messiah and committed suicide along with the rest of the cult.

Goofs:

Factual errors: Bugenhagen's Antichrist book could not have been written in Braille, since Braille was not invented until the 19th century and Bugenhagen lived in the 15th century.

Quotes:

Cardinal La Veigh: If it weren't for Torvald Ecklind shielding you, you'd be excommunicated.
[pause]
Cardinal La Veigh: Do you have anything to say?
Sister Josepha Montefiore: May God grant him a long life. And you as well. So that you shall have to deal with *me* till the end of *your* days.

"Revelations" a powerful drama...maybe too good for TV!

Having actually seen the first installment, I can say I didn't miss the bloated 40 minutes of "American Idol" commercials mixed with 20 minutes of overwrought "you are safe, you are in the bottom 3" hyperbole in order to rid the field of wannabes of one more person.

Instead, I was mesmerized by the first one-hour installment of an intriguing story about people being brought together to consider a proliferation of unexplainable signs and events that might mark the end of the world.

Unless America is simply brain dead, this extremely well-produced limited series should rack up good numbers in the ratings.

Bill Pullman plays a Harvard professor who has recently seen the murderer of his teen-aged daughter captured and imprisoned. Not giving any credence to this man's claims that he can never be killed and will never bleed, he sees one of the man's fingers sliced off...and the non-bleeding hand is raised defiantly.

A nun who is part of a research foundation is an investigator checking out unexplained phenomena with religious connections. One is the appearance of a shadow on a mountainside. It appears to be the shadow of a cross upon which a man has been nailed. The shadow of the head moves as if the victim were alive. There were neither clouds,nor trees, nor anything else between the sun and the mountain that could have cast that shadow.

Another phenomenon is a girl, declared brain dead, after being struck by lightning. Now in a hospital bed, she speaks Biblical verses in Latin. And on one occasion, she was given a pencil and pad and began auto-writing, drawing a map....which linked, it was revealed, to Bill Pullman's daughter. These miraculous goings-on only happen during storms with lightning and thunder.

As hokey as I make it seem, it was beautifully done; the acting is first-rate. I am eager for part 2.