The Passion of the Christ is a 2004 American drama film directed by Mel Gibson and starring Jim Caviezel as Jesus Christ. It depicts the Passion of Jesus largely according to the New Testament Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. It also draws on other devotional writings, such as those disputedly attributed to Anne Catherine Emmerich. The Passion of the Christ covers the final 12 hours of Jesus' life beginning with the Agony in the Garden and ending with a brief depiction of his resurrection. Flashbacks of Jesus as a child and as a young man with his mother, giving the Sermon on the... Mount, teaching the Twelve Apostles, and at the Last Supper are also included. The dialogue is entirely in reconstructed Aramaic and Latin with vernacular subtitles. The film was a major commercial hit, grossing in excess of $600 million during its theatrical release, becoming the highest grossing non-English language film of all time. The film has also been highly controversial and received mixed reviews, with some critics claiming that the extreme violence in the movie "obscures its message.
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| Release date: | February 25, 2004 |
| Directed by: | Mel Gibson |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 127 Minutes |
| Producer: | Bruce Davey, Mel Gibson, Stephen McEveety |
| Editor: | Steve Mirkovich, John Wright |
| Music by: | John Debney |
| Cinematography: | Caleb Deschanel |
| Screenplay by: | Benedict Fitzgerald, Mel Gibson |
| Estimated budget: | $30,000,000 |
| Adapted from: | New Testament |