The Day Christ Died (1980)

Directed by

James Cellan Jones

Genre

historical film

Country

United States

Runtime

2h 22m

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 6 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This television film dramatizes the final 24 hours of Jesus Christ's life. It follows the events leading up to his crucifixion as described in the 1957 book of the same name.

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What happens

The Day Christ Died is a 1980 American television film directed by James Cellan Jones, and produced by 20th Century Fox and CBS-TV. A dramatization of the last 24 hours of Jesus Christ's life, it is based on Jim Bishop's 1957 book of the same name. The book was co-adapted by James Lee Barrett, who, 15 years prior, had scripted The Greatest Story Ever Told for George Stevens. Bishop, who did not accept the adaptation, had his name removed from the credits. He called the film "cheap revisionist history", and even tried unsuccessfully to change the film's title. The Day Christ Died was filmed in Tunisia, at a cost of US$2.8 million. It was broadcast by CBS-TV on Wednesday, March 26, 1980. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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