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Author Humphries-Brooks, Stephenson.

Title Cinematic savior : Hollywood's making of the American Christ / Stephenson Humphries-Brooks.

Imprint Westport, Conn. : Praeger Publishers, 2006.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  791.43651 H889c 2006    ---  Available
Description x, 159 p. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [145]-147) and index.
Includes filmography: p. [143]-144.
Contents Love and betrayal : Magdalene, Judas, and Jesus -- I was a teenage Jesus in Cold War America : King of Kings, 1961 -- The greatest story ever told : suburban Jesus and the mortgaged Gospel -- Jesus Christ superstar : the cinematic savior as alienated hero -- Jesus of Nazareth : the contribution of television -- The last temptation of Christ : the psychological problem of God in a body -- How Jesus got a gun -- The passion of the Christ : Jesus as action hero -- Conclusion : where does Jesus lead us?
Subject Jesus Christ -- In motion pictures.
Motion pictures -- United States.
ISBN 0275984893 (alk. paper)
9780275984892 (alk. paper)
Standard No. IG# 0275984893
YDXCP 2396409
NLGGC 291854524
NZ1 10664796

 
    
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