The Gospel of John (2003 film)

This film was created by a constituency of artists from Canada and the United Kingdom, along with academic and theological consultants from around the world. The cast was selected primarily from the Stratford Shakespeare Festival and Soulpepper Theatre Company, as well as Britain's Royal Shakespeare Company and Royal National Theatre. The musical score, composed by Jeff Danna and created for the film, is partially based on the music of the Biblical period. The film was produced by Visual Bible International.

• Christopher Plummer as The Narrator
• Henry Ian Cusick as Jesus of Nazareth
• Stuart Bunce as John
• Daniel Kash as Simon Peter
• Stephen Russell as Pontius Pilate
• Alan Van Sprang as Judas Iscariot
• Diana Berriman as Mary, mother of Jesus
• Richard Lintern as Leading Pharisee
• Scott Handy as John the Baptist
• Lynsey Baxter as Mary Magdalene
• Diego Matamoros as Nicodemus
• Nancy Palk as Samaritan Woman
• Elliot Levey as Nathanael
• Andrew Pifko as Philip
• Cedric Smith as Caiaphas
• Tristan Gemmill as Andrew
• Stuart Fox as Blind Man
• David Meyer as Lame Man
• Nicolas Van Burek as Young Levite
• William Pappas as Elderly Levite

The film was directed by Philip Saville and co-produced by Canadian producer Garth Drabinsky and British producer Chris Chrisafis.

Executive producers were Sandy Pearl, Joel B. Michaels, Myron Gottliel and Martin Katz

Also involved were screenwriter John Goldsmith, production designer Don Taylor, sound mixer David Lee, makeup artist Trefor Proud, costume designer Debra Hanson, and director of photography and film editors Miroslaw Baszak and Michel Arcand.

The filming production was shot in Toronto, Ontario, and Almeria, Andalucia, Spain.

While the film is largely a faithful depiction of the Gospel of John, some have commented that the inclusion of Mary Magdalene at the Last Supper has no Biblical citation.[3] However, according to the Gospels, she was one of the women who accompanied Jesus and the disciples to Jerusalem, was present at the Crucifixion and burial of Jesus, was the first to whom Jesus appeared at the Resurrection, and was with the disciples in the upperroom after the Resurrection.[4] Thus, like many modern movies about Jesus, the producers are faithfully attempting to help their audience see what the Gospel writers sometimes have not included.

• The Gospel of John, a 2014 word-for-word film adaptation
• The Visual Bible: Matthew
• The Visual Bible: Acts

• The Gospel of John on IMDb
• The Gospel of John at Rotten Tomatoes
• Enthusiastic review by Andy Naselli
• Arts & Faith Top100 Spiritually Significant Films list
• The Blog on The Gospel of John Film