Additional information for The Last Temptation of Christ, which has a domestic theatrical release set for August 12, 1988. The film is being distributed by Universal Pictures and has not yet been rated. The Last Temptation of Christ has a total running time of 164 minutes.
R
Australia
(Banned)
Chile
K-16
Finland
16
Iceland
18
Ireland
C
Mexico
18
Norway
M/16
Portugal
18
South Africa
15
Sweden
18
UK
16
West Germany
(Banned)
Singapore
(Banned)
Philippines
18
South Korea
14
Brazil
R
USA
X
Argentina
13
Spain
18
Peru
164min
La última tentación de Cristo
Argentina
La última tentación de Cristo
Mexico
La última tentación de Cristo
Peru
La última tentación de Cristo
Spain
A Última Tentação de Cristo
Brazil
A Última Tentação de Cristo
Portugal
Die letzte Versuchung Christi
Austria
Die letzte Versuchung Christi
West Germany
La dernière tentation du Christ
Canada
La dernière tentation du Christ
France
Den sidste fristelse
Denmark
Ha-Peetoi Ha-Aharon Shel Yeshu
Israel
Jesu siste fristelse
Norway
Kristi sista frestelse
Sweden
Kristuksen viimeinen kiusaus
Finland
Krisztus utolsó megkísértése
Hungary
L'ultima tentazione di Cristo
Italy
O teleftaios peirasmos
Greece
Ostatnie kuszenie Chrystusa
Poland
Passion
USA
Poslednje Hristovo iskušenje
Serbia
Zadnja Kristusova skusnjava
Slovenia
August 12, 1988
USA
September , 1988
Italy
September 22, 1988
Netherlands
September 23, 1988
Finland
September 23, 1988
Portugal
September 28, 1988
France
September 30, 1988
Denmark
September 30, 1988
Sweden
October 13, 1988
Australia
November , 1988
Austria
November 10, 1988
West Germany
November 11, 1988
Greece
November 24, 1988
Hong Kong
January 28, 1989
Japan
January 25, 1990
Hungary
October , 1997
France
January 28, 1999
Czech Republic
October 05, 2001
Colombia
January 25, 2002
South Korea
March 13, 2003
Chile
March 12, 2004
Mexico
October 06, 2004
Greece
October 25, 2007
Italy
January 30, 2013
France
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The life of Jesus Christ, his journey through life as he faces the temptations that all humans face during their lives, and his final temptation upon the cross.
Jesus, a carpenter in Nazareth, Judea,during the Roman occupation, has been hearing voices and having premonitions that tell him that God has a special plan for him, in atonement for sins. He assumes it is his own sins and is confused about what to do, although he has a firm will to follow any commands from God. Because he senses that he himself will be crucified some day, he constructs crosses for Roman use in executing criminals and rebels, an act of traitorous collaboration in the eyes of others in his town, including Mary Magdalene, who spits on him. Judas, a zealot rebel, appreciates Jesus' devotion to God and attempts to recruit him to the zealot cause, but Jesus refuses.Jesus feels guilty about his inability to correspond to the adult love of his childhood friend, Mary Magdalene, who in her dejection has become a prostitute. He asks Mary to forgive him. Mary asks Jesus to stay with her, which Jesus is tempted to do, but he rejects the temptation and heads for a monastic community. At that community, he experiences his own unusual powers as two deadly cobras obey his command, and he learns that the community leader who welcomed him the night before was already dead. One of the monks in the community convinces Jesus that the fact that God communicates with him is extraordinary.Judas is sent with orders to kill Jesus for being a collaborator. Judas senses Jesus is specially favored by God, and asks Jesus to lead the rebellion against the Romans. Jesus tries to tell Judas that his message is love, that love of one's fellow humans is the key to God's will. Judas promises to join Jesus in his ministry, but with the threat that he will kill him if he strays from his ministry. Thus influenced by Judas, Jesus agrees to abandon his will to that of God, become a teacher, and let God speak through him.As he walks to begin his new life, Jesus comes across an angry mob which is dragging Mary Magdalene to be stoned for her prostitution and working for Romans on the sabbath. Jesus interrupts the stoning, challenging the crowd to admit they have all sinned, asking whoever has not sinned to take a bigger stone from his hand. Half the crowd sneaks away, the other half stays to hear what he has to say. He opens his mouth and begins his teaching in parables, awkwardly at first, but growing in confidence and preaching with the phrases recorded as the Sermon on the Mount.Jesus develops a following of disciples, but he is still uncertain of his role. He experiences his own unusual power as, while eating an apple, he throws out the apple seeds, and one of them becomes a full grown tree with fruit. Judas convinces him to travel to see John the Baptist, who has publicly claimed that he is preparing the way for the Messiah, telling him that John surely will know what Jesus' mission really is. John baptizes Jesus, and that night the two discuss their differing views. John believes that Jews must first gain freedom from the Romans before the kingdom of God is declared, while Jesus believes that love is more important.John tells him that God speaks most clearly in the desert, so Jesus then goes into the desert to see if God's will mayb be clearly revealed to him. Choosing a spot in the desert, Jesus draws a circle on the ground and vows he will not leave the circle until God has made his will known. While in the circle, Satan appears to him, first as a snake, then as a lion, finally as a pillar of fire, to tempt him. Jesus resists these temptations. An apple tree bearing luscious fruit appears to him, but he conquers his hunger and instead of eating he chops down the tree. At this point he realizes that the message from God is that he is strong enough to rebuff Satan. He walks out of the desert. He comes across the home of Martha and Mary, who take him in and help him recover from his long fast. He rejoins his disciples after his recovery. In front of them he takes out his heart in his hand to prove his authority and tells them to follow him. He proceeds to perform many signs and wonders and each increases his confidence that he is in fact God's son and the Messiah. He turns water into wine, he restores the vision of a blind man, heals cripples so they walk, he raises Lazarus from the dead, and casts out many demons. His ministry finds rejection and enmity in many quarters. In his own town of Nazareth none come to join him, and Saul, a Roman agent, eventually murders the resurrected Lazarus to destroy the greatest evidence of his divine power.Eventually Jesus and his followers enter Jerusalem, where he is received with joy by many. Jesus goes to the temple, where he is enraged by the money changers and throws them out. The angry Jesus even leads his followers to try to take the temple by force, but as he reaches the steps he begins bleeding from his hands. He stops, realizes he is doing the will of men and not of God, and that he must die in order to bring salvation to all, Jews and all others. He asks Judas, his strongest apostle and the one who best understands him, to betray him to the Romans, something that Judas does not want to do. Nevertheless, Jesus insists that this is the only way and Judas acquiesces, weeping.Jesus joins his disciples, Martha, Mary, Mary Magdalene and his mother for the Passover seder, where he breaks bread telling them all to eat of it, for it is his body, and to drink from his wine cup, for it is his blood, commanding them to do this again to remember him.. After the meal, while in the garden of Gethsemane, Judas leads the Roman soldiers to Jesus and identifies him. Peter cuts off the ear of Malchus and Jesus performs the miracle of reattaching it. Pontius Pilate tells Jesus that he must be put to death because he represents a threat against the status quo, the Roman Empire. Jesus is flogged and a crown of thorns is placed on his head. He is led to Golgotha, where he is crucified.From the cross Jesus sees a young girl who tells him she is his guardian angel who has been sent to rescue him. She tells him that it is not necessary for him to die on the cross, because God loves him, is pleased with him, and wants his happiness. She brings him down from the cross and leads him away.She takes him to be with Mary Magdalene, who cleans his wounds, and the couple make love. The couple has a child and lives a tranquil life in a forest cabin. Mary dies during a pregnancy, and the sobbing Jesus is told by the angel that there is only one woman, all women are "Mary", and takes him to be comforted by Martha and Mary, the sisters of Lazarus. He has a family with them and lives a peaceful life as a carpenter. Some years later he encounters the apostle Paul describing his own conversion and preaching about the Messiah. Jesus tries to tell Paul that he is the man that Paul has been preaching about but Paul rejects him, saying that he needs the Jesus who died and resurrected to bring salvation to all.In old life and near death, Jesus' former disciples visit him. Judas arrives last, tells Jesus he has been a traitor. The angel who stopped his crucifixion is recognized as Satan in disguise, who tempted him into a life of comfort as an ordinary man. Jesus realizes that he should have died to bring salvation to all. Although aged and weak, Jesus crawls back to the edge of a burning Jerusalem at the time of the Jewish Rebellion, he reaches the site of his crucifixion and begs God to let him fulfill his mission, crying out "Let me be Your Son!".We see Jesus back on the cross. The whole episode with the fake angel must have been a dreamy hallucination. He smiles in recognition of his destiny and cries out "It is accomplished! It is accomplished!", as he dies. Then a blinding white light envelops everything.
Martin Scorsese
Director(s)
Nikos Kazantzakis
Paul Schrader
Writer(s)
Barbara De Fina
producer
Harry J. Ufland
executive producer (as Harry Ufland)
Producer(s)
Peter Gabriel
Composer(s)
Jesus
Willem Dafoe
Judas
Harvey Keitel
Zealot
Paul Greco
Centurian (as Steven Shill)
Steve Shill
Mary, Mother of Jesus
Verna Bloom
Mary Magdalene
Barbara Hershey
Aged Master
Roberts Blossom
Jeroboam
Barry Miller
Andrew, Apostle
Gary Basaraba
Zebedee
Irvin Kershner
Peter, Apostle
Victor Argo
John, Apostle
Michael Been
Phillip, Apostle
Paul Herman
James, Apostle
John Lurie
Nathaniel, Apostle
Leo Burmester
John The Baptist
Andre Gregory
Martha, Sister of Lazarus
Peggy Gormley
Mary, Sister of Lazarus
Randy Danson
Man At Wedding
Robert Spafford
Woman with Mary, Mother of Jesus (as Doris Von Thury)
Doris von Thury
Lazarus / Crowd Member
Tomas Arana
Thomas, Apostle
Alan Rosenberg
Money Changer
Del Russel
Rabbi
Nehemiah Persoff
Saducee
Donald Hodson
Saul / Paul
Harry Dean Stanton
Beggar
Peter Berling
Pontius Pilate
David Bowie
Girl Angel
Juliette Caton
Other Apostles
Mohammed Mabsout
Other Apostles
Ahmed Nacir
Other Apostles
Mokhtar Salouf
Other Apostles
Mahamed Ait Fdil Ahmed
People at Sermon
Russel Case
People at Sermon
Mary Seller
Crowd Member (voice) (as Donna Marie)
Donna Magnani
Crowd Member (voice)
Penny Brown
Crowd Member (voice)
Gabi Ford
Crowd Member (voice)
Dale Wyatt
Crowd Member (voice)
Domenico Fiore
Director(s)
Paul Schrader
Writer(s)
producer
Harry J. Ufland
executive producer (as Harry Ufland)
Producer(s)
Composer(s)
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