Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2104 in DVD
• Released on: 2007-10-01
• Rating: Universal, suitable for all
• Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
• Formats: Anamorphic, Animated, PAL
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 90 minutes

Synopsis
A mother and father in search of help for their sick daughter cross paths with an extraordinary carpenter named Jesus, who has devoted his life to spreading God's word. An amazing miracle brings to light the true meaning of Christ, and the sacrifices he endured for the deliverance of mankind. A compelling story of faith, trust, and devotion. A full-length feature delivering stunning state-of-the-art 3-D clay-animation and a star-studded cast of voice talents including Ralph Fiennes (THE ENGLISH PATIENT, SCHINDLER'S LIST) as Jesus, William Hurt (THE ACCIDENTAL TOURIST, THE BIG CHILL) and Julie Christie (DOCTOR ZHIVAGO, FAHRENHEIT 451.) Originally broadcast on ABC television.

Customer Reviews

The best Jesus film I know
Five years ago, I gave up going to church, but every Easter Sunday I like to watch The Miracle Maker. Every time I find it very moving.

They may be puppets but there's loads going on in their expressions and gestures. Doing a voiceover, could be just doing an voiceover, but these characters are given tremendous life and subtlety by the brilliant cast of actors. I loved Ralph Fiennes and Miranda Richardson's contributions.

The script provides an unusual perspective, and the story only covers aspects of Jesus's life, but there is much humour, warmth and insight. You get the idea of three-dimensional human beings struggling with their lives. The combination of animation and cartoon drawing adds more texture to the story, and the use of flashback is clever.

Watching Lazarus come out of his tomb in his bandages gave me new insight into the story, as did Pilate's worldly cynicism.

I really admire their ability to put genuine comedy into the story and they work towards a powerful statement of Christianity at the end, played out with Anne Dudley's Pie Jesu, which is worth watching the DVD for on its own.

I send a copy of it to all my godchildren.

How I know Him
This is easily the best Jesus story I have seen.

The use of puppets and animation somehow enable a more real character of Jesus to be portrayed without the baggage of actors and sets. It is how I see he would really have related to people.

And of course the ending is superb.

Truly magnificent!
A truly magnificent production of the story of Jesus. I highly recomend it. We bought it for our son who is one and a half years old and wanted to see it before he watched it. We will wait a little till he will be able to watch it as there are very mild scary scenes as the cover of the DVD says. But with my husband we truly love it and we think it is as wonderful for adults as it is for children! After watching the bonus material about making this animation I feel deep gratitude and great respect towards all the people who contributed with all their hard work, talent, skills and patience towards such a wonderful production, such a wonderful portrait of the life, the goodness and the teachings of the Son of God. Simply cannot praise it enough.