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The Story of God with Morgan Freeman is an American television documentary series that premiered on the National Geographic Channel on April 3, 2016.
- Son of God (film)
Plot. John, the last surviving follower of Jesus Christ,...
- The Story of God
The Story of God series explores the origins of religion....
- Son of God (film)
The Story of God series explores the origins of religion. The documentary focuses on the three Abrahamic faiths, and discusses belief in God in a scientific age. The series included a number of interviews with scientists including Dean Hamer, Richard Dawkins, and members of the CERN programme.
The Story of God with Morgan Freeman: With Morgan Freeman, Robert Thurman, Amir Hussain, Jodi Magness. Morgan Freeman presents his quest in order to find how most religions perceive life after death, what different civilizations thought about the act of creation and other big questions that mankind has continuously asked.
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- 2016-03-11
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Academy Award winner Morgan Freeman explores the meaning of life, God, and many big questions in between in an effort to understand how religion has evolved and shaped society.
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John, the last surviving follower of Jesus Christ, lives in exile as a hermit near the seaside where he tells his story of his time with Jesus. In Bethlehem, Jesus is born to a virgin named Mary and her husband Joseph. Three wise menvisit Jesus and declare him the future King. Thirty years later, an adult Jesus Christ travels to Galilee and begins ...
Diogo Morgado as Jesus Christ: A carpenter from Nazareth who is the son of God.Greg Hicks as Pontius Pilate: The governor of Judaeawho orders the crucifixion of Jesus.Adrian Schiller as Caiaphas: The current high priest.Darwin Shaw as Simon Peter: A former fisherman and one of the twelve disciplesof Jesus.The film features select scenes from the miniseries as well as footage not aired in the telecast. However, the film does not include scenes featuring Satan (played by Mohamen Mehdi Ouazanni) due to claims that the actor resembled the United States President Barack Obama. The resemblance was first pointed out by Glenn Beck ahead of that episode's pr...
Box office
Son of God grossed $59.7 million in North America and $11.2 million in other territories for a worldwide total of $70.9 million,against a production budget of $22 million. The film was projected to gross around $27 million in its opening weekend. It made $1.2 million from Thursday night previews, benefiting greatly from advance ticket sales;it ended up making $26.5 million in its first weekend.
Critical response
Rotten Tomatoes reported that 20% of critics have given the film a positive review based on 73 reviews with an average rating of 4.69/10. The site's critics consensus reads, "The faithful may find their spirits raised, but on purely cinematic terms, Son of God is too dull and heavy-handed to spark much fervor." Another review aggregator, Metacritic, assigned a weighted average score of 37 out of 100 based on 25 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaSco...
Son of God at IMDbSon of God at the TCM Movie DatabaseSon of God at AllMovieMorgan Freeman presents his quest in order to find how most religions perceive life after death, what different civilizations thought about the act of creation and other big questions that mankind has continuously asked.
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Mar 31, 2016 · A married couple who survived Hurricane Katrina tell Freeman how, in the face of unspeakable horror, they sang religious songs all night long in the dark.
