and mark burnett, son of god is their brand-new movie. i watched this movie with a number of people. there was not a dry eye in the room. has that been the normal reaction? yeah, i just think that people are really touched by the story. it is deeply moving. and i think it is one of the beautiful things to be able to watch it collectively in the cinematic experience, and feeling the overwhelming love. because it plays out like a thriller, really. it is a political thriller on the one hand, three-pointed drama with the romans led by pilate, and the temple authorities, and the disciples led by jesus. and they re all on this collision path to jerusalem, a path on this collision course. it is highly dramatic and then
and welcome back to the special edition of hannity. we turn things back over to our studio audience as we turn things back over to roma downey and mark burnett. as i was watching it, out of all the apostles, he is the one that will betray jesus, and i m thinking wow. yeah, it is pretty incredible. but the thing is that god knew beforehand that was a part of the plan. and jesus knew, that is why he kissed him and said he knew he was going to portray it. that is why it happened. but what i love about this film and i thank you so much for making it, and especially for my generation, and younger people who are going up around so much cynic cynicism. it is a very important perspective one of the most non-churched cynical generations. for them to see this and see he was the son of god b also the son of man.
and mark burnett, son of god is their brand-new movie. i watched this movie with a number of people. there was not a dry eye in the room. has that been the normal reaction? yeah, i just think that people are really touched by the story. it is deeply moving. and i think it is one of the beautiful things to be able to watch it collectively in the cinematic experience, and feeling the overwhelming love. because it plays out like a thriller, really. it is a political thriller on the one hand, three-pointed drama with the romans led by pilate, and the temple authorities, and the disciples led by jesus. and they re all on this collision path to jerusalem, a path on this collision course. it is highly dramatic and then woven through it.
woven through it. of course it is the beauty of the love story, of god s love for humanity, that he acceptsen jesus. i thought he captured what i thought in my mind, jesus would be like, confident, strong, loving. i mean, he seemed to have all of it put together. we wanted an actor who could portray the lion and the lamb. and i think the compassion and tenderness that he brings to it on the one hand and the strength and charisma, beautiful job. and this went back to the passion of the christ, too, very graphic. the krufrzion scene. obviously, the lashes being given out prior to that, carrying the cross. it is hard to watch. yeah, it does it is we worked hard to get a pg 13 rating. but it still is really hard to
he was human, like us. it causes us to ask the questions and investigate. you said, roma, who didn t know god, who was not a believer who really raise questions on who jesus was. and it raises so many important questions. one thing i would add, it is not preaching. he is telling the story and if people are impacted by it. they re impacted by it. caro carol? i believe that this film has the potential to really reach the secular as well as the christian audience. and that for christians it tells us about it reminds us that jesus, as he was leaving the earth he said that greater works than these will we do. and i believe in america sometimes and in parts of the world we act as if we are powerless. and we re not supposed to be powerless. one of us is supposed to be able to put 10,000 to flight. and we ve lost sight of that. and the last thing i want to say is sean, we re waiting for you