"Warner Bros. Records. It features an orchestral score by Howard Shore, performed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra; and the song ""Still"", written, performed, and produced by Morissette. Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic described the ""rich, effective"" score as ""alternately melodramatic and humorous"". ""Dogma"" was the third-highest-grossing film in its opening weekend, behind ""The Bone Collector"" and """", grossing $8.7 million. The film grossed a domestic total of $30.7 million from a $10 million budget. On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 67% based on 126 reviews, with an average rating of 6.2/10. The site's critical consensus reads,"
"the world. In ""Dogma"", Metatron is portrayed by Alan Rickman, stating that he acts as the Voice of God in situations where people hear God speak to them, as humanity is psychologically and physically incapable of hearing God's ""actual"" voice without their heads exploding. In the course of the film, he recruits abortion clinic worker Bethany Sloan (Linda Fiorentino), who is revealed over the course of the film to be the last living relative of Jesus, to stop two angels from unwittingly negating existence while God is incapacitated after the Almighty is attacked and left in a coma while in"
"Gods and Monsters (film) Gods and Monsters is a 1998 British-American period drama film that recounts the partly fictionalized last days of the life of film director James Whale, whose experience of war in World War I is a central theme. It stars Ian McKellen as Whale, along with Brendan Fraser, Lynn Redgrave, Lolita Davidovich and David Dukes. The film was directed and written by Bill Condon, based on Christopher Bram's novel ""Father of Frankenstein"". ""Gods and Monsters"" won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, and was nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role (Ian McKellen) and Best"
"Buddy Christ Buddy Christ is a parody religious icon in the film ""Dogma"". In the film, he is part of a campaign (""Catholicism Wow!"") to renew the image of (and interest in) the Catholic Church. Viewing the crucifix image as ""wholly depressing"", the Church, led by Cardinal Glick (George Carlin), decides to retire it, and creates Buddy Christ as a more uplifting image of Jesus Christ. The icon consists of a statue of Jesus, smiling and winking while pointing at onlookers with one hand and giving the thumbs-up sign with the other hand. The Buddy Christ was later produced as"
"element of the 1999 Kevin Smith film, ""Dogma"". The earliest appearance of this theory is due to the 13th-century Cistercian monk and chronicler Peter of Vaux de Cernay who reported that Cathars believed that the 'evil' and 'earthly' Jesus Christ had a relationship with Mary Magdalene, described as his concubine (and that the 'good Christ' was incorporeal and existed spiritually in the body of Paul). The program ""The Real Da Vinci Code"" also cast doubt on the Rosslyn Chapel association with the Grail and on other related stories, such as the alleged landing of Mary Magdalene in France. According to"
"Herx, director of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops' Office of Film and Broadcast (successor to the National Legion of Decency), emphasized that the Catholic League is not an official agency of the church. The year 1999 saw the release of Kevin Smith's controversial film ""Dogma"". Despite the fact that Smith is a practicing Catholic, as Kevin Smith confirmed in an interview on the film's DVD, several religious groups, especially the Catholic League, said the film was anti-Catholic and blasphemous, and organized protests, including one that took place at the November 12 premiere of the film at Lincoln Center"
"Dungeons & Dragons: Wrath of the Dragon God Dungeons and Dragons: Wrath of the Dragon God is a 2005 fantasy film directed by Gerry Lively. It is a made-for-TV stand-alone sequel to the 2000 film ""Dungeons & Dragons"", which in turn was based on the popular role-playing game ""Dungeons & Dragons"" (or ""D&D""). The only returning actor is Bruce Payne reprising his role as Damodar. The film was released in theaters in Europe as well as some parts of North America and Latin America, and released on DVD on February 7, 2006. ""Dungeons & Dragons: Wrath of the Dragon God"""
"(out of four). The film was screened, but was not entered in competition, at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival. Smith's screenplay received Independent Spirit Award and Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America nominations. In late November 2005, Smith responded to talk of a possible sequel on the ViewAskew.com message boards: When asked about the sequel in October 2017, Smith said it wouldn't happen, as he no longer desired to make any new religious films. Dogma (film) Dogma is a 1999 American fantasy comedy film, written and directed by Kevin Smith, who also stars with Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Linda"
"used by the movie ""Switch"", was to have God as two voices, one male and one female, speaking simultaneously. Director John Huston provided the voice of God in his 1966 epic """". God has in fact been portrayed in movies ever since the days of silent cinema, in biblical epics, experimental films, everyday dramas, and comedies. A cantankerous animated God instructs King Arthur and his knights with their mission in the 1975 comedy ""Monty Python and the Holy Grail"". Robert Mitchum portrayed a cigar-smoking, American, God in Frédéric Fonteyne's 1992 comedy ""Les Sept péchés capitaux"". A suicidal supreme being identified"
"The Adventures of God The Adventures of God () is a 2000 Argentine fantasy drama film directed and written by Eliseo Subiela. The film premiered on 1 September 2000 in Canada. Starring Daniel Freire. Shot in digital video, this surreal, metaphysical meditation on existence and identity finds a man (Pasta Dioguardi) and a woman (Flor Sabatella) trapped in an apparent dream taking place in the labyrinthine corridors and strange rooms of a seaside 1930s hotel. The man knows nothing about his past or how he ended up in the hotel, but is accused by two men of having committed a"
"Oh My God (2009 film) Oh My God is a 2009 documentary film by filmmaker Peter Rodger. The filmmaker asked people across the world the question ""What is God?"" Notable figures interviewed include Ringo Starr, Hugh Jackman, David Copperfield, Seal, Bob Geldof, Baz Luhrmann, Jack Thompson, Princess Michael of Kent and Lawrence Blair. ""Oh My God"" received mostly negative reviews from critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a 21% approval rating, based on 19 reviews. The film is mentioned in the manifesto of Elliot Rodger, the perpetrator of the 2014 Isla Vista killings, and son of the film's director"
"merely filling a space. In an interview with the New York Times dated 9th April 2000 David Duchovny himself, while talking about production difficulties, stated that “‘Playing God' was a mistake only because we didn't have a script ready... I should have just bailed out, but I didn't know,” he says. [url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/04/09/movies/film-david-duchovny-with-facial-expressions.html] The song ""Spybreak!"" by Propellerheads was used in this film two years before its Stardom debut as the Main Song of the cult movie ""The Matrix"" (1999) Playing God (1997 film) Playing God is a 1997 American thriller crime drama film directed by Andy Wilson and written by"
"Playing God (1997 film) Playing God is a 1997 American thriller crime drama film directed by Andy Wilson and written by Mark Haskell Smith. It stars David Duchovny (in his first starring role after achieving success with ""The X-Files""), Timothy Hutton, and Angelina Jolie. Duchovny plays Eugene Sands, a surgeon who has his medical license revoked after operating under the influence of amphetamines and opiates. Hutton's character, a crime lord named Raymond Blossom, happens upon him in a bar where Sands saves someone's life with an emergency procedure to inflate a collapsed lung. Blossom hires Sands as his personal physician,"
"of sin, no matter how foul, from the soul just before death. The purified soul can then ascend into heaven. The Roman Catholic Church, according to the film, considers this heresy. Heath Ledger plays an unhappy and disillusioned priest, Alex Bernier, a member of a fictitious religious order ""The Carolingians"" which specializes in fighting demons and other hell spawn. Father Dominic, the head of the Carolingians, has died in Rome under suspicious circumstances and Alex leaves the United States to investigate. In Rome, Alex visits the morgue and sees strange markings on Dominic's corpse. After some investigation, he comes across"
"concert. After a six-year hiatus, Morissette is due to release her ninth studio album sometime in 2018. In 1986, Morissette had her first stint as an actor: five episodes of the children's television show ""You Can't Do That on Television"". She appeared on stage with the Orpheus Musical Theatre Society in 1985 and 1988. In 1999, Morissette delved into acting again, for the first time since 1993, appearing as God in the Kevin Smith comedy ""Dogma"" and contributing the song ""Still"" to its soundtrack. Morissette reprised her role as God for a post-credits scene in Smith's next film, ""Jay and"
"Portrayals of God in popular media Portrayals of God in popular media have varied from a white-haired old man in ""Oh, God!"" to a woman in ""Dogma"", from an entirely off-screen character to a figure of fun. According to trinitarian Christianity, Jesus Christ is God, so cultural depictions of Jesus in film and television are also portrayals of God. Islam and Judaism both prohibit pictorial representations of God. However, television and Hollywood cinema emerged from a largely Christian tradition—that whilst it shared the prohibition on idolatry was more relaxed about religious iconography—and the many cultural depictions of God in that"
"on how his father said he would become rich from the film, but only sent him bankrupt. Oh My God (2009 film) Oh My God is a 2009 documentary film by filmmaker Peter Rodger. The filmmaker asked people across the world the question ""What is God?"" Notable figures interviewed include Ringo Starr, Hugh Jackman, David Copperfield, Seal, Bob Geldof, Baz Luhrmann, Jack Thompson, Princess Michael of Kent and Lawrence Blair. ""Oh My God"" received mostly negative reviews from critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a 21% approval rating, based on 19 reviews. The film is mentioned in the manifesto"
"time, directly from cue cards."" Affleck and Damon had an on-screen reunion in Kevin Smith's religious satire ""Dogma"" (after having appeared in Smith's previous films, ""Mallrats"" and ""Chasing Amy""), which premiered at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival. Janet Maslin of ""The New York Times"" remarked that the pair, playing fallen angels, ""bring great, understandable enthusiasm to Mr. Smith's smart talk and wild imaginings"". Affleck starred opposite Sandra Bullock in the romantic comedy ""Forces of Nature"" (1999), playing a groom whose attempts to get to his wedding are complicated by his free-spirited traveling companion. Owen Gleiberman of ""Entertainment Weekly"" remarked that"
"Golgotha (film) Golgotha is a 1935 French film about the death of Jesus Christ, released in English-speaking countries as Behold the Man. The film was directed by Julien Duvivier, and stars Harry Baur as Herod, Jean Gabin as Pontius Pilate, and Robert Le Vigan plays Jesus of Nazareth. In 1935, the film opened in France, and in 1937 in United States and played throughout Europe. However, the British Board of Film Censors ""would not allow British eyes to see it."" Le Vigan's performance marks the first direct portrayal of Christ in a sound film. For the most part, Jesus is"
"Saving God Saving God is a 2008 Christian drama film written by Michael Jackson and directed by Duane Crichton. The film stars Ving Rhames, Dean McDermott and Ricardo Chavira, and was released on DVD and Blu-ray on October 18, 2008 by Cloud Ten Pictures and Clear Entertainment. ""Saving God"" follows ex-convict turned pastor Armstrong Cane (Ving Rhames) as he returns to his family neighborhood to preach. As he attempts to rebuild the now crime-ridden area, he also tries to help a young drug dealer named Norris (Dwain Murphy) turn his life around. DVD Verdict's David Johnson felt the film was"
"""Provocative and audacious, ""Dogma"" is an uneven but thoughtful religious satire that's both respectful and irreverent."" On Metacritic, the film received a score of 62 out of 100, based on 36 critics, indicating ""generally favorable reviews"". Some religious groupsin particular the activist Catholic Leaguedenounced the film as blasphemous. Other groups staged protests outside theaters screening the film; but ""Chicago Sun-Times""s critic Roger Ebert noted that there was no official objection from the Catholic Church itself. ""We are actually free in this country to disagree about religion,"" Ebert wrote, ""and blasphemy is not a crime."" Ebert awarded the film three-and-a-half stars"
"critics. ""Damon outstandingly conveys his character's slide from innocent enthusiasm into cold calculation"", according to ""Variety"" magazine. He played a fallen angel who discusses pop culture as intellectual subject matter with Affleck in ""Dogma"" (1999). The film received generally positive reviews, but proved controversial among religious groups who deemed it blasphemous. Damon's attempts at essaying leading characters in romantic dramas such as 2000's ""All the Pretty Horses"" and ""The Legend of Bagger Vance"" were commercially and critically unsuccessful. ""Variety"" said of his work in ""All the Pretty Horses"": ""[Damon] just doesn't quite seem like a young man who's spent his"
"and helped a chubby boy named Ding Don, helping him stay on the right path and not go astray. Thunder God thought he was going to be rewarded for this effort, but instead, the Saint of Nine Heavens tells him avout a promise he made to the kid, that he will come forward to help the kid if he faces any difficulties. At this very moment, Ding Don (Vincent Kok), now grown up, is facing a death amulet. If Thunder God does not fulfill his commitment, it will be a disadvantage for him when campaigning for his proposal. Thunder God,"
"Oh, God! (film) Oh, God! is a 1977 American comedy film starring George Burns and John Denver. Based on a novel of the same name by Avery Corman, the film was directed by Carl Reiner from a screenplay written by Larry Gelbart. The story centers on unassuming supermarket manager Jerry Landers (Denver), chosen by God (Burns) to spread his message despite the skepticism of the media, religious authorities, and Landers' own wife (Teri Garr). The film inspired two sequels, ""Oh, God! Book II"" (1980) and ""Oh, God! You Devil"" (1984), both of which featured Burns reprising his role, but with"
"Jenna Elfman Jennifer Mary ""Jenna"" Elfman (née Butala; born September 30, 1971) is an American actress, best known for her performances in television comedies. Her first leading role was in the short-lived ABC sitcom ""Townies"" in 1996, before making her film debut in the 1997 comedy ""Grosse Pointe Blank"". Elfman is best known for her leading role as Dharma on the ABC sitcom ""Dharma & Greg"" (1997-2002), for which she won Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy in 1999, and was nominated for three Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy"
"Dying God Dying God (also known as Final Spawn) is a 2008 Argentinian–French horror-science fiction film directed by Fabrice Lambot. Sean Fallon, a corrupt cop, attempts to solve a series of unexplainable rapes that have resulted in the brutal deaths of prostitutes. Fallon discovers that the rapes are the work of a creature worshiped as a god by South American tribes. Aided by a local pimp, Fallon attempts to stop the creature while dealing with his own issues. Green Apple released ""Dying God"" on DVD on 28 December 2010. Scott Foy of Dread Central rated it 1.5/5 stars and called"
"with his employer is in the realm of speculation. In the documentary included on the DVD and in interviews, novelist Christopher Bram explains that the character of Clayton Boone is completely fictitious. Gods and Monsters (film) Gods and Monsters is a 1998 British-American period drama film that recounts the partly fictionalized last days of the life of film director James Whale, whose experience of war in World War I is a central theme. It stars Ian McKellen as Whale, along with Brendan Fraser, Lynn Redgrave, Lolita Davidovich and David Dukes. The film was directed and written by Bill Condon, based"
"The Mad Monk Ji Gong (濟公, pinyin: Jì Gōng; The Mad Monk in English) is a 1993 Hong Kong comedy film directed by Johnny To, and starring Stephen Chow as the ""Mad Monk"" Ji Gong, a popular Chinese folklore figure from the Southern Song Dynasty. The film follows ""Dragon Fighter Luohan"" as he accepts a challenge from the gods to change the fate of a beggar, a prostitute, and a villain in three heavenly days. He is reborn on earth as a mere mortal and ultimately battles an evil demon to stave off hell on earth. The gods in heaven"
"that the television series ""The Simpsons"" presented Catholicism with humor that had an ""undeniably hostile, sometimes gratuitous edge to it"" for years. Donohue objected to some dialogue in a November 1998 episode and other material in a January 1999 show that, in his view, made Catholicism the butt of a joke. In one case network executives substituted the name of a Protestant denomination for ""Catholic"" in later rebroadcasts. In 1999, before the release of Kevin Smith's film ""Dogma"", Donohue reported that he had read the script and found it objectionable. He said: ""Quite naturally, the actors and film critics who"
"Michael Ordoña of ""San Francisco Chronicle"" said of the apologies, ""That's little comfort to the nonwhite actors denied opportunities or the Egyptians who will see a pale shadow of their ancestral traditions."" The Casting Society of America applauded the statements from Lionsgate and Proyas. Professor Todd Boyd, chair for the Study of Race and Popular Culture at the University of Southern California, said, ""The apology is an attempt to have it both ways. They want the cast that they selected and they don't want people to hold it against them that it's a white cast."" Boseman, who plays the god"
"God Is Brazilian God Is Brazilian () is a 2003 Brazilian comedy-drama film directed and co-written by Carlos Diegues, based on a story by João Ubaldo Ribeiro. In the film, God, portrayed by Antônio Fagundes, decides to take a vacation and heads to northeastern Brazil to find a saint as a replacement. Taoca, a part-time fisherman and small-time con artist, finds a man holding on to a buoy in the middle of the ocean. The man claims he is God, but Taoca doesn't believe him until he performs some miracles. It seems God has decided to take a break and"
"God"") with Graves being styled ""Robert von Ranke Graves"", which is how he is credited in all German editions of his works. In 1937, abortive attempts were made to adapt the first book into a film by the film director Josef von Sternberg. The producer was Alexander Korda, who was then married to Merle Oberon, who was cast as Claudius' wife Messalina. Emlyn Williams was cast as Caligula, Charles Laughton was cast as Claudius, and Flora Robson was cast as Livia. Filming was abandoned after Oberon was injured in a serious motor car accident. In 1976, BBC Television adapted the"
"God of Gamblers God of Gamblers (; lit. ""God of Gambling"") is a 1989 Hong Kong action comedy-drama film written and directed by Wong Jing, and featuring an all-star cast led by Chow Yun-fat and Andy Lau. Ko Chun (Chow Yun-fat) is a world-famous gambler, so renowned and talented at winning various games of chance that he is referred to as the ""God of Gamblers"". He keeps his identity secret from the public (and avoids taking photos so his face is not recognized), but is known for three characteristics: his slick-backed hairstyle, his love of Feodora brand chocolate and his"