Priest Antonia Bird Digital Life DVD

Priest
starring: Linus Roache, Tom Wilkinson, Robert Carlyle, Cathy Tyson, Lesley Sharp
directed by: Antonia Bird

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Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9786305428091
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 6305428093
Label: Miramax
Manufacturer: Miramax
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Letterbox
Publisher: Miramax
Region Code: 1
Release Date: September 07, 1999
Running Time: 98 minutes
Sales Rank: 14520
Studio: Miramax
Theatrical Release Date: March 24, 1995

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Critics everywhere declared PRIEST to be one of the best films of the year! The deeply held religious convictions of an idealistic young priest are challenged when he must face extraordinary events within his own congregation. Soon, he is forced to make the impossible choice between keeping the faith and exposing the truth! A gripping and powerful story -- see this unforgettable big-screen hit for yourself!

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Despite its title, forget about finding this controversial drama on the Vatican's screening list. The film explores a provocative checklist of religious taboos--celibacy, incest, sexual abuse, homosexuality, the debatable secrecy of the confessional--as director Antonia Bird delivers a bold condemnation of what she views as the outdated politics and harmful nature of Catholic doctrine. The story concerns the ideologically strained relationship between two clergymen, the misleading conservative Father Greg (Linus Roache) and his older and more practical colleague, Father Matthew (Tom Wilkinson). Upon arriving at his new Liverpool parish, Greg is shocked to learn that Matthew ignores celibacy and openly sleeps with his black housekeeper. Greg chooses to satisfy his earthly desires in a more secretive way. Sometimes, he likes to lose the cloth, grab a leather jacket, and pick up guys at the local gay pub. He's got other problems as well. While torturing himself with his own moral dilemma, he's hit with another, as during confession a young girl confides that her father is sexually abusing her at home. While this drags out the old 'bound by secrecy' cliché of many religious melodramas, Bird uses it to bolster her theme of unwarranted secrecy in the face of faith and social scorn. Ultimately, both the priest and the girl are victims of their own fear, and must find courage to destroy it. Thankfully, Bird's wicked sense of humor keeps the film's tone from slipping into saccharine sentimentality, while Roache's intense performance and a honest, shattering finale rescue the film from swerving too far into shallow TV movie-of-the-week sensationalism. --Dave McCoy

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Average Rating: out of 5 stars

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- Excellent film.
I liked it very much. Very thought provoking. Love scenes were a little too graphic for my tastes, but they were a small part of the film. The rest was really terrific.

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- Catholic Gays
We all have deamons to battle. In this film it shows how a Catholic priest deals with his sexual deamons. He has homosexual feelings wich he releases and is found out. he there for is dis barred from the church till the church can deal with it. They then decide after his confession and the fact that he helps a child who's father molested her that sin is sin.

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- great but sad movie
love the drama on the movie but hate that at the end he didnt do anything about it and it looks like ppl didnt forgive him for what he did

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- Moving and Uplifitng
"PRIEST"

Moving and Uplifting

Amos Lassen and Cinema Pride

"Priest" is one of the most beautiful movies I have ever seen. Highly underrated and rarely seen, this is a classic film about the nature of intolerance and how understanding can bring people together. But be warned, you need tissues to watch this film. I remember when the movie was released it so riled the Catholic Church that it was banned in many places and somehow it managed to get on the screen for one showing in New Orleans until the Archbishop demanded its closure. Whereas New Orleans is a Roman Catholic city, this was not surprising but slowly bootleg copies made the rounds and may saw it and spoke of it. This is a movie that I cannot recommend highly enough.
"Priest" is the provocative story about the Roman Catholic Church in Liverpool, England. It appears as if it was meant to shock rather than ... Read More

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