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Anno Domini: the seventh year of Augustus Caesar's reign. In the Roman province of Judea Jews return to the city of their birth for the census. A bright star in the night over Bethlehem marks the birth of Jesus Christ. Years later Roman commander Messala Stephen Boyd who was brought up in Judea takes command of the Roman garrison in Jerusalem. His Jewish boyhood friend Judah Ben-Hur Charlton Heston greets him. Messala is delighted. But when Judah refuses to name Jewish patriots Messala sentences him to the slave galleys and imprisons his mother Miriam Martha Scott and sister Tirzah Cathy O'Donnell. Judah vows revenge. In BEN-HUR William Wyler's much-lauded epic the story of Judah's search for his mother and sister and his quest for revenge intersects with crucial biblical events such as the Sermon on the Mount and the crucifixion. Wyler gets fine performances from Heston Boyd Jack Hawkins as a Roman admiral who befriends Judah and Hugh Griffith as an Arab sheik who dreams of racing his beautiful white horses

An epic in the spirit of THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST, this widely acclaimed motion picture is a meticulous recreation of the turbulent era of Jesus and the events that changed the course of history! Narrated by Golden Globe nominee Christopher Plummer (Best Supporting Actor, AMERICAN TRAGEDY, 2000), it's the bold and powerful story of Jesus as told by his disciple John. The best-loved but least understood of the gospels, John presents a uniquely human portrait of courage and passion encompassing Jesus' entire three-year ministry, the final years of his life. Intimate and reflective, THE GOSPEL OF JOHN offers an unparalleled opportunity to experience the incomparable life and times of Jesus Christ.

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Spiritual conviction and radical politics define LUTHER an historical biography which traces the life and career of Martin Luther an inspired monk whose writings initiated the Protestant movement in 16th-century Germany. The film follows Luther's induction as a monk to his professorship in Wittenberg where he eventually authors the 95 Theses. Reacting against Roman-Catholic strategies of bartering salvation for coinage as well as the institution's hierarchies of religious knowledge and power Luther throws the proverbial wrench in the system with his seditious writings. His disgust with the Church is only balanced by his love of the scriptures and he calls on both to defend himself in numerous battles with the Church recreated with modern-day courtroom drama. The film employs tropes of the father and son including Luther's relationships with his biological father his spiritual mentor at the monastery and God all of which provide richer textures to the narrative. Populated with dusty energetic peasants desperat