Passion Changes Everything

January 25, 2004 by  
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(JAN 25, 2004) Read full article Passion Changes Everything by Ralph Winter (Producer, X-Men) & Mark Joseph on www.NationalReview.com.

(EXCERPT) We are hearing anecdotal evidence from around the country that a massive audience is developing for The Passion of the Christ consisting of, in some cases, traditionalist Christians who have not been to a theater in decades.

Why? Because for the first time in history and in a manner and scale only hinted at by films like The Omega Code and Jonah: A Veggie Tales Movie, a film has finally emerged that has five key ingredients: Star power, mainstream credibility, controversy, wide simultaneous release and deep resonance with traditionalist Christians.