The Seventh Sign

The Seventh Sign

Infobox_Film
name = The Seventh Sign


director = Carl Schultz
writer = Clifford Green
Ellen Green
starring = Demi Moore
Michael Biehn
Jürgen Prochnow
producer = Robert W. Cort
Ted Field
music = Jack Nitzsche
distributor= TriStar Pictures
budget =
released= 1988
runtime = 97 min
language = English
imdb_id = 0096073|

"The Seventh Sign" is a 1988 film written by Clifford and Ellen Green and directed by Carl Schultz. Signs of the apocalypse are appearing, along with a mysterious wanderer. Father Lucci (played by Peter Friedman) is the Vatican official investigating them. He dismisses the occurrences as natural, but Abby Quinn, a young American woman (played by Demi Moore), believes that they are real.

Plot

In the film, Jürgen Prochnow portrays Jesus' return to Earth in the year 1989 to judge humanity. The final judgment is averted by an act of faith which prevents the final sign of the apocalypse from occurring. In the film, through a flashback, Prochnow also portrays the original Jesus on the eve of his crucifixion. Father Lucci is revealed to be Cartaphilus, a Roman Centurion and Pilate's porter who struck Jesus before his death and was sentenced to wander the Earth until Christ returned to judge mankind. The Lucci-Cartaphilus character is a combination of the Longinus and the Wandering Jew legends. In the movie Abby who is soon to give birth discovers that she is actually the reborn woman some identify as Seraphia, the woman who offered Christ water during the Crucifixion but was turned away by Cartaphilus. She finds out that the prophecies lead up to the birth of her child who may not survive because there will be no more souls left for the newborns unless someone offers their own.

Tagline: "The seals have been broken. The prophecies have begun. Now only one woman can halt the end of our world."

External links

*
*
* [http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19880401/REVIEWS/804010303/1023 The Seventh Sign] Review by Roger Ebert


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужен реферат?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • The Seventh Sign — Album par Yngwie Malmsteen Sortie 16 février 1994 Durée 46:31 Genre Metal néo classique Producteur  ?? Label Sp …   Wikipédia en Français

  • The Seventh Sign — Filmdaten Deutscher Titel: Das siebte Zeichen Originaltitel: The Seventh Sign Produktionsland: USA Erscheinungsjahr: 1988 Länge: 93 Minuten Originalsprache: Englisch …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • The Seventh Sign (album) — Infobox Album | Name = The Seventh Sign Type = Album Artist = Yngwie J. Malmsteen Released = May 9, 1994 Recorded = Genre = Neo classical metal Length = Label = CMC International Spitfire Producer = Reviews = * Allmusic Rating|3|5… …   Wikipedia

  • The Seventh Seal — For other uses, see The Seventh Seal (disambiguation). The Seventh Seal Theatrical release poster Directed by Ingmar Bergman …   Wikipedia

  • The High Sign/One Week — Infobox Album | Name = The High Sign/One Week: Music for the Films of Buster Keaton Type = Album Artist = Bill Frisell Released = 1995 Recorded = 1995 Genre = Avant garde jazz Downtown musicFilm soundtrack Length = 36:59 Label = Elektra Nonesuch… …   Wikipedia

  • The Bible in film — Stories from the Bible have frequently been used as a basis for films. It is attractive subject matter for filmmakers for several reasons: 1) The Bible has a large potential audience of interested Christians willing to buy tickets. 2)A story is… …   Wikipedia

  • The Gufs — Infobox musical artist Name = The Gufs Img capt = The Gufs in concert Img size = Landscape = Background = Birth name = Alias = Born = Died = Origin = Milwaukee, Wisconsin Instrument = Genre = pop/rock Occupation = Years active = 1988 1999, 2006… …   Wikipedia

  • The Blessed Virgin Mary —     The Blessed Virgin Mary     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Blessed Virgin Mary     The Blessed Virgin Mary is the mother of Jesus Christ, the mother of God.     In general, the theology and history of Mary the Mother of God follow the… …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • The Gallican Rite —     The Gallican Rite     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Gallican Rite     This subject will be treated under the following six heads:     I. History and Origin; II. MSS. and Other Sources; III. The Liturgical Year; IV. The Divine Office; V. The… …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • The Dark Is Rising Sequence — The Dark Is Rising redirects here. For the 2007 film based on the second book in the series, see The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising. Greenwitch redirects here. Not to be confused with Greenwich. For Green Witchcraft, see Contemporary Witchcraft. Dark …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”