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Fifteen years ago Bruce Marchiano's ground-breaking portrayal as Jesus in the film The Gospel According to Matthew captured the joy and passion of Christ in a depth and reality never seen before. Openly loving, deeply caring, weeping over people's pain, Marchiano's presentation of Jesus has impacted countless lives across the nation and the globe.
Commemorating the 15th anniversary of its US debut, this re-release of Matthew on DVD ($24.99 March 15, 2010) includes new bonus items and special features, including Marchiano's 2 CD audio book, In the Footsteps of Jesus. In this ECPA Silver Medallion Award winning narrative, Marchiano personally takes us behind the scenes of Matthew and passionately shares his life-changing experience portraying Jesus.
Since its original release, The Gospel According to Mathew has sold millions of copies worldwide. This film is uniquely word-for-word The Gospel of Matthew, using the New International Version, and shows the chapters and verses in the lower corner of the screen. There are no added stories, characters, or words; but all of the tenderness, majesty and compassion of Jesus is expressed to the fullest, offering fresh and revitalized understanding, as well as deeply personal impact.
"As the Apostle Paul writes," Marchiano explains, "'The gospel is the power of God unto salvation,' and that was the concept-that the gospel would be put on film in the pureness of its power-and that means unaltered by any human script writer." Marchiano continues, "These fifteen years later, not a day goes by that I don't receive a testimony from some corner of the world, and that testimony is always the same, 'This film changed my life.'"
What people are saying...
Bruce Marchiano has captured the person of Jesus in an accuracy I've never seen on film. He gives us a Savior who is authentic, a lover of the Father and a lover of people. Also, as Bruce's pastor of many years, I can attest that this was not 'an acting job' to him, but a ministry; and not a "character' he played, but his Lord for whom he lives and serves faithfully.
Dr. Jack Hayford, Founding Pastor of The Church on the Way
Bruce Marchiano's portrayal of Jesus moved me to tears. His story of discovering a God during the filming who truly loves us with an overwhelming love will grip your heart.
Kay Arthur, Founder and President Precept Ministries Int'l
This film has touched everyone I've shown it to. The Jesus that is portrayed not only matches the Gospel truth more than any other Jesus film I've seen, but I believe it pioneered a paradigm shift in how Jesus is understood both in and outside the body of Christ-from detached and distant to a Jesus who is personal, real, and loves you intimately.
Pastor Jim Girdlestone, Antioch Community Church, Newhall, CA
I could never get my teenagers to go to church with me-until they saw Matthew. Now they are serving the Jesus who, they learned through Matthew, loves them like no other.
Anna, Tampa, FL
All my life I believed in the "Spiritual Jesus." In this movie I discovered Jesus as a Man. I witnessed His strength, and I felt His pain, love, and even sense of humor-and every word comes directly from the Bible. Finally, Jesus is real in my life, not just "somewhere out there.
Teri Ann, Cypress, CA
As a child I learned the song, "Jesus Loves Me." Now, because of Matthew, I know it's really true.
Christel, South Africa
"I always thought I knew who Jesus was-I think we all do," Marchiano recalls. "But then one day, as an actor, I was kneeling in the dirt, eye-to-eye with diseased beggars; walking among heart-hungry throngs, and more than anything else, hanging on a cross. And for the first time in my Christian life, I began to catch a glimpse of who he really is-love like none of us can ever imagine love can be... Jesus."
Marchiano was so personally impacted during the filming of Matthew, he transitioned from secular acting to full-time ministry, sharing Jesus across America and the world through speaking and his several books which include Jesus Yesterday, Today & Forever, Jesus Wept, and most recently, Jesus, the Man Who Loved Women. Currently he is leading the production of a new word-for-word film based on the Book of John, titled Jesus... No Greater Love (see NewJesusMovie.com).
