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Martin Donovan, P.J. Harvey, Layla Alexander

The end of the millenium has taken on a certain significance in modern day prophecies. What happens if Jesus Christ has second thoughts about the Apocalypse? It is December 31, 1999 and New Year's Eve...( read more  read more... ) takes on new meaning when the Devil, Jesus Christ, and Christ's assistant Magdelina discuss and debate the end of the world, the opening of the seven seals, and the essence of being human.

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Unrated, 63 min.

Directed by: Hal Hartley

Release Date: October 10, 1998

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DVD Release Date: November 7, 2000

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  • threefolddado
    July 9, 2008
    threefolddado
    Interesting low budget existential drama.
  • rachelpinkrox
    August 5, 2008
    rachelpinkrox
    sounds very sacreligious.
  • markearly2
    June 23, 2008
    markearly2
    I love the scene with P.J. Harvey singing "To Sir, With Love".
  • goblue
    January 26, 2008
    goblue
    Jesus confronts the Devil on a subway in NYC.
  • olechristian
    September 2, 2007
    olechristian
    Good, but very pretentious. Jesus and Satan walks the Earth on the last day, and what do they do? Go to bars to drink and discuss philosophy.
  • vrtualme
    June 24, 2007
    vrtualme
    sounds very interesting
  • minguswaits
    May 31, 2007
    minguswaits
    Cinematography sucks in this film but the dialogue is incredible. The jittery camera work drives me nuts
  • v0od0ochild
    May 17, 2007
    v0od0ochild
    partially thoughtful, partially kind of bad, because it falls short of coming off as sophisticated although it tries so hard! just makes it kind of cheesy and funny, but at other times quite musing...
  • wildeenchantress
    March 30, 2007
    wildeenchantress
    no info = no interest

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