THE LOST TOMB OF JESUS (2007)
THE LOST TOMB OF JESUS (2007)
An Associated Producers film currently in the Associated Producers library
105 mins. - Discovery Channel and Vision TV - Associated Producers Ltd.
THE LOST TOMB OF JESUS (2007)
AN ASSOCIATED PRODUCERS FILM
120 MINUTES • DOCUMENTARY • PRODUCED IN ASSOCIATION WITH: VISION TV, DISCOVERY CHANNEL US, CHANNEL 4, PROSIEBEN AND CHANNEL 8
CREDITS:
WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY SIMCHA JACOBOVICI
PRODUCERS SIMCHA JACOBOVICI, RIC ESTHER BIENSTOCK AND FELIX GOLUBEV
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER SIMCHA JACOBOVICI AND JAMES CAMERON
“...scripted like a crypotology treasure hunt and centered on the the Indiana Jones-ish persona of Simcha Jacobovici”
Breathtaking recreations. Exclusive interviews. The first images captured on film of an un-excavated first-century Jerusalem tomb. THE LOST TOMB OF JESUS is a riveting archaeological adventure, a real-life detective story, co-produced by filmmaker Simcha Jacobovici, TITANIC director James Cameron and producers Felix Golubev and Ric Ether Bienstock.
In 1980, a bulldozer accidentally uncovered a first-century tomb in Jerusalem. Of the ten ossuaries (stone coffins) found inside, six bore inscriptions: Jesus son of Joseph, Maria, Mariamene (the name by which Mary Magdalene was known), Joseph, Matthew, and Judah son of Jesus. Dismissed by archaeologists as coincidence, the ossuaries were warehoused and forgotten. Twenty-five years later, filmmaker Simcha Jacobovici and his team went in search of the ossuaries…and the lost tomb. What they found may well be the most controversial archaeological discovery of all time.
AWARD HIGHLIGHTS:
CANADIAN SOCIETY OF CINEMATOGRAPHERS AWARD FOR BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY IN A DOCUDRAMA
GEMINI AWARD, BEST SOUND IN AN INFORMATION/DOCUMENTARY PROGRAM OR SERIES, 2007
GEMINI AWARDS NOMINATION, BEST WRITING IN AN INFORMATION/DOCUMENTARY SERIES, 2007
GOLD WORLDMEDAL, NEW YORK FESTIVALS, 2008