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The nativity story, New Line Cinema presents a Temple Hill production ; produced by Wyck Godfrey, Marty Bowen ; written by Mike Rich ; directed by Catherine Hardwicke

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MPAA rating: PG; for some violent content

The nativity story

videorecording

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New Line Cinema presents a Temple Hill production ; produced by Wyck Godfrey, Marty Bowen ; written by Mike Rich ; directed by Catherine Hardwicke

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Begins with the slaughter of Bethlehem's innocents under orders from a paranoid King Herod. Go back a year to the prophecy that informs Zechariah that his wife, Elizabeth, will bear a child. Elizabeth's cousin, the adolescent Mary, struggles with her family to make ends meet and is promised to the carpenter Joseph. Mary is told by the angel Gabriel that she will carry, while still a virgin, the long-awaited Messiah who will liberate the Jews from Herod and his Roman benefactors. Joseph and Mary travel to Bethlehem. Three Magi spend months crossing the desert trying to rendezvous at some point below the convergence of three heavenly bodies in the night sky. Friendship and trust emerges between Mary and Joseph after he is told in a dream that she speaks truthfully about her miraculous pregnancy

A vision -- Mary of Nazareth -- King Herod's collection -- The prophecy -- Marriage to Joseph -- A child through the Holy Spirit -- Mary visits Elizabeth -- Birth of John -- The three Wise Men journey -- Mary returns home -- Joseph's dream -- The census -- To Bethlehem -- The perilous journey -- The holy city -- Herod and the Wise Men -- Finding shelter -- The birth of Jesus -- Three gifts -- Escape to Egypt

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