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Conflict across the centuries.

Publication: National Catholic Reporter
Publication Date: 13-MAY-05 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Conflict across the centuries.(MOVIES - Kingdom of Heaven; The Interpreter)(Movie Review)

Article Excerpt
Kingdom of Heaven is an ambitious movie, repeating the epic sweep of Ridley Scott's Academy Award-winning "Gladiator" while striving to make the Crusades an adventure for a religiously plural world. An outsider may wonder whether this is an appropriate moment to remind audiences of the bloody divisions of the 12th century, but its producers are careful to minimize the greed of the Crusaders and give Saladin the dignity with which he is remembered in Islamic culture. Battle scenes are stirring, 12th-century Jerusalem is recreated in striking detail and after Saladin's forces break through its walls, he allows the city's inhabitants to depart in safety.

The movie starts in a rush. Balian (Orlando Bloom), a French blacksmith, is in despair, his wife having committed suicide after the death of her child. Seeing a man who has stolen...

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