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Release Date:
December 1, 1999
Original Title:
The Twelve Apostles
Alternate Titles:
The Twelve Apostles
Genres:
Documentary
Production Companies:
A+E Studios
History
Paulist Productions
Weller/Grossman Productions
Production Countries:
United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 91
They started out as average, unexceptional men of their time. Fishermen, farmers, local magistrates. But their dedication to a prophetic Jewish preacher in the backwaters of the Roman Empire transformed them into revolutionaries and, in the process, changed the world itself in ways that would reverberate across time for two thousand years. Now, discover the extraordinary, untold stories of the men chosen by Jesus to bring God’s plan to the world. Among them: Peter, the rock upon which Christ would build His new religion; James and John, the fiery-tempered “sons of thunder”; Matthew, the tax collector later murdered by cannibals; Simon the Zealot, the anti-Roman fanatic eventually “cut to pieces” preaching in Spain; and Judas Iscariot, whose betrayal would be paid for with silver and suicide.
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Consulting Producer:
Terrance A. Sweeney
Director:
Joel Rizor
Editor:
Tudor Applen
Executive In Charge Of Production:
David Shikiar
Executive Producer:
Robb Weller
Gary H. Grossman
Ellwood Kieser
Makeup Artist:
Sandra Bostwick
Vivian Flynn
Music:
Michael Andreas
Producer:
Mark Montgomery
Supervising Producer:
Nancy Gimbrone
Writer:
Nancy Gimbrone
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