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THE LAST TEMPTATION OF CHRIST, adapted by Paul Schrader, from Nikos Kazantzakis's controversial 1955 novel, opens in 123 theatres to a chorus of outrage and condemnation from Christian religious groups across the country. Martin Scorsese's provocative, polarising film posits a decidely un-Messiah-like Jesus Christ forsaking the cross for a life of earthly pleasures and domestic bliss. With Willem Dafoe, Harvey Keitel, Barbara Hershey and David Bowie as Pilate.
