When someone uses my full name, it sounds like I did something bad, or am on the verge of punishment. So, despite that there is no real usage of end-verse rhyming in Hebrew form, there are several moments in the story where I utilized rhyme schemes in English in order to convey the same basic playful aspect of language that occurs in Hebrew. The Scapegoat is a 1912 American short silent Western film directed by Otis B. Thayer and starring Tom Mix.[1]. (10 reels), The on-screen suspense in The Scapegoat, a 1959 tale of two look-alikes who switch places, was almost upstaged by the off-screen tension between dueling stars Alec Guinness and Bette Davis. Marie-Noel then reminds John that he must drive her to her weekly music lesson in the nearby town of Villars and John plays a game with her in order to learn the directions there. Scapegoat. But this is after all a story of Jesus' descent into insanity, and so there are more than a few touches from the character of Vincent Van Gogh from both "Lust for Life" and "Vincent and Theo," as well as the character of Pink from "Pink Floyd: the Wall.". John Braratt is a professor of French who teaches at a college and runs into a man who looks exactly like him and this other man, DeGue drugs Braratt and leaves him in a hotel with all his passports and clothing. ahin K. is a wealthy and famous (or, rather, infamous) man who is discontented with his life. The story weaves together the best elements of The Sultan and the Beggar and Man in the Iron Mask, where a low-born character is thrown into high society and forced to make the best of things. Tom reluctantly agrees but hands in his badge with the stolen money and rides away. (24) 59min 2009 16+. He hopes to cash in on her inheritance, save the family and free himself from an annoying marriage. Emmy winner Matthew Rhys (The Americans) stars in this morally complex, darkly comic, and suspenseful film based on the novel by Daphne du Maurier. ), The name "Jesus" is derived from the ancient Greek "Iesus," pronounced "Yeh-sus." It was a fine line, however, between what is "conversational" and what turns into "colloquial." John agrees to have drinks with the man, who introduces himself as Jacques De Gu, a titled land-owner of the chateau St. Gilles, where he runs a failing family glass-making business. I am referring to the height of the cross: most typical depictions of crosses show them as very high, and some would argue that it would allow other passers-by to see them from very far away. The Scapegoat Pre-Production 31 January 2012 Quick little update Currently I'm looking for the best location to use as the apartment in the shoot. Here's the trailer for the film: She is fatally wounded from the encounter. . This was a very troubled production. (Some might view this as cheating, but I think those moments in the story operate rather well!). 1959, Boreham Wood, Elstree,England; Elstree, Boreham Wood,Great Britain England; France, 8,289ft John Barratt: Fate has made a beautiful mistake and we are together when we might have been apart. After the film was shown (a failure) she let it be known that she considered that I had ruined her performance and had had it cut to a minimum." The film adaptation of The Scapegoat differed from Du Maurier's novel in several ways: In the book John's impersonation of Jacques lasts only one week and Jacques does not kill "Francoise," her death is legitimately accidental. by Dominic | Dec 15, 2013 | Latest, Movie Reviews. The Scapegoat. His main skills include digital video editing in Adobe Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro (4-7) and Avid Media Composer platforms, as well as digital photography, digital audio editing, web design and a variety of other technical skills. The others had been suppressed by orthodox Christianity in the first several centuries of the movement, and only in the last half century of modern times have archaeologists uncovered texts that had been previously unavailable. Alarmed by Franoise's distress, John calms her by insisting the contract can be changed. Davis put a lot of work into her performance, but somewhere between filming and release, most of that work was cut, which gave The Scapegoat a choppy and unbalanced continuity. Spence sees an opportunity to escape a bad business deal, gets Standing drunk and during the night swaps their identities. His prime traits of kindness and sensitivity slowly turns the tide of the family anger, and in the span of a week, his attention to each individual turns them from hardened seeds into blooms. See production, box office & company info, Knebworth House, Knebworth, Hertfordshire, England, UK. He gets into difficulty and Tom ropes him to pull him out of the water. Set in 1952, as England prepares for the Coronation, The Scapegoat tells the provocative story of two very different men who have one thing in common - a face. Jacques scorns John's sentiment and at gunpoint demands that he depart. The opening and closing cast credits are presented in a slightly different order following Alec Guinness' name. ), Our main character, of course, is the person known to us through the Greek texts as "Judas," but this is a hellenization of "Yudah" or "Yehudah," and so the English equivalent of these Aramaic/Hebrew names is "Jude.". Other characters in the script were equally interesting and challenging to build, most notably Jude and Simon the Rock. I am picking and choosing elementsboth modern and ancientfrom my environment and culture, in order to tell a story that I believe is important to tell, and that will resonate with others in modern times, and be relevant to modern problems and issues. As people of the last two millennia have developed countless retellings of the Jesus storyin forms of play, book, film, painting, or any other mediumeach author/director/creator has had to determine exactly how the Jesus character is to be depicted. Needless to say, these anomalies have puzzled Christians and intrigued scholars for centuries. Despite the fact that they are the foundation of modern Christian thought, the four of them contradict each other quite extensively. The two-hour animatic represents an elaborate working rough cut of the entire project, and it features full-color drawings, basic 2D and 3D animation, sound effects, an original score, and dialogue from the entire script. The cartoon-like treatment of a lot of the plot elements totally suits the story. Screenplay: Robert Hamer and Gore Vidal John accepts Bela's invitation to tea at her small home and enjoys her company. Other aspects differ as well. Alec Guinness Bette Davis Nicole Maurey Irene Worth Pamela Brown Annabel Bartlett Geoffrey Keen Noel Howlett Peter Bull Leslie French Alan Webb Maria Britneva Eddie Byrne Peter Sallis Alexander Archdale. Several years ago there was an excavation of one burial site which did reveal a crucifixion victim buried withinour only archaeological example! But (despite some character similarities) I did not want modern associations with the Sylvester Stallone character, nor did I want a modern colloquial nickname such as "Rocky" in this film either. Share. The Scapegoat (1917 film), a Frederick Douglass Film Company production based on a story by Paul Laurence Dunbar The Scapegoat (1959 film), an adaptation of the du Maurier novel, starring Alec Guinness and Bette Davis The Scapegoat (2009), a film by BBC Northern Ireland about the murder of Patricia Curran, daughter of Lancelot Curran, in 1952 Please enter the password provided to access this screener. "Au bonheur des ogres (2013) - JPBox-Office", "The Scapegoat (Au bonheur des ogres): Film Review", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Scapegoat_(2013_film)&oldid=1130468829, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 30 December 2022, at 08:39. The specialeffects for the doppelgnger are riveting. All of our visual depictions and representations of crucifixion are loosely based on what is written in the Gospels. The apostles once asked Christ, "What's our prayer?" Although the book has its flaws, it's still a classic in the field. Most notably, I was relying upon Yoda and Ben Kenobi from the classic Star Wars trilogy, especially for their elusive and cryptic wisdom, and their metaphysical perspective on the universe. According to biographies of Guinness and Daphne Du Maurier, M-G-M hoped to cast Cary Grant in the lead, but Du Maurier had always envisioned Guinness playing the dual roles. Although I knew that it was a compelling idea, and that the project would evolve into something very important to me, I also knew that it would take a massive amount of workin the form of research, learning, writing and rewriting. One day some three weeks after the masquerade began, Gaston takes John aside to relay a summons from Bela. It is the tale of how an innocent man was found guilty but insane of the brutal homicide of a young woman from a very prominent family. Most of these are painted in oil on 36" x 48" Masonite board. I highly recommend these books and videos to anyone interested in the subject of New Testament studies, and I encourage anyone to explore other resources in the field. Trying to pick up the pieces and learning as he goes, Standing starts trying to fix the situation, and develops a deep love for everyone in the family. This is the fascinating true life story of one of Ireland's most famous unsolved murders. An old story of blind sages fumbling round an elephant, each decrying the other for misunderstanding their contribution. The film, which went on nationwide general release across Turkey on January21,2011(2011-01-21), is the first mainstream film from former porn star ahin K.[1][2][3]. In the process of forming the narrative structure and character development for the script, I did not merely utilize the Christian New Testament; I drew heavily on other non-traditional text sources, including and especially excerpts from the Nag Hammadi Library, within which is an impressive collection of "alternate" Jesus narratives, depictions and teachings. I knew that I had the same built-in contradiction ahead of me, but at least I was aware of it. The Scapegoat Photos View All Photos Movie Info An unemployed teacher (Matthew Rhys) meets his exact double in a British pub and becomes sucked into the man's wrecked life. Although she had been excited about working with the man who had directed Guinness in Kind Hearts and Coronets, when she met him she realized he was an alcoholic. In May of 2000, I had cranked out the first draft, which was absolutely horrible, barely readable, and at 227 pages was nearly twice as long as it should have been for a film script. (September 2022) Cast [ edit] Tom Mix as Tom Mason, the Scapegoat When John attempts to tell her the truth about himself, Bela admits she knew at once that he was not Jacques because his manner was so different. A perfect first-time introduction into modern studies of the Nag Hammadi Library. The answer is complicated, as it would be for anyone dealing in part with the history of religion as his or her subject matter. Closed captioning. The adolescent Judas Iscariot lives a sheltered life under the thumb of his strict father, striving to become a Temple Priest. I am just telling a story. [4] Location filming for the film was carried out mainly at Knebworth House in Hertfordshire. The Scapegoat is a morally complex, darkly comic and suspenseful movie featuring compelling performances from the film's ensemble cast. And in fact, the plot is really not of much interest, but the entire cast -- adults and children -- form a really pleasant ensemble and I would happily move in with this family. The fact is that it is never really "done" until it is committed to film and released. it reminds me of aPrince of Zendaremake set in mid 20th century Britain. On top of that, the business deal he/Spence should have brokered with a supplier never happened. I knew that I could not achieve this through costume or set, but I could achieve it through language.I decided early on, then, that there would be no words in the film such as "disciple" or "apostle"; these are both terms which only found meaning in Christian movements decades or centuries later. Nellie is astounded that her brother is a bank robber and pleads with Tom to release him. Although the gospel texts were written in Ancient Greekthe language of intellectuals at the timethe events described in the texts were not necessarily happening within that intellectual context. While the team is seeking the budget to build this project in a live-action form, many talented members of the acting and filmmaking community have provided their services towards the production of the animatic, in order to further the cause of getting this project funded. Englishman John Barratt, a French-language teacher at a small college, takes his annual holiday in France, where he reflects on his lonely, futile existence. Also included here is a pdf of a research paper that I wrote for an advanced-level course, dealing with character and story structure within the canonical gospels. However it does pay a lot more attention to details and subtleties than most modern viewers would appreciate. ), I had to come up with something in English that works in a similar way thematically. Matthew and Luke, somewhere in between the other two in terms of the human/divine spectrum, differ from each other in that Matthew's Jesus is a messiah only for the Jewsthe new Moses, imposing a new Biblical lawwhereas Luke's Jesus was abandoned by the Jews and is now a messiah for the the Gentilesthe rest of humanity. This is inherent in the task. This initial unpopularity would only contribute later to the other characters' hatred of him when he attempts to make things right in the climax. 92 mins More at IMDb TMDb. This article related to a French film of the 2010s is a stub. This discovery has led some scholars to conjecture that the ankles were either A) nailed to the sides of the upright beam, B) nailed to the front of the beam with the victims legs and lower body twisted sideways, or C) for there to be a small supporting block of wood protruding from the upright beam, where the ankle was then nailed to. There are no references to ages of people in any of the gospels, except the ages that Mark and Matthew provide for Jesus (and even that is highly suspect! Davis always contended that Guinness had had her scenes (and some of the other actresses') cut to keep himself in the spotlight. She entirely missed the character of the old countess, which could have been theatrically effective, and only wanted to be extravagantly over-dressed and surrounded, quite ridiculously, by flowers. For the only scene in which the character leaves her bedroom, Davis insisted on wearing a duplicate of one of her costumes from The Little Foxes (1941), complete with a veiled hat with a bird perched on top. The Scapegoat screenplay depicts a world view and cosmology that is clearly not Christian, and perhaps may be viewed as atheist, and yet within the story is also a very profound sense of both spirituality and metaphysics. ", In the Case of Simon Peter, I had some work to do. Guinness was more circumspect in discussing their relationship, expressing disappointment that they didn't really get to know each other. And indeed, for a time, I almost wondered if the whole thing was a joke or leg-pull, just to see how the story would seem if it was played as a farce. Although he initially tries to escape, John finds himself irresistibly drawn into Johnnys world with fatal consequences. [1] Contents 1 Plot summary 2 Cast 3 Plot 4 References 5 External links Plot summary [ edit] This section needs expansion. I created Jude as a teenager, young, idealistic, nave, and disliked by the others around himthe equivalent of the high school nerd, always getting picked on by the bigger kids. I'm taking my cue from Reservoir Dogs and will be filming the majority of the film in the one location. There is plenty of evidence of this "stitch-work" of sources in the Gospel texts. The separate elements are animated and composed together in Final Cut Pro. With the help of a maid, John goes through Jacques's suitcase and discovers several gifts, one of which holds several vials of morphine, which the maid promptly takes to the Countess. John continues his masquerade at St. Gilles over the next several days and visits Bela again on his next trip to Villars. Perhaps technical for some, but with incredible ideas and insight into the process of history at work in ancient texts. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. So I had to examine the way that certain names have been filtered down into modern times, and determine what their origins had been. Betty Davis, (Countess) gives a great supporting role and from what I had read, Davis & Guinness did not get along very well during the filming of this film. Instead, Gaston telephones St. Gilles and on advice of Dr. Aloin, the family physician, Gaston tells John that Jacques has asked to meet him at St. Gilles. A strong and aggressive personality. The story is tight and well shot. As described above, it was essential to find any means possible to force the audience to start over from scratch and look at this story in a totally new context. One major problem for Davis was a lack of faith in director Robert Hamer. John then meets with the Countess to announce that he intends to renew the business contract even at unfavorable terms, rather than allowing the business to fail and put long-time employees out of work. And what better way to convey the angst of this character than to have him be a child who is about to emerge into adulthood himself, and truly discover and define who he will be as an adult? I found them all to portray Jesus aswell incredibly dull! The website has a massive amount of information as wellhundreds of pages worth examining. He had recently won the Oscar for Best Actor for The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), followed by a knighthood. But it has really been the last two waves of drafts (Since November 2002 perhaps) that the screenplay has been "done enough" to be an enjoyable and engaging piece of entertainment and a viable structural skeleton for an actual film. The scene is England, 1952, as the Queen is about to be crowned. To chose one type of character depiction based on one gospel is automatically to exclude a contradicting depiction from another gospel. Starring: Matthew Rhys, Eileen Atkins, Anton Lesser Watch all you want. Du Ma, expert Dr Laura Varnam has written this review of the event for, she also shares some of her own research on the adaptation. My posts are my own working theories. Scapegoat is a full-length screenplay, written by filmmaker Christopher Julian, about the last years of the life of Jesus, from the point of view of Judas Iscariotin this version, a young and idealistic teenager. Scapegoat. While shooting and editing for other productions, he pursues film & video projects of his own, most notably the full-length film Invisible Ink, and the Scapegoat film project. Unlike these ancient writers, however, I do not have an agenda to convince anyone of specific historical events or spiritual beliefs. 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