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The message = al-Risālah
Uniform Title
Message (Motion picture)
Title
The message = al-Risālah / a Filmco International Production ; produced and directed by Moustapha Akkad ; screenplay by H.A.L. Craig.
Edition
30th anniversary ed.
Published
Troy, MI : Distributed by Anchor Bay Entertainment, 2005.
Physical Description
2 videodiscs (376 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Notes
Title from container.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1976. Arabic and English versions filmed simultaneously, with different sets of actors.
DVD; 2.35:1 aspect ratio, widescreen, enhanced for 16x9 TVs; Dolby Digital stereo; region 1.
Special features: "The making of an epic : Mohammed, Messenger of God" (45 min.); audio commentary with producer/director Moustapha Akkad; Arabic audio commentary with producer/director Moustapha Akkad.
Editor, John Bloom ; music, Maurice Jarre.
English or Arabic dialogue; English version closed-captioned.
Summary
The dramatic story of Mohammed, the prophet who founded Islam.
Variant and related titles
Al-Risālah
Risālah
Subtitle on container: Story of Islam
Arabic title on container: Arrisalah
Message: the story of islam
Message (Motion picture). Arabic.
Making of an epic : Mohammed, messenger of God.
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
English; Arabic
Added to Catalog
December 17, 2021
Credits
Editor, John Bloom ; music, Maurice Jarre.
Cast
Anthony Quinn, Irene Papas, Michael Ansara, Johnny Sekka, Michael Forest. Arabic-language feature: Abdallah Geith, Mona Wassef.
System details note
DVD.
Audience
Rated PG.
Contents
Disc 1. English language feature (178 min.)
Disc 2. Arabic language feature (198 min.).
Videorecording number
DV13290 Anchor Bay Entertainment
Subjects
Genre/Form
Feature films - Libya.
Feature films - Great Britain.
Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Historical films.
History.
Religious films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Religious films.
Historical films.
Fiction films.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Feature films.
Religious - Feature.
Motion pictures, Arabic.
Also listed under
Anchor Bay Entertainment, Inc.
Filmco International Productions.
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