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The Message (1976)
Also Known As:
Mohammed(Peace Be Upon Him) Messenger of God.

Memorable Quotes from
The Message (1976)
Abu Sofyan: Mohammed, there is still doubt in my heart.
Khalid: If we were to cut off your head, it would remove all your doubts.
Bilal: There is no compulsion in religion. A man may take many years,
or only need minutes. It is God who decides the time.

Discription:
This film is about how Islam began from the beginning until
its establishment. Anthony Quinn stars as the uncle of Prophet
Mohammed (p.b.u.h) Hamza who is the leader of an army of a few
loyal men against an army of thousands. The film is not about
offence but about defence and ends with peaceful armed less walk
into the city of Mecca after many years of suffering.

This film explains how the Prophet Mohammed start his message with
a few men and eventually gaining thousands and as you can see today
millions. The film talks about the establishment the spread of Gods
message and the story of the men who had to give away there lives for
the sake of Gods words including the sacrifices that are made is
the death of Hamza (Anthony Quinn).

If you are a muslim, you must see this, if you are interested in Islam,
you must see this, and all others should still see this. It's an experience
of a lifetime! It shows the true meaning of Islam, its roots, its basic beliefs,
and so much more... When I first saw this film, it left me in tears and speechless
for quite some time after. When I watch it today, it still does! I don't believe
anyone can watch this film and not become moved or even shaken by what he/she
sees and hears! If the movie has one shortcoming, it's that the main character,
prophet Mohammed (peace be upon him), is never actually seen or heard, as it would
have been a deadly sin to have an 'imposter' playing Him in the movie. Although
this takes some getting used to and creates some lengths (i.e. dialogs which are
rather more monologues with pauses), the rest of the movie compensates in full!
Watching this movie will probably not make you go out to become a
muslim (although I have read that most of the cast/crew involved did so),
but certainly put some thought and understanding into you. One of
the must see movies or all time!!!

Credited cast:
Anthony Quinn .... Hamza
Irene Papas .... Hind
Michael Ansara .... Abu Sofyan
Johnny Sekka .... Bilal
Michael Forest .... Khalid
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ahmed Abdelhalim .... Uriqat
Habib Ageli .... Hudayfa
Mohammad Al-Gaddary .... Money Lender
Nicolas Amer .... Suheil
Bruno Barnabe .... Umaya
John Bennett .... Salool
Martin Benson .... Abu-Jahal
Robert Brown .... Otba
Donald Burton .... Amr
Earl Cameron .... Annajashi
George Camiller .... Waleed
Ronald Chenery .... Mosaab
Rosalie Crutchley .... Somaya
Salem Gedara .... Wahshi
Michael Godfrey .... Barra
Garrick Hagon .... Ammar
Gerard Hely .... Sinan
John Humphry .... Ubada
Elaine Ives-Cameron .... Arwa
Neville Jason .... Jaafar
Richard Johnson .... Narrator
Hassan Joundi .... Kisra
Ronald Leigh-Hunt .... Heraclius
Peter Madden .... Toothless Man
André Morell .... Abu-Talib
Wolfe Morris .... Bu-Lahab
Ewen Solon .... Yasser
Damien Thomas .... Zaid
Leonard Trolley .... Silk Merchant

Movie Info :
Runtime: 177 min
Country: Libya / UK / Lebanon
Language: English
Swedish subs
Color: Color (Eastmancolor)
Hdtv Rip 640x480 25 fps 124 kbps
Sound: 256 kbps

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