genre barabbas 
Jack Palance pronounced PAL - ance ( born Volodymyr Palahniuk ; February 18 , 1919  November 10 , 2006 ) was an American actor and singer . He was nominated for three Academy Awards , all for Best Actor in a Supporting Role , winning in 1992 for his role in " City Slickers ". Barabbas or Jesus Barabbas ( a Hellenization of the Aramaic " bar abba "   , literally " son of the father " or " Jesus , son of the Father " respectively ) is a figure mentioned in the accounts of the Passion of Christ , in which he is an insurrectionary whom Pontius Pilate freed at the Passover feast in Jerusalem , instead of releasing Jesus . The New Testament ( Koine Greek :    , " H Kain Diathk ") is the second major part of the ___MASK34___ biblical canon , the first part being the Old Testament , based on the Hebrew ___MASK96___ . The New Testament discusses the teachings and person of Jesus , as well as events in first - century Christianity . Christians regard both the Old and New Testaments together as sacred ___MASK77___ . The New Testament ( in whole or in part ) has frequently accompanied the spread of Christianity around the world . It reflects and serves as a source for ___MASK34___ ___MASK9___ and morality . Both extended readings and phrases directly from the New Testament are also incorporated ( along with readings from the Old Testament ) into the various ___MASK34___ liturgies . The New Testament has influenced religious , philosophical , and political movements in Christendom and left an indelible mark on literature , art , and music . In the ___MASK34___ gospels , the ministry of Jesus begins with his baptism in the countryside of Roman Judea and Transjordan , near the river Jordan , and ends in Jerusalem , following the Last Supper with his disciples . The Gospel of Luke states that Jesus was " about 30 years of age " at the start of his ministry . A chronology of Jesus typically has the date of the start of his ministry estimated at around AD 27  29 and the end in the range AD 30  36 . Jesus ' " Early Galilean ministry " begins when after his Baptism , he goes back to Galilee from his time in the Judean desert . In this early period he preaches around Galilee and recruits his first disciples who begin to travel with him and eventually form the core of the early Church as it is believed that the Apostles dispersed from Jerusalem to found the Apostolic Sees . The " Major Galilean ministry " which begins in Matthew 8 includes the commissioning of the Twelve Apostles , and covers most of the ministry of Jesus in Galilee . The " Final Galilean ministry " begins after the death of John the Baptist as Jesus prepares to go to Jerusalem . The Sony Pictures ___MASK68___ Motion Picture Group ( commonly known as the Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group and formerly known as the Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group until 2013 and abbreviated as SPMPG ) is a division of Sony Pictures ___MASK68___ to manage its motion picture operations . It was launched in 1998 by integrating businesses of Columbia Pictures Industries , Inc . and TriStar Pictures , Inc . Columbia Pictures Industries , Inc . ( known professionally as Columbia Pictures and Columbia , and formerly CBC Film Sales Corporation ) is an American film studio , production company and film distributor that is a member of the Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group , a division of Sony ___MASK68___ ' s Sony Pictures subsidiary of the ___MASK62___ conglomerate Sony . The studio was founded in 1918 as Cohn - Brandt - Cohn Film Sales by brothers Jack and Harry Cohn and Jack ' s best friend Joe Brandt , released its first feature film in August 1922 . It adopted the Columbia Pictures name in 1924 , and went public two years later . Its name is derived from " Columbia ", a national personification of the United States , which is used as the studio ' s logo . In its early years , it was a minor player in Hollywood , but began to grow in the late 1920s , spurred by a successful association with director Frank Capra . With Capra and others , Columbia became one of the primary homes of the screwball comedy . In the 1930s , Columbia ' s major contract stars were Jean Arthur and Cary Grant . In the 1940s , Rita Hayworth became the studio ' s premier star and propelled their fortunes into the late 1950s . Rosalind Russell , Glenn Ford , and William Holden also became major stars at the studio . A national personification is an anthropomorphism of a nation or its people . It may appear in editorial cartoons and ___MASK29___ . A ___MASK19___ is a succinct , didactic story , in ___MASK40___ or verse , which illustrates one or more instructive lessons or principles . It differs from a fable in that fables employ animals , plants , inanimate objects , or forces of nature as characters , whereas parables have human characters . A ___MASK19___ is a type of analogy . The Academy Awards , or " Oscars ", is an annual American awards ceremony hosted by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ( AMPAS ) to recognize excellence in cinematic achievements in the United States film industry as assessed by the Academy ' s voting membership . The ___MASK82___ category winners are awarded a copy of a ___MASK33___ , officially called the Academy Award of Merit , which has become commonly known by its nickname " Oscar ." The awards , first presented in 1929 at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel , are overseen by AMPAS . María Cristina Estela Marcela Jurado García , better known as Katy Jurado ( January 16 , 1924  July 5 , 2002 ), was a Mexican and American film , stage and ___MASK76___ actress . A film studio ( also known as movie studio or simply studio ) is a major ___MASK68___ company or motion picture company that has its own privately owned studio facility or facilities that are used to make films , which is handled by the production company . The majority of firms in the ___MASK68___ industry have never owned their own studios , but have rented space from other companies . ___MASK87___ is a cultural system of behaviors and practices , world views , sacred texts , holy places , ethics , and societal organisation that relate humanity to what an anthropologist has called " an order of existence ". Different religions may or may not contain various elements , ranging from the " divine ", " sacred things ", " faith ", a " supernatural being or supernatural beings " or " some sort of ultimacy and transcendence that ___MASK7___ provide norms and power for the rest of life ." Sony Corporation is the electronics business unit and the parent company of the Sony Group , which is engaged in business through its four operating components  electronics ( ___MASK10___ games , network services and medical business ), motion pictures , music and financial services . These make Sony one of the most comprehensive entertainment companies in the world . Sony ' s principal business operations include Sony Corporation , Sony Pictures Entertainment , Sony Interactive Entertainment , Sony Music Entertainment , Sony Mobile ( formerly Sony Ericsson ) and Sony Financial . Sony is among the Semiconductor sales leaders by year and as of 2013 , the fourth - largest ___MASK76___ manufacturer in the world , after Samsung Electronics , LG Electronics and TCL . Cary Grant ( born Archibald Alexander Leach ; January 18 , 1904  November 29 , 1986 ) was a British - American actor , known as one of classic Hollywood ' s definitive leading men . He began a career in Hollywood in the early 1930s , and became known for his transatlantic accent , debonair demeanor , and light - hearted approach to acting and sense of ___MASK79___ timing . He became an American citizen in 1942 . The Red Beret ( aka The Red Devils , The Big Jump and retitled Paratrooper for the US release ) is a 1953 Technicolor British ___MASK26___ directed by Terence Young and starring Alan Ladd , Leo Genn and Susan Stephen . A ___MASK34___ ( or ) is a person who follows or adheres to ___MASK95___ , an Abrahamic , monotheistic ___MASK87___ based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ . " ___MASK34___ " derives from the Koine Greek word " Christós " (  ), a translation of the Biblical Hebrew term " mashiach ". Sony Pictures ___MASK68___ Inc . ( known professionally as Sony Pictures ___MASK68___ and Sony Pictures and abbreviated as SPE ) is an American ___MASK68___ company that produces , acquires and distributes filmed ___MASK68___ ( theatrical motion pictures , ___MASK76___ programs and recorded videos ) through multiple platforms . It operates as a subsidiary of Sony ___MASK68___ Inc ., which is the parent company for both the music and motion picture businesses of Sony Corporation . Based in Culver City , California , it encompasses Sony ' s motion picture , ___MASK76___ production and distribution units . Its group sales in the fiscal year 2015 ( April 2015 - March 2016 ) has been reported to be of $ 8 . 3 billion . Since 1901 , the Nobel Prize in ___MASK45___ has been awarded annually to an author from any country who has , in the words of the ___MASK7___ of Alfred Nobel , produced " in the field of literature the most outstanding work in an ideal direction " ( original Swedish : " den som inom litteraturen har producerat det mest framstående verket i en idealisk riktning "). Though individual works are sometimes cited as being particularly noteworthy , here " work " refers to an author ' s work as a whole . The Swedish Academy decides who , if anyone , ___MASK7___ receive the prize in any given year . The academy announces the name of the chosen laureate in early October . It is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the ___MASK7___ of Alfred Nobel in 1895 ; the others are the Nobel Prize in Chemistry , Nobel Prize in Physics , Nobel Peace Prize , and Nobel Prize in Physiology or ___MASK78___ . Catherine Rosalind Russell ( June 4 , 1907  November 28 , 1976 ) was an American actress of stage and screen , known for her role as fast - talking newspaper reporter Hildy Johnson in the Howard Hawks screwball ___MASK52___ " His Girl Friday " ( 1940 ), as well as for her portrayals of Mame Dennis in " Auntie Mame " ( 1958 ) and Rose in " Gypsy " ( 1962 ). A noted ___MASK48___ , she won all five Golden Globes for which she was nominated . Russell won a Tony Award in 1953 for Best Performance by an Actress in a ___MASK21___ for her portrayal of Ruth in the Broadway show " Wonderful Town " ( a ___MASK21___ based on the film " My Sister Eileen ", in which she also starred ). She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress four times throughout her career . Biblical Hebrew (" Ivrit Miqra ' it " or " Leshon ha - Miqra "), also called Classical Hebrew , is an archaic form of Hebrew , a Canaanite Semitic language spoken by the Israelites in the area known as Israel , roughly west of the Jordan River and east of the Mediterranean Sea . The term " Hebrew " was not used for the language in the ___MASK96___ , which was referred to as Canaanite or Judahite , but the name was used in Greek and Mishnaic Hebrew texts . Biblical Hebrew is attested from about the 10th century BCE , and persisted through and beyond the Second Temple period , which ended in the siege of Jerusalem ( AD 70 ). John the Baptist (" Ioánnes ( h ) o baptistés " or    , " Ioánnes ( h ) o baptízon ", known as the ___MASK69___ " Yahya " in the Quran ), also known as John the Baptizer , was a Jewish itinerant preacher in the early first century AD . John is revered as a major religious figure in ___MASK95___ , Islam , the Bahá ' í Faith , and Mandaeism . He is called a ___MASK69___ by all of these traditions , and is honoured as a saint in many Christian traditions . Barabbas is a 1961 religious epic film expanding on the career of Barabbas , from the ___MASK34___ Passion ___MASK8___ in the Gospel of Mark and other gospels . The film stars Anthony Quinn as Barabbas , features Silvana Mangano , Katy Jurado , Arthur Kennedy , Harry Andrews , Ernest Borgnine , Vittorio Gassman , and Jack Palance , and was distributed by Columbia Pictures . It was conceived as a grand Roman epic , was based on Nobel Prize - winning Pär Lagerkvist ' s 1950 novel of the same title . A previous film version of the novel , in Swedish , had been made in 1953 . The film was directed by Richard Fleischer and shot in Verona and Rome under the supervision of producer Dino De Laurentiis . It included many spectacular scenes , including a battle of gladiators in a Cinecittà film studio mock - up of the arena , and a crucifixion shot during a real eclipse of the sun . ___MASK95___ is a monotheistic ___MASK87___ based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ , who serves as the focal point for the ___MASK87___ . It is the world ' s largest ___MASK87___ , with over 2 . 4 billion followers , or 33 % of the global population , known as Christians . Christians believe that Jesus is the Son of God and the savior of humanity whose coming as the Messiah ( the Christ ) was prophesied in the Old Testament . A production company or a production house provides the physical basis for works in the realms of the performing arts , new media ___MASK98___ , film , ___MASK76___ , ___MASK93___ , and video . Rita Hayworth ( born Margarita Carmen Cansino ; October 17 , 1918May 14 , 1987 ) was an American actress and dancer . She achieved fame during the 1940s as one of the era ' s top stars , appearing in a total of 61 films over 37 years . The press coined the term " ___MASK5___ goddess " to describe Hayworth after she had become the most glamorous screen idol of the 1940s . She was the top pin - up girl for GIs during ___MASK66___ . The National Board of ___MASK57___ Award for Best Supporting Actor is one of the annual film awards given ( since 1954 ) by the National Board of ___MASK57___ of Motion Pictures . In Abrahamic religions , the Messiah or Messias is a saviour or liberator of a group of people , more specifically , the ___MASK94___ . Jerusalem , is a city located on a plateau in the Judaean Mountains between the Mediterranean and the Dead Sea . One of the oldest cities in the world , Jerusalem was named as "" Urusalima "" on ancient Mesopotamian cuneiform tablets , probably meaning " City of Shalem " after a Canaanite deity , during the early Canaanite period ( approximately 2400 BCE ). During the Israelite period , significant construction activity in Jerusalem began in the 9th century BCE ( Iron Age II ), and in the 8th century the city developed into the religious and administrative center of the Kingdom of Judah . It is considered a holy city in the three major Abrahamic religions of ___MASK15___ , ___MASK95___ and Islam . Antonio Rodolfo Quinn Oaxaca ( April 21 , 1915  June 3 , 2001 ), more commonly known as Anthony Quinn , was a Mexican - born American actor , painter and writer . He starred in numerous critically acclaimed and commercially successful films , including " La Strada ", " The Guns of Navarone ", " Zorba the Greek ", " Guns for San Sebastian ", " Lawrence of Arabia ", " The Message " and " Lion of the Desert ". He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor twice : for " Viva Zapata !" in 1952 and " Lust for Life " in 1956 . Hollywood (, informally Tinseltown ) is an ethnically diverse , densely populated , relatively low - income neighborhood in the central region of Los Angeles , California . It is notable as the home of the U . S . film industry , including several of its historic studios , and its name has come to be a shorthand ___MASK22___ for the industry and the people in it . City Slickers is a 1991 American ___MASK46___ comedy film , directed by Ron Underwood and starring Billy Crystal , Daniel Stern , Bruno Kirby , and Jack Palance , with supporting roles by Patricia Wettig , Helen Slater , and Noble Willingham . A gospel is an account describing the life , death , and resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth . The most widely known examples are the four canonical gospels of Matthew , Mark , Luke , and John which are included in the New Testament , but the term can also used to refer to apocryphal , non - canonical , Jewish  ___MASK34___ and gnostic gospels . Ernest Borgnine ( born Ermes Effron Borgnino January 24 , 1917  July 8 , 2012 ) was an American film , ___MASK76___ , character and voice actor whose career spanned more than six decades . He was noted for his gruff , yet calm voice , Machiavellian eyebrows and gap - toothed Cheshire ___MASK32___ grin . A popular performer , he had also appeared as a guest on numerous talk shows and as a panelist on several game shows . Vittorio Gassman , Knight Grand Cross , OMRI ( born Vittorio Gassmann ; 1 September 1922  29 June 2000 ), popularly known as Il Mattatore , was an Italian theatre and film actor , as well as director . Harry Fleetwood Andrews , CBE ( 10 November 1911  6 ___MASK43___ 1989 ) was a British actor known for his film portrayals of tough ___MASK6___ officers . His performance as Sergeant Major Wilson in " The Hill " alongside Sean Connery earned Andrews the 1965 National Board of ___MASK57___ Award for Best Supporting Actor and a nomination for the 1966 BAFTA Award for Best British Actor . He made his film debut in " The Red Beret " in 1953 . Jesus (; c . 4 BC  c . AD 30 / 33 ), also referred to as Jesus of Nazareth or ___MASK49___ , was a Jewish preacher and religious leader who became the central figure of ___MASK95___ . Christians believe him to be the Son of God and the awaited Messiah ( Christ ) prophesied in the Old Testament . Virtually all modern scholars of antiquity agree that Jesus existed historically , although the quest for the historical Jesus has produced little agreement on the historical reliability of the Gospels and on how closely the biblical Jesus reflects the historical Jesus . Jesus was a Galilean Jew who was baptized by John the Baptist and subsequently began his own ministry , preaching his message orally and often being referred to as " rabbi ". He was arrested and tried by the Jewish authorities , and was crucified by the order of Pontius Pilate , the Roman prefect . Jesus debated fellow Jews on how to best follow God , performed healings , taught in parables and gathered followers . After his death , his followers believed he rose from the dead , and the community they formed eventually became the ___MASK34___ Church . ___MASK5___ and Larceny ( in Italian , Il mattatore , " The Showman ") is a 1960 Italian ___MASK13___ directed by Dino Risi . It was entered into the 10th Berlin International Film Festival . Sergeant major is a senior non - commissioned rank or appointment in many militaries around the world . In Commonwealth countries , the ___MASK82___ degrees of sergeant major are appointments held by warrant officers . In the United States , there are also ___MASK82___ grades of sergeant major ( command sergeant major , Sergeant Major of the Army , Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps ), but they are all of the same pay grade of E  9 . ( However , the Sergeant Major of the Army and the Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps , as their respective service ' s Senior Enlisted Advisor , receive a special rate of basic pay that is higher than all other sergeants major .) Viva Zapata ! is a 1952 ___MASK23___ starring Marlon Brando and directed by Elia Kazan . The ___MASK85___ was written by John Steinbeck , using as a guide Edgcomb Pinchon ' s book , " Zapata the Unconquerable ." The cast includes Jean Peters and , in an Academy Award - winning performance , Anthony Quinn . The Gospel According to Mark (" to kata Markon euangelion "), the second ___MASK11___ of the New Testament , is one of the four canonical gospels and the three synoptic gospels . It tells of the ministry of Jesus from his baptism by John the Baptist to his death and burial and the discovery of the empty tomb  there is no ___MASK99___ or birth ___MASK8___ , nor , in the original ending at chapter 16 , any post - resurrection appearances . It portrays Jesus as an heroic man of action , an exorcist , a healer , and a miracle worker . Jesus is also the Son of God , but he keeps his identity secret , concealing it in parables so that even the disciples fail to understand . All this is in keeping with ___MASK20___ , which foretold the fate of the messiah as Suffering Servant . The gospel ends , in its original version , with the discovery of the empty tomb , a promise to meet again in Galilee , and an unheeded instruction to spread the good news of the resurrection . Pär Fabian Lagerkvist ( 23 May 1891  11 July 1974 ) was a Swedish author who received the Nobel Prize in ___MASK45___ in 1951 . La Strada (" The Road ") is a 1954 Italian ___MASK100___ directed by Federico Fellini from his own screenplay co - written with Tullio Pinelli and Ennio Flaiano . The film portrays a brutish strongman ( Anthony Quinn ) and the naïve young woman ( Giulietta Masina ) whom he buys from her mother and takes with him on the road ; encounters with his rival the Fool ( Richard Basehart ) end with their destruction . William Holden ( born William Franklin Beedle , Jr .; April 17 , 1918  November 12 , 1981 ) was an American actor who was one of the biggest box office draws of the 1950s through the 1970s . He won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1953 for his role in " Stalag 17 ", and a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor for his role in the 1973 ___MASK67___ " The Blue Knight ". Omri ( fl . 9th century BC ) was , according to the ___MASK96___ , the sixth king of Israel . However , a " substantial " modern hypothesis maintains that , as founder of the House of Omri , an Israelite royal house , his kingdom formed the first state in the Land of Israel , and that Judah only achieved statehood later . He was a successive ___MASK6___ campaigner who extended the northern kingdom of Israel . Other monarchs from the House of Omri are Ahab , Ahaziah , Joram , and Athaliah . Along with his predecessor king Zimri who ruled for only seven days , Omri is the first king mentioned in the ___MASK96___ without a statement of his tribal origin : although some scholars speculate that Omri was from the tribe of Issachar , this is not yet confirmed by any biblical account or scientific or historical evidence . Although the Hebrew ___MASK96___ is silent about his actions during his reign , he is called more wicked than all the kings who preceded him . Screwball ___MASK52___ is an ___MASK74___ by the Japanese band Soul Flower Union . The ___MASK74___ found the band going into a simpler , harder - rocking direction , after several heavily world - music influenced albums . Passover or Pesach ( from Hebrew " Pesah , Pesakh ", Assyrian ;      " piskha "), is an important , biblically derived Jewish holiday . The ___MASK94___ celebrate Passover as a commemoration of their liberation by God from slavery in Egypt and their freedom as a nation under the leadership of Moses . It commemorates the story of the Exodus as described in the Hebrew ___MASK96___ especially in the Book of Exodus , in which the Israelites were freed from slavery in Egypt . According to standard biblical chronology , this event would have taken place at about 1300 BCE ( AM 2450 ). Lion of the Desert is a 1981 Libyan historical ___MASK28___ starring Anthony Quinn as Libyan tribal leader Omar Mukhtar , a Bedouin leader fighting the " Regio Esercito " ( Italian Royal Army ) in the years leading up to World War II , and Oliver Reed as Italian General Rodolfo Graziani , who attempted to defeat Mukhtar . It was directed by Moustapha Akkad and funded by the government under Colonel Muammar Gaddafi . Released in May 1981 , the film was liked by critics and audiences but performed poorly financially , bringing in just $ 1 million net worldwide . . The film was banned in Italy in 1982 and was only shown on pay TV in 2009 . A film distributor is responsible for the ___MASK55___ of a film . The distribution company is usually different from the production company . Distribution deals are an important part of financing a film .