Product Description

From the creators of The King and I, The Fox and the Hound, and the Swan Princess comes the first animated feature length film about Islam's Prophet. This groundbreaking film is set around 1400 years ago during the early ages of Islam. The film relates the events that unfolded and led to the rise of a renewed religion in the Arabian Desert, eventually spanning 7 continents and counting 1.6 billion adherents around the world.

This movie aims to introduce the story of Islam and its Prophet to new generations in the appealing and accessible medium of animation. Though the Prophet is not personified, sound and cinematography are employed in the telling of his story. The film is capped off with a stunning soundtrack by Emmy-award winning composer William Kidd.

Perfect for the family and for encouraging interfaith dialogue, this film is a definite must-see!

Bonus Features:
Choice of screen language (English or Arabic)
English and Arabic subtitles
Bios of historical characters from the film
Stills Gallery
Trailers
Bonus Audio CD

Unique packaging transforms into the world s holiest site for Muslims The Holy Kaba
Music Play by William Kidd
Special audio CD of popular Islamic songs by renowned artists within the Muslim community (such as Yusuf Islam)

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #47066 in DVD
• Brand: MPI
• Released on: 2008-05-27
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Color, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled
• Original language: Arabic, English
• Subtitled in: Arabic, English
• Number of discs: 2
• Dimensions: 1.00 pounds
• Running time: 95 minutes

Review
A landmark cultural event --New York Times

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Lush and Solemn --The Washington Post

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Bringing the Prophet's story to life has been an enormous challenge but it has given me a great appreciation for what Muhammad has accomplished for the world. --Director, Richard Rich

Customer Reviews

A GREAT Introduction into the life of a GREAT Prophet
When I bought this movie, I was merely curios of what the movie creators have to produce about Islam. However, after watching the movie, i highly recommend everyone to see it, Muslims and Non-Muslims.
The movie creators were sucessful in making a beatiful movie about the birth of Islam. It may not be the best movie ever and there are some main characters and events that were left out but in overall it's a wonderful introduction for those who want to know about the birth of Islam and the Prophet Muhammad(PBUH), whether they were Non-Muslims or Muslims.
The movie is beautifully supported with music, islamic songs and prayers, our Prophet's (PBUH) preaching and some quotes from the Holy Quaran.
I hope you enjoy it the way I did.

Simple and Straight
I guess the movie makers have done an excellent job in putting all major events and characters in an animated movie format. The colors and drawing style is just awsome, my 4 year old son just like it very much and he wanted to see the movies again and again once in Arabic and once in English which I think it is another plus to the movie.

Great Movie about Islam
When I bought this movie I did not think it would be this good, As a matter of fact it is GREAT! I liked it and most importantly my girls loved it. I wanted an entertaining way to give them a breif history of the beginning of Islam, and what can be better than a well produced and portrayed cartoon. It gave them so many questions to think about and enlighten their intelligent little brains about Islam and the prophet and why so many events that are regularly mentioned, happened and how it started to make sense to them now.
The audio features were great I wanted them to learn Arabic and this was a great start since their surrounding language is English in school and daily life. The other DVD with the songs was also of a unique nature although I missed Sami Yousif and wished that there would be video clips instead of only audio streams. However the selections were great and we loved them.
Awesome film!!!