Theatre chains in Georgia, Louisiana, California, and Oklahoma banned the "The Last Temptation of Christ." Blockbuster refused to carry it on home video. Bill Bright, the founder of the American Family Association and Campus Crusade for Christ (CCC), wanted to purchase all of the film's prints and destroy them. Both the book and film adaptation were met with outrage from conservative Christian groups. In 1988, Martin Scorsese directed "The Last Temptation of Christ," based on the novel by Nikos Kazantzakis about the life of Jesus Christ as a quotidian man and the temptations he faces on his way to the cross.
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