Directed by Michael Cristofer
Writing credits: Michael Cristofer
Novel by Cornell Woolrich ( Waltz Into Darkness)

Antonio Banderas .... Louis Durand
Angelina Jolie .... Julia Russel
Allison Mackie .... Augusta Thomas Jane

Produced by Sheldon Abend (executive producer), Ashok Amritraj (executive producer), Denise Di Novi (producer), Michael S. Glick (line producer), Kate Guinzburg (producer), David Hoberman (executive producer), Carol Lees (producer), Edward McDonnell (co-producer)
Original music by Terence Blanchard
Cinematography by Rodrigo Prieto
Film Editing by Eric A. Sears

MPAA: Rated R for strong sexual content and some violence.

Original Sin
Original Soundtrack
1. Opening 2. Getting To Know You 3. Wedding Reception 4. Love Scene 5. Emily's Letter 6. Luis & Julia 7. Luis Finds Julia 8. It's Edmond 9. Luis Confronts Julia 10. Breakfast With Billy 11. Try To Run 12. Billy's Here 13. Billy's Dead 14. Kitchen Talk 15. Leaving 16. Game's Over 17. Luis Leaving 18. Luis Travels/Julia Sins 19. The Brothel 20. Making Poison 21. Whorehouse 2 22. Poison Run 23. Prison Talk 24. Ending 25. Boat To Havana

INTERVIEW:

Q: What appealed to you about the ORIGINAL SIN script?

JOLIE: Michael Cristofer's [the Writer/Director] name on it [laughs]. I would do just about anything Michael wrote. I know the things that he cares about, the things he wants to say. It's all about freedom and love, being alive, struggling with ourselves and learning to love ourselves. It is all these things and it is also just great sexuality. I've never done a complete nude scene or love scene or half of the things that I've done in this film. I wouldn't do them if it wasn't with Michael. He sees them just right and understands my sexuality.

Q: What was your experience working with Angelina Jolie?

BANDERAS: She's a very daring actress. She is a person who lives the character more than act or perform and is a very generous actress to work with. She gives you a lot and she changes all the time. I have done with her four or five takes of one scene and and she may change completely from one side to the other. It has been a wonderful experience working with Angelina Jolie, probably one of the most beautiful experiences that I have had with an actress in my life. In fact, we are searching for a possible new movie to do together because this has been a very pleasant experience. Now the results, [laughs] that's something that we have to see in the movie theaters.

HEALING POWER OF UNCONDITIONAL LOVE
Subject: Original Sin
Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2001
From: "Mike B"

Original Sin" is a film about the effects of abuse on a person's life (Julia/Bonnie) and about the healing power of unconditional love. After recognizing that sexual abuse had damaged Julia/Bonnie from a young age, I remembered theologian Rita Brock's definition of sin: "Sin emerges because our relationships have the capacity to destroy us and we participate in destruction when we seek to destroy ourselves and others. Hence sin is a sign of our brokenheartedness, of how damaged we are, not of how evil, willfully disobedient, and culpable we are. Sin is not something to be punished, but something to be healed." Julia/Bonnie's healing process began as Louis loves her without condition, and made evident when he tells her he doesn't love her as Julia nor as Bonnie, but for the person she is. As she cradles him in her arms toward's the story's end, she is able to speak her genuine love for him.
Michael Bausch Pastor, Union-Congregational UCC Waupun, Wisconsin
and Adjunct Faculty in Technology and Ministry
at the University of Dubuque Theological Seminary