Article: 'Passion' Opens to Crowds in Las Cruces, N.M.

By Brook Stockberger, Las Cruces Sun-News, N.M. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Feb. 27--Beth Santena had been waiting for a "long time" to see the movie "The Passion of the Christ."

She walked out of the North Telsore cinemas Wednesday and wiped her wet eyes. She shared the feeling with many of those who streamed out the doors: one similar to exhaustion.

"Powerful, very powerful," she said of the movie that vividly depicts the torture and crucifixion of Jesus Christ. "I knew it was going to be, but it was still hard. I cried at a lot of scenes."

The movie opened nationwide in more than 3,000 theaters, according to the ...

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