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Nativity or The Nativity may refer to:




Birth of Jesus Christ


Nativity of Jesus, the Gospel stories of the birth of Jesus Christ
Nativity of Jesus in art, any depiction of the nativity scene
Nativity (Campin), a 1420 panel painting by Robert Campin
Nativity (Christus), a devotional mid-1450s oil-on-wood panel painting by Petrus Christus
Nativity (Correggio), a painting finished around 1529–1530 by Antonio da Correggio
Nativity (El Greco), c. 1603-1605
Nativity (Geertgen tot Sint Jans) or Nativity at Night, a painting of about 1490 by Geertgen tot Sint Jans
Nativity (Lanfranco), c. 1606-1607
Nativity (Masaccio) or Desco da parto, a birthing-tray painted by Masaccio
Nativity (Parmigianino), c. 1521-1522
Nativity (Simone dei Crocifissi), c. 1380
The Nativity (Burne-Jones), 1888
The Nativity (Piero della Francesca), c. 1470-1475
Nativity play, a play which recounts the story of the Nativity of Jesus
Nativity scene or crèche, a three-dimensional display depicting the Nativity




Film, television, and theater


Nativity (film series), a 2009–2018 series of British family Christmas films
Nativity!, the 2009 first film in the series
The Nativity (film), a 1978 American television film
The Nativity (television drama), a 1952 American television film
The Nativity (TV series), a 2010 British four-part drama series
Nativity: A Life Story, a musical by Langston Hughes first staged in the mid-1990s




Other uses


La Navidad (The Nativity), a settlement founded in 1492 by Christopher Columbus, in present-day Haiti
Natal chart or nativity, the horoscope at or of the time of one's birth
Nativity BVM High School, a Catholic high school in Pottsville, Pennsylvania
Nativity High School (Detroit, Michigan), former high school in Detroit, Michigan
Nativity School (Cincinnati, Ohio), Catholic grade school in Cincinnati, Ohio




See also


Antigen nativity, an antigen before an APC binds to it
Birth, the act or process of bearing or bringing forth offspring
Christmas
Native (disambiguation)
Nativity of Mary, a Catholic feast day commemorating the birth of the Virgin Mary
Nativity of St John the Baptist, a Christian feast day celebrating the birth of John the Baptist
Nativity of the Theotokos, Eastern Orthodox feast day commemorating the birth of the Virgin Mary
Nativism (disambiguation)
Navidad (disambiguation)
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Nativity! is a 2009 British Christmas musical comedy film directed by Debbie Isitt and released on 27 November 2009 and the first instalment in the Nativity film series. The film stars Martin Freeman and Ashley Jensen. In the film, teacher Paul Maddens (Freeman) lies to his rival that Hollywood are coming to watch his school's Christmas nativity, but after the lie gets out of hand, he must resolve the issue fast. The film was written by its director, Debbie Isitt, but was also partially improvised.
The film premiered on 23 November 2009 in the SkyDome Arena, Coventry, England.
It was released in cinemas on 27 November 2009. The film was followed by Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger (2012), Nativity 3: Dude, Where's My Donkey? (2014), and Nativity Rocks! (2018).
In 2017 a stage musical adaptation premiered and has since toured the UK over the subsequent Christmas seasons.




Plot


Paul Maddens (Martin Freeman) is a miserable, jaded teacher at St. Bernadette's, a local state-funded Catholic primary school in Coventry. He once had ambitions of being successful as an actor, producer or director in musical theatre, but gave it up after negative reviews in the press. Mr. Maddens grew to hate Christmas after his girlfriend at drama school, Jennifer Lore (Ashley Jensen), broke up with him at Christmas time.
Every year, St Bernadette's competes with Oakmoor, the local posh Protestant private school, to see who can produce the best nativity play. The headteacher at St Bernadette's, Patricia Bevan (Pam Ferris), tasks Mr. Maddens with running their nativity this year and assigns him a new classroom assistant named Desmond Poppy (Marc Wootton), who is actually Mrs. Bevan's extremely childish, immature nephew searching for work.
While out shopping with Mr. Poppy for a new school Christmas tree, Mr. Maddens bumps into his old rival from drama school, Gordon Shakespeare (Jason Watkins), who runs the nativity plays at Oakmoor. Desperate not to be seen as a failure, Mr. Maddens lies to Mr. Shakespeare about how a supposed Hollywood producer, Jennifer, will be turning his production into a Hollywood film (although in reality, he hasn't spoken to her in five years). Mr. Poppy overhears this and gets so excited that he spreads the story to the press. Mr. Maddens finds his lie spiralling out of control, and all he can do is go along with it as media attention mounts and the children get very excited.
The children at St Bernadette's are nowhere near as talented as the Oakmoor students, and Mr. Maddens has little confidence in their abilities. The enthusiastic Mr. Poppy helps him and the class to create an energetic, interesting nativity which showcases all of the children's unique (and often strange) talents.
Mr. Maddens tries to contact Jennifer to make the lie come true, even getting on a flight to America to persuade her to visit in-person. It turns out she is only the secretary to a film producer, and he returns home disappointed.
Amid continuing media attention and the Mayor (Ricky Tomlinson)'s kind offer to allow the play to be performed in the historical ruins of Coventry Cathedral, Mrs. Bevan discovers that the Hollywood story was a lie and cancels the play, advising Mr. Maddens to start looking for another job and firing Mr. Poppy in the process. This causes Mr. Maddens to snap at Mr. Poppy about everything going wrong, but when facing his disappointed class, he decides that the show must go on.
The play is performed at the cathedral to an audience of the children's parents and family friends. The children, initially anxious but motivated and encouraged by Mr. Poppy's childlike spirit and optimism, actually put on a decent performance, to the surprise of everyone involved. Halfway through, Mr. Shakespeare climbs on stage to tell everybody that there is nobody from Hollywood there and the entire story was a lie. Luckily, a helicopter flies over and Mr. Poppy declares that it's Hollywood arriving; the show continues, and Jennifer and her boss, Mr. Parker (Clarke Peters) indeed appear at the back to watch. Mr. Maddens joins them and, still in love, kisses Jennifer. The play ends with everyone, including Mr. Shakespeare and Mrs. Bevan, who have a change of heart after seeing the children's talents, united onstage to celebrate the children's success.
As the film closes, Mr. Maddens and Jennifer are shown decorating his house together for Christmas, reunited at last.




Cast


Martin Freeman as Paul Maddens, a primary school teacher trying to produce and direct a nativity play that will for once outdo a rival school
Marc Wootton as Desmond Poppy, the immature nephew of Mrs. Bevan, whom she appoints as a classroom assistant
Jason Watkins as Gordon Shakespeare, a private primary school teacher and long-time rival of Paul
Ashley Jensen as Jennifer Lore, formerly a Hollywood secretary and Mr. Maddens' girlfriend at the end of the film
Alan Carr as Patrick Burns, critic
Ricky Tomlinson as The Mayor
John Sessions as Mr. Lore
Phyllis Logan as Mrs. Lore
Pam Ferris as Patricia Bevan, the headmistress of St. Bernadette's Primary School
Clarke Peters as Mr. Parker, a Hollywood director, Jennifer's boss during her time at Hollywood
Geoffrey Hutchings as Father Tom
Rosie Cavaliero as Miss Rye
Selina Cadell as Oakmoor Headmistress
Ashley Blake as himself




Production


The film was first announced in August 2008, when it was announced Martin Freeman would star. Principal photography began in the same month.




Box office


When released in the United Kingdom, the movie opened at #5, taking £794,315 at the box office in the United Kingdom. In its third week, the movie rose to #4, and in the end, made £5,187,402.




Sequels


Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger
Nativity 3: Dude, Where's My Donkey?
Nativity 4: Nativity Rocks!




Stage musical


A stage musical adaptation of the film written and directed by Debbie Isitt and composed by Nicky Ager opened at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre in October 2017. Since its world premiere the musical has toured the UK over the Christmas seasons, including runs at London's Hammersmith Apollo which have featured guest star celebrities such as Louis Walsh, Danny Dyer, Dani Dyer, Jo Brand, Rylan Clark-Neal and Sharon Osbourne.




See also


List of Christmas films




References






External links


Nativity! at IMDb
Nativity! at British Comedy Guide
Official website

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