"PASSION" FILM --- Moviegoers walk out of the theater silently, some crying, after watching the first showing of "The Passion of the Christ" at a theater in Glasgow, Del., Feb. 25. Mel Gibson's dramatic and controversial production on the last 12 hours of Christ's life on earth opened nationwide on Ash Wednesday and became an enormous financial success, while stirring passionate support and commentary.

CNS/DON BLAKE, THE DIALOG