George Stevens presents his monumental adaptation of the story of Jesus Christ starring Max von Sydow. The film concentrates on the most familiar episodes of the biblical story, including the birth of Christ in Bethlehem, Herod's (Jose Ferrer) decree of the execution of all male children in Judea, and the Holy family's escape .. Read more
| Starring | Charlton Heston, Pat Boone, John Wayne, Carroll Baker |
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| Director | George Stevens |
| Genres | Drama |
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George Stevens presents his monumental adaptation of the story of Jesus Christ starring Max von Sydow. The film concentrates on the most familiar episodes of the biblical story, including the birth of Christ in Bethlehem, Herod's (Jose Ferrer) decree of the execution of all male children in Judea, and the Holy family's escape into Egypt. It continues as Christ encounters John the Baptist (Charlton Heston) searches for the Twelve Apostles, and raises Lazarus (Michael Tolan), while John the Baptist is executed. It concludes with Jesus' expulsion of the moneylenders from the temple, the instruction of the Apostles at the Last Supper, Christ's betrayal by Judas (David McCallum), the Passion, the Crucifixion, and the Resurrection. The product of years of research and planning by Stevens, the film features a huge cast of stars, among whom Von Sydow, McCallum, Dorothy McGuire (Mary), Sidney Poitier (Simon of Cyrene), Claude Rains (Herod the Great), Donald Pleasence (The Devil), Martin Landau (Caiaphas), and Janet Margolin (Mary of Bethany), give fine performances.
| Starring | Charlton Heston, Pat Boone, John Wayne, Carroll Baker, Sidney Poitier, Max von Sydow, Dorothy McGuire, Claude Rains, Jose Ferrer, David McCallum, Donald Pleasence, Roddy McDowall, Gary Raymond, Van Heflin, Sal Mineo, Shelley Winters, Ed Wy |
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| Director | George Stevens |
| Studio | MGM ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 3 hrs 11 mins LOVEFiLM Instant: 3 hrs 11 mins |
| Certificate |  DVD LOVEFiLM Instant |
| Genres | Drama |
| Language | DVD: English LOVEFiLM Instant: English |
| Dubbed | German |
| Hearing-impaired | English, German |
| Subtitles | DVD: Greek, Hungarian, Portuguese |
| Released | Production year: 1965 On LOVEFiLM Instant: LOVEFiLM Instant: 30 Dec 2010 To Rent: DVD: 22 Jan 2007 |
| LOVEFiLM Instant | £2.00 |
All frightfully elegant and reverent, but totally unmoving, partly because of the fatal casting of stars in bit parts. (John Wayne looks in merely to say 'Truly this man was the son of God.')
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The Greatest Story Ever - Very badly told!
Someone took the events of the Gospel accounts, chopped and changed them more than a bit, threw them into a hat, gave them a good shake - and came up with this ... read more »
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greatest story ever told
great really interesting if you like this sort of thing
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boring
attention to detail and scenery good story poorly presented
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The Greatest Story Ever Told
1 of the great religious films ever made, a good film to watch at anytime but even more so if watched at easter time
There was nothing small about Charlton Heston. He was a big, lusty man, with a scowl that might have been chiselled out of granite, a famously noble brow, and the kind of sculpted upper torso he was happy to show off well into middle age. It was a physique built for Cinema-Scope. With the movies' fighting television for audiences in the 1950s, Heston was the man of the hour. Cecil B De Mille cast him as the circus master in The Greatest Show On Earth (Best Picture winner in 1952), then as... Read more
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