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He Walks in Beauty: The Greatest Story Ever Told
I watched two of the 1960s epics on the life of Jesus Christ recently – King of Kings and The Greatest Story Ever Told. Those two films, along with Martin Scorsese's Last Temptation of Christ and Franco Zeffirelli's Jesus of Nazareth provide some of the most thought-provoking material Hollywood has... Read full review »
Greatest Story -- lofty goals, lukewarm results....
I've always had mixed feelings about George Stevens' The Greatest Story Ever Told, the reverent but plodding all-star film about the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
On the one hand, it is clearly a well-intentioned adaptation of the Biblical novel by Fulton Oursler ...
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The best of the Hollywood Biblical Epics
I'm re-writing this review on "The Greatest Story Ever Told" on the eve before the nationwide release of Mel Gibson's, "The Passion of the Christ." With the all but incredible interest in Gibson's film, I thought it prudent to take another look at the manner in which the story of Christ was told in... Read full review »
Somewhat Flawed, But Imposing Nonetheless
Because of the subject matter, the life of Jesus Christ, of whom more blood and ink has been spilled than any other human being to have ever walked the Earth, no one film can really be called THE definitive telling of this story. But George Stevens put six years of blood and sweat into making a... Read full review »
The Most Underrated Story Ever Told
This film, one of legendary director George Stevens' last films, was a labor of love for him and it shows. Though critically savaged upon its release in 1965, It survives and stands today as the best cinematic production ever made about the life of Jesus. The story is generally faithful to the... Read full review »
"It's the Eyes"
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This movie truly is a wonderful portrayal of Jesus, and the best I've seen yet. It is also very Biblically correct. Not only in the role of Jesus but, Charlton Heston's portrayal of the "wild and wooly" John the Baptist really brought to life how he's described in the scriptures. The...
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Greatest of the JC Movies?
Shop and compare, kiddies, Max Von Sydow made the best Jesus of all. Kinda ironic that he got into tons of villain roles afterwards, but you never know. Maybe that was a way of avoiding stereotype obsolescence. At any rate, his eyes and overall majesty in his portrayal makes this one about as good... Read full review »
YES JESUS YES
This is my all time favorite movie. I love how accurate this film is done.
The acting truly shows how it was, as far as we can understand. I watch this film, and wish I had been there.
This is one of the most biblically sound I've ever seen,[and I watch lots of them]. If it's...
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Absolute Masterpiece!
I am first and foremost not a religous person but, I rented this movie on dvd and it turned to be a wonderful sweeping epic! I belive that when you have the budget this is how a movie should be done. The cinematography is absolutely first rate. I especially enjoyed the first close up of Jesus when... Read full review »
Dull, ugly and long
I hate to say anything bad about a Biblical movie, especially one as true to the story as this is. But this movie just puts me to sleep every time.
Max von Sydow is one of the all-time great actors. He should be a natural in the role of Jesus, one of the all-time great roles. Instead,...
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Greatest Story Ever Told Movie Only Edition DVD
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.
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