The Greatest Story Ever Told
Max von Sydow, Joanna Dunham, Michael Anderson Jr.
Epic scale chronicle of the life of Jesus of Nazareth.
Directed by: George Stevens, David Lean, Jean Negulesco
Released: February 15, 1965
DVD Released: March 6, 2001
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April 13, 2009
An overly long version of Christ's story. Von Sydow is great as Jesus, but hearing the Duke's voice as the Centurion pissed me off for some reason.
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April 23, 2008
love these top heavy with stars juggernauts they tossed at you to try to get you out from in front of your teevee sets! and this one drips with maybe too much reverence, and how, oh how can you do that?
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April 21, 2007
The storyline doesn't flow as well as the film Jesus of Nazareth. It's worth a watch, but just doesn't capture the true meaning of the gospel.
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May 6, 2009
what an amazingly uninteresting epic. even in almost 3 1/2 hours, the characters remain flat and virtually void of personality. creative liberties are plentiful in combining and slightly altering various story elements, and the writing--in its attempt to be reverent and scriptu... ...( read more )
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