The Greatest Story Ever Told [VHS]
by David Lean, George Stevens, Jean Negulesco
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Actor: Carroll Baker, Charlton Heston, Dorothy McGuire, Max von Sydow, Michael Anderson Jr.Director: David Lean, George Stevens, Jean Negulesco
Writer: George Stevens
Writer: Carl Sandburg
Writer: Fulton Oursler
Writer: Henry Denker
Writer: James Lee Barrett
Edition: VHS Tape
Audio: English (Original Language), Analog
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, NTSC
Running Time: 199 minutes
Release Date: 1993-12-23
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD)
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
VHS Movie Reviews of The Greatest Story Ever Told [VHS]
Movie Review: Great Story Of Jesus
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a great movie depicting Jesus spreading the gospel, traveling with the apostles and ending with the cruxifiction and ressurection. For a movie that is over 3 hours, I think it flows well. With many movies like this made during this era (1950-1970), The movie features great actors (Like Charlton Heston as John the Baptist), Fantastic visuals (The landscape shots are breathtaking) and costumes, this movie is a classy rendition of the Life and Death of Christ. Movie Review: A Movie Goer
Summary: 5 Stars
Great. Every person needs to see this movie. The DVD arrived in great condition. We are pleased with Amazon and will be doing business again soon.Movie Review: Unbiblical and pretentious
Summary: 2 Stars
No wonder this movie was a flop when it was released. It is pretentious and makes up its own story line instead of following any of the Gospel stories. It has events all out of sequence or distorted. Lots of shots of Arizona hills and gullies - pretty boring before long. Of all the modern movies about Jesus, this is definitely the worst. Try "Jesus of Nazareth" for beauty and drama combined.Movie Review: Great movie
Summary: 5 Stars
Another great movie to add to your christian movie collection. Was very happy with the speed of delivery and condition was excellent. Thank uMovie Review: Widescreen Makes A Big Difference
Summary: 4 Stars
This film gets toasted a lot, even by Christians, and I think unfairly. Yes, if you know your Gospels, you hear Jesus' speeches way out of order, and a few other things aren't 100 percent on the mark, but some of it is nit-picking.
After a long absence and my first look at this on the ultra widescreen (2.75:1) DVD, I was very impressed. For instance, the scene with the Last Supper shows everyone at the table, which is impossible to do in a formatted-to-TV mode. This, and other similar panoramic shots that are very impressive. gave me a new appreciation of the work director George Stevens did here.
Upon that recent viewing, I was please that none of Jesus' quotes are inaccurate and I have never had a problem with Max Von Sydow's portrayal of Christ. He had a penetrating eyes and spoke his lines with authority. Why he, too, gets bashed by a few people is unfair. He was just fine.
It's a sanitized message, nothing that "preachy" to turn off the unchurched, but I do think it was a bit too slow to go three hours and 20 minutes. Lopping off 15-30 minutes might have helped. It's still worth viewing, no matter what your "religious" views.
Summary of The Greatest Story Ever Told [VHS]
The life of Christ got an excessively long treatment (260 minutes, later trimmed to 195) in this 1965 film directed by George Stevens (The Diary of Anne Frank). Max von Sydow does beautiful work as Jesus--his spontaneous mourning at discovering his friend Lazarus has died is not like anything in other New Testament epics--and Stevens renders the familiar tale with a handsome authenticity. But the project is nearly undone by an unwise gimmick in which seemingly half of Hollywood's living stars at the time make brief (often very brief) cameo appearances, some of which are ridiculous. But there is a lot to like in the film, and Von Sydow's sensitive nobility sticks in the memory. --Tom KeoghClassics Video
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