Greatest Story Ever Told [DVD] [1965] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]

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Actor : Max von Sydow
Actor : Michael Anderson Jr.
Actor : Carroll Baker
Actor : Ina Balin
Actor : Pat Boone
Aspect Ratio : 16:9 - 1.85:1
Binding : DVD
Creator : Max von Sydow
Creator : Michael Anderson Jr.
Director : David Lean
Director : Jean Negulesco
Director : George Stevens
EAN : 9780792849179
Format : Anamorphic
Format : Closed-captioned
Format : Colour
Format : Dolby
Format : Dubbed
Format : DVD-Video
Format : NTSC
Format : Special Edition
Format : Subtitled
Format : Widescreen
ISBN : 0792849175
Label : MGM (Video & DVD)
Languages : Subtitled: Spanish, Subtitled: French, Original Language: English, Dubbed: Spanish
Manufacturer : MGM (Video & DVD)
Number Of Discs : 2
Number Of Items : 2
Package Dimensions : 0.50 inches (Height) x 7.50 inches (Length) x 0.35 pounds (Weight) x 5.40 inches (Width)
Product Group : DVD
Publisher : MGM (Video & DVD)
Region Code : 1
Release Date : 2001-03-06
Running Time : 199
SKU : 1001584
Studio : MGM (Video & DVD)
UPC : 027616858948

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 cameo appearances, some of which are ridiculous (who can forget the sight of John Wayne as a Roman Centurion solemnly intoning, "Truly he was the son of Gaaad"?). But there is a lot to like in the film, and Von Sydow's sensitive nobility sticks in the memory. --Tom Keogh

- Amazon.co.uk Review

The life of Christ got an excessively long treatment (260 minutes, later trimmed to 195) in The Greatest Story Ever Told, the 1965 film directed by George Stevens. 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 (who can forget the sight of John Wayne as a Roman Centurion solemnly intoning, "Truly he was the son of Gaaad"?). But there is a lot to like in the film, and Von Sydow's sensitive nobility sticks in the memory. --Tom Keogh

- Amazon.co.uk Review

Greatest Story Ever Told [DVD] [1965] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]

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