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

Lowest New Price: £8.39
Lowest Used Price: £7.58
Total New: 2
Total Used: 7
Total Collectible: 0
Total Refurbished: 0

Actor : Max von Sydow
Actor : Dorothy McGuire
Actor : Charlton Heston
Actor : Michael Anderson Jr.
Actor : Carroll Baker
Aspect Ratio : 16:9 - 2.55:1
Binding : DVD
Creator : Max von Sydow
Creator : Dorothy McGuire
Creator : George Stevens
Creator : Carl Sandburg
Creator : Fulton Oursler
Creator : Henry Denker
Creator : James Lee Barrett
Director : David Lean
Director : George Stevens
Director : Jean Negulesco
EAN : 0027616912718
Format : Anamorphic
Format : Closed-captioned
Format : Colour
Format : DVD-Video
Format : NTSC
Is Adult Product? : No
Label : MGM (Video & DVD)
Languages : Subtitled: Spanish, Subtitled: French, Original Language: English, Original Language: French
Manufacturer : MGM (Video & DVD)
MPN : MGMD1007131D
Number Of Discs : 1
Number Of Items : 1
Package Dimensions : 0.60 inches (Height) x 7.30 inches (Length) x 0.20 pounds (Weight) x 5.30 inches (Width)
Package Quantity : 1
Part Number : MGMD1007131D
Product Group : DVD
Publisher : MGM (Video & DVD)
Region Code : 1
Release Date : 2004-07-06
Running Time : 119
SKU : A027616912718
Studio : MGM (Video & DVD)
UPC : 027616912718

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]

Look for Similar Items in these Categories:

Leave a Comment: