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Jesus of Nazareth

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Jesus of Nazareth (1977)

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Reviews Counted: 3 Fresh: 3  Rotten:0 Average Rating: N/A
Runtime: 6 hrs 24 mins
Synopsis:
Passion, beauty, and brilliant storytelling are all on display in this six-hour-plus epic from Italian director Franco Zeffirelli. Robert Powell is superb in the title role, and with the overwhelming success of this TV movie throughout the world, has perhaps become what Jesus looks like in... [More]
Passion, beauty, and brilliant storytelling are all on display in this six-hour-plus epic from Italian director Franco Zeffirelli. Robert Powell is superb in the title role, and with the overwhelming success of this TV movie throughout the world, has perhaps become what Jesus looks like in many people's minds. The story begins with the arrangements of the wedding between Joseph and Mary, and chronicles the nativity, the encounter with John the Baptist (a ferocious Michael York) and everything up to the crucifixion and resurrection. This film is beautifully shot on actual locations, with haunting music by Maurice Jarre and an all-star cast, including Anne Bancroft, Laurence Olivier, Ian Holm, Earnest Borgnine, Peter Ustinov, James Mason, Anthony Quinn, Rod Steiger and Christopher Plummer. Zeffirelli has created a thorough, but never dull or dogmatic, retelling of the story, and the result is a uniquely transcendental film that holds the power to inspire no matter what the viewer's beliefs or background. [Less]

Genre: Television

Starring: Robert Powell, Anne Bancroft, James Mason, Robert Olivier, Rod Steiger

Director: Franco Zeffirelli

DVD Info

Release:

Sep 18, 2001

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Keep Case - Sensormatic
  • 2-Disc Set
  • Dual Layer
  • Full Frame - 1.33

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital 2.0 - English

Additional Release Material:

  • Trailer

Text/Photo Gallery:

  • Additional Text - 1. Living in Biblical Times Information

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Anything about Jesus works for me.

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May not be the best life-of-Jesus film ever made… but no other Jesus film offers an interpretation of the gospel story as comprehensive and definitive.

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