Greatest Story Ever Told | Max von Sydow, Michael Anderson Jr.

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	Greatest Story Ever Told Max von Sydow, Michael Anderson Jr. MGM (Video & DVD), 1993 average customer review:based on 92 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

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 Keogh

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Greatest Movie Today's Youth Should Know About.

I just saw this film for the second time yesterday. It remains one of the most engaging, wondrous, and sublime artistic endeavors that I've ever witnessed. Yes, the way the film was shot is nothing short of amazing. With its grand sets and distant frames it gives one the sensation of being transported back in time. Von Sydow was an unlikely candidate to play Jesus in my mind, but here he turned in one of the most memorable performances in history. All of the transcendence, authority, and goodness of which we imagine Christ to have possessed are exuded by his character.

The Greatest Story Ever Told remains highly entertaining, but, more importantly, it renews one's faith. The scripture that makes up so much of its dialogue was truly inspiring and gives a spiritual shot in the arm unlike what we can find anywhere in the self-help aisle of a bookstore. We live in times where the only things that are seemingly important are finding better ways to stimulate and please ourselves. Here we are reminded that there are far more essential things in life than food, drink, accumulating stuff, and having fun. It is a most timely message as is the notion that perhaps our lives were not supposed to be easy. The Lord did not make His earth a comfy chair...and we would be wise to thank Him for that. If you need some uplift put this disk in your the DVD player.

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The Greatest Story Ever Told

A ponderous retelling of the life of Christ with Swedish actor Max von Sydow in the role of Jesus. Swedish Jesus is hard to accept. Even von Sydow admitted difficulty. He comes off as a spaced-out caricature. Maybe a man who never sinned has to be this way. I have wondered why it was no sin when Jesus angrily drove the moneychangers from the temple with a whip. The cast is a "Who's Who in Hollywood," and the fun part is to pick out famous people. John Wayne is the Roman Centurion at the cross. "Truly, this man was the Son of God." This film ushered out the era of big budget Bible pictures.

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