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If you loved the Passion of the Christ, If you are new to the Christian faith, this is the one for you!
Franco Zeffirelli brings Jesus Life into your heart and Soul.
Let Christ transform you in this breathtaking ,star studded epic.
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One of the best educational and true movies about Jesus. Everyone should watch it.....Start with the Schools............
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The cast, writers, composer and musicians, costumers, and other technicians/laborers really pulled together a superb miniseries, originally for British television (six hours, two DVDs), under the direction of Franco Zeffirelli, who apparently got a papal request (from Paul VI) to pull the project together.
Owing to the fact that the work was done in 1977, some technical aspects of the film and soundtrack are noticeably from another era, which won't thrill videophiles with the latest high-end equipment; but for me the vintage accounts for much of what's best here.
I'm a musician/ journalist by trade, so I'll make one specific notation: Last night as I again viewed (and listened to) the second three hours, I was particularly taken with an extended segment in which a delicious cello solo perfectly synched with the dramatic context. How many contemporary feature soundtracks stand on a lengthy cello solo for the lion's share of an entire scene? The dynamics, timbres, and consonance/dissonance absolutely (dare I say it) nailed everything together. Overall, the score--by Maurice Jarre, a three-time Academy Award "Oscar" winner (Lawrence of Arabia, Doctor Zhivago, Passage To India)--evokes the moods with diverse textures/orchestrations which never dominate but complement or reinforce (Jarre also used silence where he felt that music might be extraneous or distracting.)
Robert Powell carries the toughest acting assignment I can imagine with measured intensity, majesty, and humanity. He had plenty of reserve fire to to be almost frightening in the temple/moneychangers scene. Powell's natural visage and carrriage are hauntingly J-esque. (Could Powell be the time traveler who posed for the Shroud?)
The striking beauty of Olivia Hussey (Mother Mary) is featured in some unforgettable ethereal vignettes. James Farentino admirably portrays the volatile, all-too-human apostle Peter. Michael York is the wild and Spirit-filled John the Baptist.
There were plenty of international notables in the cast. James Mason is great as Joseph of Arimathea. Christopher Plummer is whiney and wily as Herod Antipas. Peter Ustinov plays Herod the Great as the heartless (but very entertaining) cynic. Anthony Quinn does a steely Caiphas. Sir Laurence Olivier is the pensive, open-minded Nicodemus. Anne Bancroft is Mary Magdalene. There are many more in other supporting roles and cameos.
I'll begin my close by saying that I would vote an award to the writers and actor (Yorgo Voyagis) who worked out and carried the necessarily speculative character of Joseph. We get to see much more of Jesus' stepfather in this film than in any other I've viewed (featured from the film's opening through his death-bed scene, when Jesus is just beginnning his public ministry. He nobly handles his betrothed's obviously rounding tummy, even before a heavenly messenger explains the situation. He instructs his older natural sons (and the young Jesus) in his trade, and in their heritage as Jews. It was all very believable even if one regards the Virgin Birth as fiction.
(I was thinking that I'd like to add a scene or two with stories from non-canonized Gnostic sources that would have fit right into the material that shows Joseph tutoring his sons. Since much of the early Jesus material was centered around Joseph teaching his sons his (and their future) trade. One story is about Jesus performing a modest miracle in which he lengthens a piece of wood that they really needed to fill one customer's order. I figure Jesus had to learn slowly how to use his power, and that this story might be real (it's nearly as old as any of the official Gospels).
After thirty years, this magnum opus really should be given all the benefits that modern technology can lend it. Remastering, and extending to three disks (perhaps cramming all that data onto two dvds accounts for the "soft-focus" look, or maybe something else can sharpen it up. And maybe there's some choice material that didn't make the 1977 final cut that can be added or offered as a "bonus feature," along with some retrospective interviews with a few of the principles. And please, a much better case libretto. (I mean, I combed three times through the beginning and end credits and the whimpy flyer inside the case, and I couldn't find out who wrote the score. No trouble finding the caterer's credit; but no Maurice Jarre, anywhere but in outside sources.) I would enthusiastically invest in a much-deserved remastering/repackaging, which could ultimately be a four-dvd box set.
I could go on with more praise, and sure, I could look for other things to point out as shortcomings, but in toto this really is a masterwork, except for the factors cited, which have nothing to do with the artists, and everything to do wiith "the suits" at Artisan, I assume. Accordingly, I would have shaved the fifth star (by one-third to one-half) if that option were available, but I just couldn't cut a full star for something the artists couldn't control.
--Richard Gartner
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This is really a fine product in which I purchased from a very reliable seller. It is in excellent condition and it arrived quickly! It is a great movie and plays fantastic. This film is unquestionably suitable for an entire family viewing. Thanks a million!
Kenneth Palmer
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This is an over 6 hour treatment on the life of Jesus. The motive seems to be to bring to life the stories in the Gospel and nothing else. They're not trying to advance far-fetched alternative theories (Last Temptation of Christ, DaVinci Code, etc) and this is refreshing. When there's dialogue not in the Gospels, it's to support not to contradict what's in the Gospels. It's very well acted, especially by Powell in the lead role. Ernest Borgnine is just great in a small supporting role as a Roman Centurion- he does more with facial expressions than most actors can do with 10 pages of dialogue. This is something that is exctremely long but well worth the time.
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