Sujet : A Lert: The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965) De : ahk (at) *nospam* chinet.com (Adam H. Kerman) Groupes :rec.arts.tv Date : 31. Mar 2024, 19:37:10 Autres entêtes Organisation : A noiseless patient Spider Message-ID :<uuc706$1tss8$1@dont-email.me> User-Agent : trn 4.0-test77 (Sep 1, 2010)
In my opinion, this is the dullest, most ponderous of the big-budget religious epics Hollywood produced during that period. I've seen it once out of curiousity.
Is it worse than King of Kings (1961)? You decide.
If your curiousity isn't satisfied, it's on today, Easter Sunday, 2 pm EDT, TCM.
It's famous for, I guess, Telly Savalas first shaving his head to play Pontius Pilate, and keeping the look for the rest of his career, including Kojak.
Max von Sydow as Jesus (first English-language movie) Dorothy McGuire as the Virgin Mary Charlton Heston as John the Baptist Claude Rains as Herod the Great Jose Ferrer as Herod Antipas Telly Savalas as Pontius Pilate Martin Landau as Caiaphas David McCallum as Judas Iscariot Gary Raymond as Peter Donald Pleasence as "The Dark Hermit" Michael Anderson Jr. as James the Less Roddy McDowall as Matthew Joanna Dunham as Mary Magdalene Joseph Schildkraut as Nicodemus Ed Wynn as "Old Aram" Sidney Poitier as Simon of Cyrene
Even the bit parts had huge stars. John Wayne plays a Centurion.
The director apparently stopped filming when all of the world's 70 mm film was consumed. 6 million feet!
Adjusted for inflation, this was the most expensive American movie ever made till that point.
A Lert: The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)