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Jesus of Nazareth
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	List Price: $24.98 Our Price: $18.49 You Save: $6.49 *Features* • Digital Sound • Full Screen • NTSC • Surround Sound In Theaters : 03 April, 1977 DVD Release : 01 March, 2002
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Originally made for TV in 1977, this in-depth (six hours plus) version of Jesus' life is so thorough that the first hour is devoted solely to the story of his birth. The film doesn't skimp on some of the other landmark events of this famous story either. Director Franco Zeffirelli gives more than 12 minutes screen time each to the Last Supper and the Crucifixion. Passages of the Bible are quoted verbatim, the locations have a Palestine-like authenticity, and, aside from some of the principals (Robert Powell as Jesus, Olivia Hussey as Mary, and Stacy Keach as Barabbas), many of the non-Roman characters are actually played by Semitic-looking actors. Zeffirelli diligently provides the sociopolitical background that gave rise to Jesus' following and the crisis in belief it caused for the people of Israel (and one or two Romans). While not graphic by today's standards, some of the scenes--baby boys being ripped from their mothers' arms and slaughtered, nails being driven into Jesus' hands--may disturb young and/or sensitive children. --Kimberly Heinrichs

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IT'S A KEEPER

I can remember the controversy surrounding this mini series when it first came out. Then I watched the film, and found myself thinking; these sure look like miracles to me.

Most of the acting is fantastic. The script bogs down at times, live with it. It's a great reminder that the cardborad cutouts we learned about in Sunday school were living breathing human beings. It doesn't really matter that they may not have been named Matthew, Mark, Luke or John. In a way it doesn't matter if Jesus was really the physical son of God. A man came into the world. He had a message that shook the foundations of the power structures of his time. It's still shaking them.

I watch this at least twice a year. I'm still in tears when it's over, even though I know how it's going to end.

Something that I haven't seen addressed in other reviews I've read. It's Ian McShane's portryal of Judas as the believer who "just doesn't get it." His belief that Jesus needed to justify his message to a power structure that would be irrelavent (sp?) if that message were truly put into action is gut wrenching in the end.

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