Greatest Story Ever Told

Starring: Max Von Sydow Director: George Stevens

DVD Features:

Disc One:

Aspect Ratio: Widescreen - 1.78
Single Side - Dual Layer

Audio:

• Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
• Dolby Digital 5.1 - French
• Dolby Digital Mono - Spanish

Disc Two:

Aspect Ratio: Full Frame - 1.33
Single Side - Single Layer

Audio:

• Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
• Dolby Digital 5.1 - French
• Dolby Digital Mono - Spanish

Additional Release Material:

• Featurette - NEW MAKING-OF DOCUMENTARY
• Featurette - ORIGINAL MAKING-OF DOCUMENTARY
• Deleted Scene
• Trailer

Text/Photo Galleries:

• Photo Gallery

Additional Products:

• Collectible Booklet

Description by OLDIES.com:

"A magnificent film, handled with reverence, artistic appreciation and admirable restraint" (New York Daily News), this glorious epic is an inspiring, grand scale recreation of the life of Jesus of Nazareth, from His humble birth and teachings to His crucifixion and ultimate Resurrection. Lavishly produced at a cost of $20 million - an enormous amount for the time - and honored with five 1965 Academy Award nominations, this exceptional motion picture is exquisitely beautiful. Now fully restored to its original theatrical brilliance with intermission and overture, it is truly The Greatest Story Ever Told.

Product Description:

George Stevens presents his monumental adaptation of the story of Jesus Christ starring Max von Sydow. The film concentrates on the most familiar episodes of the biblical story, including the birth of Christ in Bethlehem, Herod's (Jose Ferrer) decree of the execution of all male children in Judea, and the Holy family's escape into Egypt. It continues as Christ encounters John the Baptist (Charlton Heston) searches for the Twelve Apostles, and raises Lazarus (Michael Tolan), while John the Baptist is executed. It concludes with Jesus' expulsion of the moneylenders from the temple, the instruction of the Apostles at the Last Supper, Christ's betrayal by Judas (David McCallum), the Passion, the Crucifixion, and the Resurrection. The product of years of research and planning by Stevens, the film features a huge cast of stars, among whom Von Sydow, McCallum, Dorothy McGuire (Mary), Sidney Poitier (Simon of Cyrene), Claude Rains (Herod the Great), Donald Pleasence (The Devil), Martin Landau (Caiaphas), and Janet Margolin (Mary of Bethany), give fine performances.

Plot Keywords:

Bible Epic | Christmas | Drama | Religion | Theatrical Release

Production Notes:

• Filmed in Ultra Panavision 70.
• THE GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD was originally released with a running time of 225 minutes, but other versions range from 127 minutes to 260 minutes.

Cast and Crew: