The Greatest Story Ever Told

Director: George Stevens, Jean Negulesco, David Lean

Overview

"George Stevens' epic-scale retelling of the life of Jesus Christ gets a simple but caring release in this edition. The Greatest Story Ever Told, which appears on this DVD in its original 199-minute version, has been given a letterboxed transfer to disc i

Product Details

Release Date:	07/06/2004
UPC:	0027616912718
Original Release:	1965
Rating:	G
Source:	MGM (VIDE
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	3:19:00
Sales rank:	8,851

Special Features

Screen format: 16 x 9 widescreen (2.75:1); English: 5.1 surround, stereo sound; French: 5.1 surround; French & Spanish subtitles

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Max von Sydow	Jesus
Telly Savalas	Pontius Pilate
David McCallum	Judas
John Wayne	Roman Centurion
Robert Blake	Simon the Zealot
Dorothy McGuire	Mary
Robert Loggia	Joseph
Claude Rains	Herod the Great
Marian Seldes	Herodias
John Abbott	Aben
Rodolfo Acosta	Captain of Lancers,Captain of Lancers
Philip Coolidge	Chuza
Michael Ansara	Herod's Commander
Dal Jenkins	Philip
Joe Perry	Archelaus
Charlton Heston	John the Baptist
Donald Pleasence	The Dark Hermit
Roddy McDowall	Matthew
Michael Anderson Jr.	James the Younger
David Sheiner	James the Elder
Gary Raymond	Peter
Burt Brinckerhoff	Andrew
John Considine	John
Jamie Farr	Thaddaeus
David Hedison	Philip
Peter Mann	Nathaniel
Tom Reese	Thomas
Angela Lansbury	Claudia
Johnny Seven	Pilate's Aide
Paul Stewart	Questor
Harold J. Stone	Gen. Varus
Cyril Delavanti	Melchior
Mark Leonard	Balthazar
Frank Silvera	Caspar
Joanna Dunham	Mary Magdalene
Janet Margolin	Mary of Bethany
Ina Balin	Martha of Bethany
Michael Tolan	Lazarus
Carroll Baker	Veronica
Pat Boone	Man at Tomb
Sal Mineo	Uriah
Van Heflin	Bar Armand
Ed Wynn	Old Aram
Shelley Winters	Woman of No Name
Chet Stratton	Theophilius
Ron Whelan	Annas
John Lupton	Speaker of Capernaum
Russell Johnson	Scribe
Abraham Sofaer	Joseph of Arimathaea
Martin Landau	Caiaphas
Nehemiah Persoff	Shemiah
Joseph Schildkraut	Nicodemus
Victor Buono	Sorak
Robert Busch	Emissary
John Crawford	Alexander
Sidney Poitier	Simon of Cyrene
Richard Conte	Barabbas
Frank de Kova	Tormentor
Joseph Sirola	Dumah
John Pickard	Peter's 2nd Accuser,Peter's 2nd accuser
Celia Lovsky	Woman Behind Railings
Mickey Simpson	Rabble Rouser
Richard Bakalyan	Good Thief on Cross
Marc Cavell	Bad Thief on Cross
Jos? Ferrer	Herod Antipas
Renata Vanni	Weeping Woman
Michael Anderson	James the Younger
Mark Lenard	Balthazar
Alfred Newman	Composer
Cyril Delevanti	Melchior
Hugo Friedhofer	Composer

Technical Credits

George Stevens

James Lee Barrett

Fulton Oursler

Henry Denker

George Stevens	Screenwriter,Producer
James Lee Barrett	Screenwriter
Frank I. Davis	Executive Producer
A. Arnold Gillespie	Special Effects
Robert R. Hoag	Special Effects
Clarence Slifer	Special Effects
J. McMillan Johnson	Special Effects
Paul Baxley	Stunts
Fulton Oursler	Screenwriter
Henry Denker	Screenwriter

Scene Index

Side #1 --
1. Main Title [:45]
2. "In the Beginning..." [4:02]
3. The Three Kings [2:32]
4. Jesus, Mary & Joseph [4:10]
5. Escape From Bethlehem [:59]
6. John the Baptist [5:09]
7. Jesus' Temptation [1:47]
8. Gathering His Flock [6:48]
9. "Love Thy Neighbor" [:05]
10. "Bring That Baptist to Me" [5:29]
11. The Tax Collector [2:05]
12. "Do Unto Others..." [5:33]
13. John Before Herod [1:24]
14. The Flock Grows [7:01]
15. Cast the First Stone [4:00]
16. "I'm Cured" [1:25]
17. "Blessed are the Meek" [2:51]
18. A Prophet in His Own Home [1:39]
19. Restoring Sight [3:07]
20. The Lord's Prayer [:35]
21. Lazarus Comes Forth [6:26]
22. Jesus in Jerusalem [:51]
23. Cleansing the Temple [2:52]
24. Judas' Betrayal [5:10]
25. The Last Supper [2:38]
26. "Your Will Be Done" [3:54]
27. Jesus' Trial [1:55]
28. Pilate's Sentence [5:57]
29. Carrying the Cross [2:31]
30. Calvary [2:57]
31. "It is Finished" [:52]
32. "He is Risen" [5:42]

Menu

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Languages
Spoken Languages: English 5.1 Surround
Spoken Languages: English Stereo Surround
Spoken Languages: Français 5.1 Surround
Subtitles: Español
Subtitles: Français
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