Reality TV producer Mark Burnett and his wife Roma Downey’s massive project became a History Channel hit, and much loved by religious conservatives. All the rest of us can see is a series of frenetic jumps between the Good Book’s greatest hits, told in bombastic but shallow fashion and cast with bland, no-name actors. Often ridiculously over-the-top, the Old Testament passes with much misery, blood and thunder. Improves once Jesus Christ makes an appearance, but this is no match for Jesus of Nazareth (1977).
2013-U.S. Made for TV. 440 min. Color.Ā Directed byĀ Crispin Reece, Tony Mitchell, Christopher Spencer.Ā Cast:Ā Diogo Morgado (Jesus Christ), Darwin Shaw (Peter), Will Houston (Moses), Gary Oliver (Abraham), Francis Magee, Paul Freeman.Ā Narrated byĀ Keith David.
Trivia: Shown in either five or ten episodes. Downey also makes an appearanceĀ in the miniseries.Ā Footage from it was edited into a feature film, Son of God (2014). Followed by a TV series,Ā A.D. The Bible Continues (2015).
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