"Jesus of Nazareth" (1977) TV mini-series

Calificación de los usuarios:

8.6/10   

Director:

Franco Zeffirelli

Escritores:

Anthony Burgess (written by) &
Suso Cecchi d'Amico (written by) ...

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

3 abril 1977 (USA)

Género:

Biografía | Drama | Historia

Plot:

A reverent depiction of the life of Christ using the Gospel accounts.

Plot Keywords:

Ancient Text | Prayer | Rabbi | Miracle | Jerusalem

Premios:

Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys. Another 3 wins & 6 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Extraordinarily powerful

Reparto

Robert Powell	...	Jesus Christ
Anne Bancroft	...	Mary Magdalene
Ernest Borgnine	...	The Centurion
Claudia Cardinale	...	The Adulteress
Valentina Cortese	...	Herodias
James Farentino	...	Simon Peter
James Earl Jones	...	Balthazar
Stacy Keach	...	Barabbas
Tony Lo Bianco	...	Quintilius
James Mason	...	Joseph of Arimathea
Ian McShane	...	Judas Iscariot
Laurence Olivier	...	Nicodemus
Donald Pleasence	...	Melchior
Christopher Plummer	...	Herod Antipas
Anthony Quinn	...	Caiaphas

También conocida como:

"Gesù di Nazareth" (Italy)
"Jesús de Nazareth" (Argentina) (Mexico) (Venezuela) [es]

Duración:

382 min | UK:180 min (2 episodes) | Italy:237 min (2 parts) (theatrical version)

País:

Italy | UK

Idioma:

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic | Inglés

Color:

Color

Relación de Aspecto:

1.33 : 1

Sonido:

Stereo

Clasificación:

Argentina:13 | Australia:G (cut version) | Australia:M (original uncut version) | Egypt:(Banned) | South Korea:Todo | West Germany:12 | Singapore:PG

Locaciones de Filmación:

Ait Benhaddou, Morocco

Compañía:

Incorporated Television Company (ITC)

Trivialidades:

Rarely during the movie do any of the actors portraying Jesus blink their eyes. Director 'Franco Zeffirelli' decided on this as a means of creating a subconscious visual mystique about the character that not only differentiated him from all other characters, and is eerily effective. The boy Jesus in the Temple blinks twice in the Temple, and the adult Jesus blinks only once on film.

Errores:

Anacronismos: Full-immersion baptism, not sprinkling baptism, was in use at the time of Christ.

Citas:

Jesus Christ: What are the greatest commandments?
Joseph of Arimathea: "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with thy whole heart, with the whole soul and with thy whole mind"... And the second is like it; "Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself" .
Jesus Christ: You have said well. You are not far from the Kingdom of God, Joseph of Arimathea.

Conexiones de Película:

Apareció en George W. Bush Battles Jesus Christ (2008)

Extraordinarily powerful

I am not ashamed to say that as a man in my mid thirties I cry like a baby every time I watch this epic. Robert Powell's portrayal of Jesus was exquisite, I've said Powell looks more like Jesus than Jesus did. Of course, in this day and age, people say things like "Oh, Jesus didn't have blue eyes". I know many Hebrews, and some have blue eyes. But this isn't important. What is important were his teachings. Love, love, and more love, to each and every man, pagan, enemy, or friend. Jesus even showed love to outright sinners and especially the Romans, which to my mind would have been utterly unthinkable and absolutely an astounding idea at the time. It's this doctrine that is so profound, so original, so revolutionary that convinced me that Jesus was indeed a man sent by God to show us the way how to live in harmony with our fellow man and how not to destroy ourselves.