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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0025493223491
Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Label: PASSPORT VIDEO
Manufacturer: PASSPORT VIDEO
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: PASSPORT VIDEO
Region Code: 1
Release Date: April 06, 2004
Running Time: 120 minutes
Sales Rank: 110839
Studio: PASSPORT VIDEO
Theatrical Release Date: 1994
Editorial Review:
Description:
THE BIBLE ACCORDING TO HOLLYWOOD reveals how Tinseltown has brought to the move screen subjects from the Holy Scriptures. Highlighted are the big budget spectaculars from the Golden Age of Hollywood such as THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, THE ROBE, SAMSON AND DELILAH, KING OF KINGS, SOLOMON AND SHEBA, BEN HUR, plus many, many more! Also included are exclusive cast interviews and rare behind the scenes footage. A visual feast of from the glory days of epic moviemaking!
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Disorganized documentary
I purchased the DVD expecting at least a small measure of critical discussion on why the Biblical epics sustained such popularity over several decades of Hollywood history. Instead the viewer is subjected to tongue and cheek commentary or blanket generalizations as to why this or that film failed at the box office. This is not so much a documentary as merely a string of trailers and short interview clips (these are presented in a mish mash fashion and are often too short to offer any real insight). ... Read More
Rating:  - Interesting, affectionate, tongue in cheek...
What a great idea - an overview of all of the Hollywood biblical epics from the silent era right up to Mel Gibson's latest effort. Informative without being overly serious, the narration is thankfully tongue in cheek at times. It's hard to take some of these films too seriously - so many of them fall into the "so bad they're enjoyable" category. There are plenty of clips - the most fascinating involving those forgotten (and sometimes lost) silent films of the pre-Hays era when audiences got proportionately ... Read More
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