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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0056775126995
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
Label: Madacy Records
Manufacturer: Madacy Records
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Madacy Records
Region Code: 1
Release Date: February 10, 2004
Running Time: 92 minutes
Sales Rank: 140874
Studio: Madacy Records
Theatrical Release Date: May 28, 1961
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Some Orson Welles film should maybe be forgotten
When Orson Welles did not have anything to eat he had to become an actor in films that are hardly worth, at times, mentioning, and yet he tries to do what he can as an actor to save the film. That's typical in this one. The Bible is badly revisited in an episode that is not that particularly thrilling because too much known. The film more or less understands some political questions and sees in the attack of the Philistines against Israel an allusion to the menace against Israel from its Arab neighbors. ... Read More
Rating: - Not so good...
Poorly dubbed and hard to follow. The thing is I recognize some of these guys from other Biblical epics and they're dubbed with their own voices... but they STILL don't quite match. What's up with THAT?
Rating: - Decent, But Not an Epic.
Orson Welles gets the top billing in this 1960 movie adaptation of the classic Biblical story, but Welles doesn't portray either one of the title characters. Instead he portrays (and perhaps fittingly so) Saul, the first King of Israel who disobeyed God so many times and lived with a divided heart. In some ways, Welles' life as the wunderkind of cinema parallels that of the life of King Saul. Whatever the case, it is Welles' performance that makes this 1960s sword-and-sandal-epic-wannabe worth watching. ... Read More
Rating: - Not the most accurate film
The acting and imagery is very good, considering the year it was made. My only complaint is that it's not biblically correct. The David potrayed in this movie started out as someone who was bitter towards God because the woman David loved was struck dead by lightning. There were other events that were in complete contrary to the Bible, like David going into Jerusalem immediately after being annointed by Samuel and knocking off a guard, etc. I think Samuel quoted from Proverbs, too, which was not supposed ... Read More
Rating:  - VERY DULL! NEEDS TO BE REDEFINED IN A COMTEMPORARY GEORGE LUCAS OR RIDLEY SCOT ASPECT.
I found the sound quality to be very poor quality all through the film. The acting was like Charlie Chaplin in the 1920's. The cast except for Wells, was outrageously comical and not qualified in any form (in my opinion.) for this film. Goliath apeared more zomped then Arnold in the "Terminator".
I would say the entire movie is not even worthy of a full star but that of a half. if you are looking for a more professional cast with provocative, emotional, quintessential, present role, check ... Read More
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