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The Bible: In the Beginning...

  • 19661966
  • UnratedUnrated
  • 2h 54m
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Peter O'Toole, Stephen Boyd, Ava Gardner, Richard Harris, John Huston, George C. Scott, Ulla Bergryd, and Michael Parks in The Bible: In the Beginning... (1966)
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Extravagant production of the first part of the book of Genesis. Its main highlights are the Garden of Eden, the first brothers, Noah and his family obeying God to build an ark for the Flood... Read allExtravagant production of the first part of the book of Genesis. Its main highlights are the Garden of Eden, the first brothers, Noah and his family obeying God to build an ark for the Flood and Abraham's attempted sacrifice of Isaac.Extravagant production of the first part of the book of Genesis. Its main highlights are the Garden of Eden, the first brothers, Noah and his family obeying God to build an ark for the Flood and Abraham's attempted sacrifice of Isaac.
IMDb RATING
6.2/10
5.5K
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POPULARITY
17,177
5,031
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    • Director
      • John Huston
    • Writers
      • Christopher Fry(screenplay)
      • Orson Welles(uncredited)
      • Vittorio Bonicelli(uncredited)
    • Stars
      • Michael Parks
      • Ulla Bergryd
      • Richard Harris
    Top credits
    • Director
      • John Huston
    • Writers
      • Christopher Fry(screenplay)
      • Orson Welles(uncredited)
      • Vittorio Bonicelli(uncredited)
    • Stars
      • Michael Parks
      • Ulla Bergryd
      • Richard Harris
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    • 66User reviews
    • 29Critic reviews
    • Nominated for 1 Oscar
      • 6 wins & 5 nominations total

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    George C. Scott, Gabriele Ferzetti, and Eleonora Rossi Drago in The Bible: In the Beginning... (1966)
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    Michael Parks
    Michael Parks
    • Adam
    Ulla Bergryd
    Ulla Bergryd
    • Eve
    Richard Harris
    Richard Harris
    • Cain
    John Huston
    John Huston
    • Noah
    Stephen Boyd
    Stephen Boyd
    • Nimrod
    George C. Scott
    George C. Scott
    • Abraham
    Ava Gardner
    Ava Gardner
    • Sarah
    Peter O'Toole
    Peter O'Toole
    • The Three Angels
    Zoe Sallis
    Zoe Sallis
    • Hagar
    Gabriele Ferzetti
    Gabriele Ferzetti
    • Lot
    Eleonora Rossi Drago
    Eleonora Rossi Drago
    • Lot's Wife
    Franco Nero
    Franco Nero
    • Abel
    Pupella Maggio
    Pupella Maggio
    • Noah's Wife
    Robert Rietty
    Robert Rietty
    • Abraham's Steward
    Peter Heinze
    • Shem
    Roger Beaumont
    Gianluigi Crescenzi
    Gianluigi Crescenzi
    Maria Grazia Spina
    • Daughter of Lot
    • (as Grazia Maria Spina)
    • Director
      • John Huston
    • Writers
      • Christopher Fry(screenplay)
      • Orson Welles(uncredited)
      • Vittorio Bonicelli(uncredited)
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    • Trivia
      John Huston was a self-professed atheist.
    • Goofs
      At the end of an early dialog between Sarah and her handmaid, Hagar stands up and turns around, heading for the door. A modern zipper is visible on the back of her tight dress.
    • Quotes

      Cain: Am I my brother's keeper?

    • Connections
      Edited into Catalogue of Ships (2008)

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    7/10
    Expensively made production dealing with relevant biblical deeds in the Old Testament
    Spectacular as well as extravagant production of the first part of the book of Genesis and dealing with five of the early stories in the Old Testament .The title is a bit of a misnomer as the film only covers the first 22 chapters of the first book of Genesis . It covers various Biblical episodes and and open with the Creation of the World and arrive at the Garden of Eden with Adam (Michael Parks) and Eve, Cain and Abel (Richard Harris and Franco Nero play brothers-turned-enemies) Noah (John Huston , though Charles Chaplin and Alec Guinness was also offered the role ) and the Flood and the story of Nimrod (Stephen Boyd) , King of Babel and the emergence of man's vanity . Furthermore , Lot (Gabriele Ferzetti) , Lot's Wife (Eleonora Rossi Drago), Sodomah and Gomorra destruction , and three such Heavenly Messengers (Peter O'Toole) appeared in the course of events along with Abraham (George C Scott) , Sarah (Ava Gardner) , his slave Hagar and sons Isaac and Ismael.

    This overblown all-star cast Biblical treatment contains emotion , religious feeling , human touch and grandeur events . The best episode results to be Noah tale in which John Huston gives an intelligent as well as sympathetic acting ; when God talks to Noah, that's actually the voice of John Huston speaking to the actor John Huston . Filming of The Tower of Babel sequence was disrupted when Egyptian extras staged a rock-throwing riot . One of the first mainstream American films to feature male and female nudity -albeit artfully filmed in a light-and-shadow style- in the Garden of Eden sequences . Reportedly , neither Michael Parks nor Ulla Bergryd used body doubles for these scenes . Lavishly produced by Dino De Laurentiis , he originally announced that this would be the first in a series of feature films based on the books of the bible ; however it didn't take place . Rousing and extraordinary musical score by Toshirô Mayuzumi and uncredited Ennio Morricone ; though Huston wanted Igor Stravinsky to score the film . As with many epics of the 1950s and 1960s Paul Francis Webster was called in to supply promotional lyrics to the main theme. The song was entitled "Song of the Bible" and Webster devised the following lyrics to fit Mayuzumi's opening theme music . Colorful as well as evocative cinematography by Giuseppe Rotunno , Fellini's ordinary ; this was the first film shot in the Dimension 150 process. This process was credited as simply "D-150" .

    This luxuriously mounted production was well directed by John Huston who gives the feel of a Cecil B De Mille spectacle . However , French director Robert Bresson was firstly hired in 1964 and wen he shot the deluge, he requested the use of all the animals in Rome city zoo , but the only thing Bresson filmed was the tracks of the animals upon a sandy beach , then Bresson was fired, John Huston took over the project, delaying production a further six month. Rating : 6,5/10 . Well worth watching . Better than average . The movie will appeal to religious and epic films buffs .-
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    • Release date
      • September 28, 1966 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • Italy
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • The Bible
    • Filming locations
      • Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
    • Production companies
      • Dino de Laurentiis Cinematografica
      • Seven Arts Productions
      • Thalia AG
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      • $18,000,000 (estimated)
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      2 hours 54 minutes
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    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.20 : 1

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