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The Bible: In the Beginning...

1966

John Huston

Peter O'Toole, Richard Harris, Ava Gardner, Stephen Boyd ...

5.8

2,072

Adventure. Drama An elaborate Hollywood retelling of the Bible stories narrated by the film's director John Huston. We open with the Creation of the World and arrive at the Garden of Eden with Adam and Eve and continue on to Cain and the murder of Abel. Next, we visit Noah and his ark with its spectacular flood sequence. Then we come to the story of Nimrod, King of Babel, the emergence of man's vanity and the heights to which it could aspire if ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Variety	"The world’s oldest story (...) is put upon the screen by director John Huston and producer Dino De Laurentiis with consummate skill, taste and reverence."	POS
United States	Tom Breihan AV Club	"The best moments of 'The Bible' are the ones that attempt to transcend the idea of film entirely (...) As entertainment, it is rough."	NEU
United Kingdom	David Parkinson Radio Times	"This is a reverential but ponderous adaptation of the first 22 chapters of Genesis (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEG

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