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While Jesus' life is considered by many to be The Greatest Story Ever Told, the movie fails in its effort to make it great. The movie's story tells major events of Jesus' life but doesn't seem to address the main reason Jesus came on earth. He came to die on the cross to save us from our sins. The movie does have the crucifixion and resurrection, it doesn't address why Jesus suffered a crucifixion, other than claimed blasphemy.
The main characters that helped shaped the movie are Jesus (Max von Sydow), Judas Iscariot (David McCallum), Herod Antipas (José Ferrer), John the Baptist (Charlton Heston), and Pontius Pilot (Telly Savalas). The backgrounds that they chose for the movie were beautiful in the scenery. Most of the settings were the
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