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6.5/10   43 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Richard Berg (writer)
Richard Fielder (writer)
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Release Date:
12 November 1978 (USA) more
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Plot:
A document is discovered that appears to be an ancient eyewitness account of the life of Jesus Christ... more
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Awards:
Nominated for Primetime Emmy. more
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Much ado about nothing at all! more (3 total)

Cast

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David Janssen ... Steve Randall
James Whitmore ... George Wheeler
Florinda Bolkan ... Angela Monti
Eddie Albert ... Ogden Towery
Geraldine Chaplin ... Naomi Dunn
Hurd Hatfield ... Cedric Plummer
John McEnery ... Florian Knight
Ron Moody ... LeBrun
Diana Muldaur ... Claire Randall

Kate Mulgrew ... Tony Nicholson
Janice Rule ... Barbara Randall
Martha Scott ... Sarah Randall

Nicol Williamson ... Maertin de Vroome
David Ackroyd ... Tom Carey
Laura Betti ... Maria
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Runtime:
480 min | Brazil:188 min (video version)
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1.33 : 1 more
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Fun Stuff

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Florian Knight was first offered to David Warner. more
Quotes:
Naomi Dunn: [extending her hand] Mr. Randall! How delightful to see you! It's been a long time.
Steve Randall: [doesn't shake her hand] Yes, Miss Dunn. Still keeping body and soul separate?
Naomi Dunn: [Coldly, dropping her hand] Yes. When necessary.
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8 out of 18 people found the following comment useful.
Much ado about nothing at all!, 5 August 2000
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Author: Ale fish from Norwich

On the one hand this dull, uneven mini-series is packaged like some kind of thriller. However, the only action sequence in over three hours is somewhat less than thrilling and feels as if it were added merely for purposes of the trailer.

I would suspect that the book, which I've not read, is more concerned with questions of faith, both religious and personal, but unsurprisingly this mainstream adaptation skates over such thorny issues.

What we get instead is David Janssen travelling the world like a theological Philip Marlowe, meeting various experts who tell us little or nothing regarding the authenticity of the 'Word.' The extracts of this new gospel that we do hear are so mundane and under-whelming that the resultant palaver has no credibility whatsoever.

The conclusion, when it finally arrives, is hopelessly contrived and nonsensical with the motivations of key characters left unclear. Furthermore, the idea that an ageing Janssen is some kind of 'babe magnet' is just impossible to swallow. As is the rest of this dull and pointless mess.

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