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User Rating:
6.5/10   43 votes
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Director:
Richard Lang
Writers:
Richard Berg (writer)
Richard Fielder (writer)
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Contact:
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Release Date:
12 November 1978 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
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
User Comments:
Good Movie - Better Book more (3 total)

Cast

  (Series Cast overview, first billed only)

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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Additional Details

Runtime:
480 min | Brazil:188 min (video version)
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Company:
Charles Fries Productions more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Florian Knight was first offered to David Warner. more
Quotes:
Naomi Dunn: [to Steve Randall] I keep my body and soul separate. The body was yours for a time, and that was pleasurable, but the soul belongs only to Christ. more

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User Comments

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3 out of 4 people found the following comment useful.
Good Movie - Better Book, 6 June 2006
8/10
Author: Paul Hill (PRHill100) from Sterling, VA

THE WORD is based on a novel by Irving Wallace. Despite what "Ale fish" said in his comments I have to disagree. He is basing his review on the released three hour version of an eight hour mini-series. I made the mistake of buying this version also. It's not worth the powder to blow it to hell.

I taped this mini-series when it originally aired. I have it in NH and hope to retrieve it within the next month or so. I'm more hopeful that I will be able to transfer it to DVD or VHS. I originally recorded it in Beta.

I started to watch the available VHS copy that I purchased. I turned it off after 20 minutes. Even though it's been years since I've seen it the cutting of the film was atrocious.

Hopefully, one day, "Ale fish" and everyone else will have a DVD copy of this mini-series. It's is truly an 8+ rating when seen in it's entirety.

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