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Noah's Ark

  • TV Mini Series
  • 19991999
  • UnratedUnrated
  • 2h 58m
IMDb RATING
3.7/10
2.1K
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Noah's Ark (1999)
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Adaptation of the Biblical stories of Noah and Lot and how God destroyed the world due to the evil of mankind.Adaptation of the Biblical stories of Noah and Lot and how God destroyed the world due to the evil of mankind.Adaptation of the Biblical stories of Noah and Lot and how God destroyed the world due to the evil of mankind.
IMDb RATING
3.7/10
2.1K
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  • Stars
    • Jon Voight
    • Mary Steenburgen
    • F. Murray Abraham
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  • Stars
    • Jon Voight
    • Mary Steenburgen
    • F. Murray Abraham
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 99User reviews
    • 9Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 2 nominations

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    Jon Voight
    Jon Voight
    • Noahas Noah
    2 episodes2 eps • 1999
    Mary Steenburgen
    Mary Steenburgen
    • Naamahas Naamah
    2 episodes2 eps • 1999
    F. Murray Abraham
    F. Murray Abraham
    • Lotas Lot
    2 episodes2 eps • 1999
    Carol Kane
    Carol Kane
    • Sarahas Sarah
    2 episodes2 eps • 1999
    Mark Bazeley
    Mark Bazeley
    • Shemas Shem
    2 episodes2 eps • 1999
    Jonathan Cake
    Jonathan Cake
    • Japhetas Japhet
    2 episodes2 eps • 1999
    Alexis Denisof
    Alexis Denisof
    • Hamas Ham
    2 episodes2 eps • 1999
    Emily Mortimer
    Emily Mortimer
    • Estheras Esther
    2 episodes2 eps • 1999
    Sydney Tamiia Poitier
    Sydney Tamiia Poitier
    • Ruthas Ruth
    2 episodes2 eps • 1999
    Sonya Walger
    Sonya Walger
    • Miriamas Miriam
    2 episodes2 eps • 1999
    James Coburn
    James Coburn
    • The 'Peddler'as The 'Peddler'
    2 episodes2 eps • 1999
    Max Phipps
    Max Phipps
    • Jezeras Jezer
    2 episodes2 eps • 1999
    Joseph Spano
    • Micahas Micah
    2 episodes2 eps • 1999
    Terry Norris
    Terry Norris
    • High Priestas High Priest
    2 episodes2 eps • 1999
    Jonathan Biggins
    Jonathan Biggins
    • First Priestas First Priest
    2 episodes2 eps • 1999
    Michael Sheridan
    • Second priestas Second priest
    2 episodes2 eps • 1999
    Robert Essex
    • Old Zuras Old Zur
    2 episodes2 eps • 1999
    Paul Bertram
    • Joelas Joel
    2 episodes2 eps • 1999
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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      F. Murray Abraham, who played a supporting role, played Noah in Muppets from Space (1999).
    • Goofs
      Noah and Naamah speak with American accents, but their three sons speak with British accents. Similar dichotomies happen among some of the other families depicted.
    • Quotes

      High Priest: I forget what we're doing tonight.

      First Priest: You're sacrificing a virgin to the rain god Mole.

      High Priest: What for?

      Second priest: Rain, what else? Rain.

      [to second priest]

      Second priest: He's passed it.

      First Priest: We'll have to elect ourselves a new one.

      High Priest: Rain? Oh, yes, of course. Of course, rain. Isn't that little Ruth? Why are we sacrificing her?

      First Priest: She's the only virgin we could find on such short notice.

      Second priest: If we had more time...

      First Priest: Even then it wouldn't be easy. They're very hard to find.

      High Priest: But I've known little Ruth since she was knee-high to a cricket.

      Second priest: We've sacrificed chickens, sheep, and bulls and they didn't work.

    • Crazy credits
      "For dramatic effect, we have taken poetic license with some of the events of the mighty epic of Noah and the Flood..."
    • Alternate versions
      In Germany, there are two different versions of the first part. One of them is a cut-version.
    • Connections
      Followed by Mary, Mother of Jesus (1999)

    User reviews99

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    Top review
    2/10
    Sink It
    I now know what eternity would be like. This incredible mess occupied four hours I will never get back. My kids wanted to watch it. They liked the animals. I am no Old Testament scholar, but the way the script played fast and loose with the details, was really disappointing. I'm sure all of us remember Lot! He's the guy who left the city of Sodom with his wife. She looked back and was turned into a pillar of salt. I never realized he kept her finger in a jar after that. I also didn't know that he later became a pirate and tried to board the ark. If Noah had gone up the mountain to get the Ten Commandments, I wouldn't have been surprised. You can imagine a screenwriter, trying to adapt about two Bible chapters into a four hour mini-series. Still, with imagination and effort, it could have worked. The characters are ridiculous. This has got to be the lowest that Mary Steenbergen has gone. Her character is a mawkish idiot, spouting 1960's June Cleaver dialogue. Noah, played by John Voight, is a buffoon, and then they have these three sons who shovel dung and complain. Except for Japhet, who is the artist. He sits around and ponders. One of them develops a ventriloquist act and talks to an orange for about an hour. The animals are superimposed using computer graphics but not very well. I know it is a mini-series, but visually it is awful.

    Most of the film involves the Noah family sitting around being bored. There is this thing about not putting a rudder on the boat so they are floating around, as if they knew where they were going anyway. The Lord was my favorite. He had this silly conversational voice, somewhat indecisive and flippant, sort of like George Burns. The scene where the whole family goes temporarily insane is when I finally gave up. I am as open minded as the next person, but I'd like to hear some sort of justification for this mess. Was it entirely tongue in cheek? Did I miss the whole point because no-one was supposed to be serious. Oh, well, I am interested to see other comments about this thing.
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    • Hitchcoc
    • May 4, 1999

    Details

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    • Release date
      • May 2, 1999 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • Germany
      • United States
    • Official sites
      • RHI Entertainment
      • RHI-TV
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • El arca de Noé
    • Filming locations
      • Australia
    • Production companies
      • Babelsberg International Film Produktion
      • Hallmark Entertainment
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    • Runtime
      2 hours 58 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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