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DVD : The Bible According to HollywoodIn association with Amazon.comstarring: Jerry Maren, John MacElwayne, Peter Ustinov, Cecil B. DeMille, Amanda Jane Manning directed by: Phillip Dye  List Price: $14.98 Amazon.com's Price: $12.99 You Save: $1.99 (13%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: DVD EAN: 0025493223491 Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC Label: PASSPORT VIDEO Manufacturer: PASSPORT VIDEO Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: PASSPORT VIDEO Region Code: 1 Release Date: April 06, 2004 Running Time: 120 minutes Studio: PASSPORT VIDEO Theatrical Release Date: 1994 Sales Rank: 77670 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Description: THE BIBLE ACCORDING TO HOLLYWOOD reveals how Tinseltown has brought to the move screen subjects from the Holy Scriptures. Highlighted are the big budget spectaculars from the Golden Age of Hollywood such as THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, THE ROBE, SAMSON AND DELILAH, KING OF KINGS, SOLOMON AND SHEBA, BEN HUR, plus many, many more! Also included are exclusive cast interviews and rare behind the scenes footage. A visual feast of from the glory days of epic moviemaking! Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Disorganized documentaryI purchased the DVD expecting at least a small measure of critical discussion on why the Biblical epics sustained such popularity over several decades of Hollywood history. Instead the viewer is subjected to tongue and cheek commentary or blanket generalizations as to why this or that film failed at the box office. This is not so much a documentary as merely a string of trailers and short interview clips (these are presented in a mish mash fashion and are often too short to offer any real insight). ... Read More Rating:  - Interesting, affectionate, tongue in cheek...What a great idea - an overview of all of the Hollywood biblical epics from the silent era right up to Mel Gibson's latest effort. Informative without being overly serious, the narration is thankfully tongue in cheek at times. It's hard to take some of these films too seriously - so many of them fall into the "so bad they're enjoyable" category. There are plenty of clips - the most fascinating involving those forgotten (and sometimes lost) silent films of the pre-Hays era when audiences got proportionately ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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