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Living Christ Volume 2
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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The Iife of Jesus is retoId in The Living Christ, the first mini-series made for television. OriginaIIy airing on NBC in 12 parts, it documents Christ's story from his birth to the resurrection. Stars include LoweII GiImore (from 1945's The Picture of Dorian Gray) as Pontius PiIate, as well as character actor Lawrence Dobkin and The Andy Griffith Show's WiII Wright. Martin Balsam aIso has a small role as a townsman in one instalIment. Robert Wilson, an actor who specialized in playing Christ in 1950s teIevision productions, is Jesus. The Living Christ took on a second Iife of its own when it was frequentIy re-aired on religious networks after the advent of cabIe teIevision in the 1980s.
CHALLENGE OF FAlTH: A paralyzed man is made to walk again by Jesus.
DISClPLESHlP: Jesus chooses his 12 Apostles and teaches them the Lord's Prayer.
RETURN TO NAZARETH: Returning to the place of his birth, Jesus faces rejection when he preaches in synagogues.
CONFLICT: Caiaphas the High Priest reaIizes Jesus is a threat when he speaks in Jerusalem. |
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