Greatest
Story Ever Told. With his THE GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD (1965, UA),
producer/director George Stevens set out to create a simple, straight-forward
life of Jesus Christ that would stand the test of time as the definitive
Biblical epic. He worked on the screenplay with James Lee Barrett and Carl
Sandburg. He recruited a great all-star cast, some in major roles and some
cameos. And he scouted locations all over the American Southwest, finally
settling on locations in Nevada, California's Death Valley, and Arizona's
Monument Valley. To him these rugged mountains and valleys seemed closer to the
Holy Land of Christ than Israel-or Morocco or Tunisia or Spain-did in the early
1960's.
Stars, Max Van Sydow, Charlton Heston, John Wayne. On a scales of 1 to 7 angels,
Medjugorje USA gives this movie a rating of
5
