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... shows a rather different side of Moses, the Stone Age and the Roman Empire - in which Brooks is a stand-up philosopher playing Caesar's Palace. Next, the truth is finally told about the Spanish Inquisition in a splashy production number featuring song-and-dance monks and swimming nuns ... It's history as you've never known it - completely irreverent and positively hilarious. -- Container.
Pub. Date
[2013]
Description
Breathtaking in scope and scale, The Bible features powerful performances, exotic locales and dazzling visual effects that breathe spectacular life into the dramatic tales of faith and courage from Genesis through Revelation. This historic television event is sure to entertain and inspire the whole family!
Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
Follows the life of Moses as he fulfills his destiny as leader of the Hebrews; a young shepherd named David battles the giant Goliath; Joseph frees himself from oppression and becomes an important member of the Pharoah's court; the final days of Jesus are seen through the eyes of two of his disciples; after watching Jesus face his death, a non-believer finds his faith; follows the crucifixion of Jesus; as Martin Luther struggles with the Catholic...
Pub. Date
[2013]
Description
Ben-hur (224 min.): Experience the visual splendor, thundering action, and towering drama of the record-setting winner of eleven Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Charlton Heston brings a muscular physical and moral presence to his role of Judah Ben-Hur, a Jewish nobleman in Palestine whose heroic odyssey includes enslavement by the Romans, vengeance against his tormentors during a furious arena chariot race, and a fateful encounter with Jesus...
13) Pillar of fire
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Pub. Date
1995
Description
Pharaoh Akhenaten's attempts to introduce monotheism have caused widespread resentment in the people of Egypt, and his attempts at rulership are further challenged by his inability to beget a son and a plague that forces him to offer a co-rulership to his brother, so when his god tells him to go to the desert he complies with surprising results.