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Many scenes, such as Christ's crucifixion, are shot and staged like tableaux in a style reminiscent of the great masters of art. And director Richard Fleischer surpasses anything Ridley Scott achieved years later in Gladiator: he fills the huge arena--a vast Roman amphitheatre--with a gladiatorial school of hand-to-hand combat, a parade of elephants, and a den of lions, and then caps his production with a riveting and thrillingly mounted duel between Jack Palance, careering round the circumference of the arena in his chariot, and Barabbas dodging him on foot. --Adrian Edwards
| ACTORS: | Anthony Quinn, Silvana Mangano |
| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| DIRECTOR: | Richard Fleischer |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 10 October, 1962 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Columbia Tristar Hom |
| MPAA RATING: | PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) |
| FEATURES: | Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen |
| TYPE: | Feature Film-drama |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 043396077508 |
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Customer Reviews of Barabbas
Fine character study.... This is a fine character study and classic portrayal by Anthony Quinn from the Pulitzer Prize winning novellete. What sets this one apart from the other Biblical films of the 50's and early 60's is its lack of "epic" proportions; that is, there are not the usual 50 familiar faces playing a variety of supporting roles. You've got Quinn as the principle, Arthur Kennedy as Pilate (brief), Ernie Borginine (brief), Jack Palance in another evil turn, and filled out by mostly fine Italian character actors. As a Christian, I'm always amazed at how this film reaches me on a spiritual level with each viewing; The soundtrack is innovative and quite extraordinary. A definite thumbs up.
Anthony Quinn is commendable in his role as Barabbas!
Being a huge fan of the epic style of movies, i.e., Spartacus,Ben-Hur et al, I simply and basically had to watch this movie, i.e.,Barabbas VHS ~ Anthony Quinn. Contrary to other reviews, I do not findthat the movie is short on dialogue and in fact find the story to bequite moving. As my title for this review stated "Anthony Quinnis commendable in his role as Barabbas!" and this, i.e., Quinnplaying the role with a sense of dedication, devotion and ardor thatis only matched by truly great actors, e.g., Marlon Brando, CharltonHeston, Kirk Douglas et al (actors that play their roles with passion,ardor and dedication that is rarely seen by today's actors; actorswhom most of the time under act their roles almost as they were afraidto show genuine, heartfelt and authentic emotions; as if theseemotions would turnoff the viewer when it in fact enhances the qualityof the movie in question). I have to adamantly agree with thefollowing statement from a previous reviewer that states thatfollowing "Like many movies made in Hollywood before the Babyboomers took over, This movie has a positive Christian messageimbedded in a serious plot that causes the viewer to sympathize withthe lead character Barabbas and hope for him. Overall a likablefilm." This is absolutely true, since nowadays moviemakers haveturned very cynical and do not portray a positive picture when itcomes to religion or Christianity for that matter.
Good film, but try to stay awake to see it all
Another of the many biblical flicks produced in the fifties and sixties. Historians know next to nothing about the life of the criminal the crowd chose to spare over Jesus; so therefore, the screenplay of this movie comes from highly speculative material. Anthony Quinn appears to be the ideal actor to portray Barabbas; there's not really that much dialogue and the part doesn't call for an overly-attractive leading man. Overall, the film is just a bit too long and probably won't be enjoyed by anyone who isn't a fan of biblical films. If you're not that familiar with the New Testament or that period in time, you'll probably fall asleep if you don't change the channel and watch something else.
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