David and Bathsheba (film)

David and Bathsheba is a 1951 historical Technicolor epic film about King David made by 20th Century Fox. It was directed by Henry King, produced by Darryl F. Zanuck, from a screenplay by Philip Dunne. The music score was by Alfred Newman and the cinematography by Leon Shamroy. King David was the second king of Israel and this film is based on the second Old Testament book of Samuel from the Bible. Gregory Peck stars as King David and the film follows King Davids life as he adjusts to ruling as a King, and about his relationship with Uriahs wife Bathsheba Susan Hayward. It was shot entirely in Nogales, Arizona. Goliath of Gath was portrayed by a Lithuanian wrestler named Walter Talun.

The film earned an estimatedmillion at the US box office in 1951, making it the most popular movie of the year.David and Diana Garland argue that, Taking remarkable license with the story, the screen writers changed Bathsheba from the one who is ogled by David into Davids stalker. They go on to suggest that the movie David and Bathsheba, written, directed and produced by males, makes the cinematic Bathsheba conform to male fantasies about women. ........

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