The Bible: In the Beginning...
The Bible In the Beginning... is a 1966 AmericanItalian religious epic film produced by Dino De Laurentiis and directed by John Huston. It recounts the firstchapters of the biblical Book of Genesis, covering the stories from Adam and Eve to the binding of Isaac. Released by 20th Century Fox, the film was photographed by Giuseppe Rotunno in Dimension 150 color by DeLuxe Color, a variant of the 70mm ToddAO format. It stars Michael Parks as Adam, Ulla Bergryd as Eve, Richard Harris as Cain, John Huston as Noah, Stephen Boyd as Nimrod, George C. Scott as Abraham, Ava Gardner as Sarah, and Peter OToole as the Three Angels.
The film consists of five main sections The Creation, Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel, Noahs Ark, and the story of Abraham. There are also a pair of shorter sections, one recounting the building of the Tower of Babel, and the other the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. The sections vary greatly in tone. The story of Abraham is somber and reverential, while that of Noah repeatedly focuses on his love of all animalsherbivorous and carnivorous or omnivorous. Cats including lions drink milk, with Noahs relationship with the animals being depicted harmoniously. It was originally conceived as the first in a series of films retelling the entire Old Testament, but these sequels were never made.Ulla Bergryd was an anthropology student living in Gothenburg, Sweden when she was discovered by a talent scout, who photographed her in a museum there, and then promptly hired to play Eve. In an interview for The Pittsburgh Press, Bergryd recalled the experience ........
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