Good satire, but I must say that this actor, Robert Powell was extraordinary in this most impossible of roles. His eyes alone were very moving. Jesus of Nazareth was a great miniseries.
The most moving scene for me in the 1977 film was Jesus telling the centurion, “Go your way; your servant lives.”
The centurion’s other servants come to tell him the miraculous news and have to drag him away while he gazes upon Jesus with rapt awe & gratitude. Ernest Borgnine was the centurion.
Olivia Hussey was Mary, and amazingly beautiful. Not many years ago, she also play Mother Theresa, who was not physically beautiful, with a lot of make-up, very convincingly.
Agreed 100%. Not only did Powell do a great job but the entire cast read like a who's who of A-list actors of the time. It's my favorite file depiction of the story of Jesus. (not including "The Passion" which was a story of the Passion rather than of Jesus' life). I've seen it dozens of times but every time it comes on TV, (mostly on Christmas and Easter) I still sit down and watch it.