Today’s motion picture is a drama with a scene that happens on October 22. Watch and enjoy this film tonight.
THE BIBLE: IN THE BEGINNING
On the evening of October 22, 4004 b.c. (at least according to Bishop Ussher), God creates the Earth, [00:35 to 1:40] followed on successive days by the Sun, Moon, oceans, plants, animals and man. After the serpent tempts them to disobey God, Adam and Eve are driven out of Eden and Cain kills his bother Abel. When mankind falls into sin, God tells Noah to build an ark and God sends the great flood. The survivors multiply and build the Tower of Babel, but they scatter after God causes the people to speak different languages. Abram obeys God and goes to Canaan. Abram and his nephew Lot separate their herds, with Lot moving to the city of Sodom. God promises descendants to Abram. His wife Sarai takes maters into her own hand and sends her maid Hagar to Abram and Hagar becomes pregnant. Four kings attack, capturing Lot, who is rescued by Abram. God changes their names to Abraham and Sarah. Ishmael, Hagar’s son is born. Three angels visit Abraham who say in a year Sarah will have a son. She laughs at this but is rebuked. The angels journey on to Sodom, which God has decided to destroy. The angels save Lot, but his wife looks back in defiance of their directions and is turned into a pillar of salt. Isaac, Sarah’s son born and Hagar and Ishmael sent away by Abraham. God tells Abraham to sacrifice Isaac, but relents after seeing Abraham is willing to obey and do so.
A fairly accurate portrayal. The acting seems a little stilted at times. Has some humor, especially in the sequences about Noah and the flood.
How Old is the Universe? by David A. Weintraub (Princeton University Press, Pinceton, NJ, 2011) at page 13 gives Bishop Ussher’s date for the Earth’s creation.
Director - John Huston
Screenplay - Christopher Fry
Awards - The film was nominated for the Best Original Score Oscar at the 39th Academy Awards.
Runtime – 2 hours 54 minutes
Released - September 28, 1966
Starring -
Michael Parks as Adam
Ulla Bergryd as Eve
Richard Harris as Cain
Franco Nero as Abel
John Huston as Noah
Stephen Boyd as Nimrod
Gabriele Ferzetti as Lot
Eleonora Rossi Drago as Lot's wife
George C. Scott as Abraham
Ava Gardner as Sarah
Peter O'Toole as the Three Angels
Copyright by Ivan Walters in 2015.
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