Details Genre: Drama; With: Carroll Baker, Charlton Heston and Max von Sydow

Christ has risen again and again, at least on film, but never with a more It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Resurrection roster of cameos (Angela Lansbury, Sidney Poitier, and more -- all virtually ignored by director-producer George Stevens' piously indifferent lens). As told here, the story itself certainly isn't the most compelling version of the Gospels, but the restored print is a testament to the power of Ultra Panavision. B

Originally posted Mar 09, 2001 Published in issue #586 Mar 09, 2001 Order article reprints
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