The Easter weekend means different things for different people, and it has become a famous non-denominational celebration in its own right.
But it is not necessary to be religious to appreciate the artistic talent of the ancient epic biblical films, many of which are considered as classics.
These Amazon Easter Amazon PRIME video users have access to a handful of these epics and the possibility of renting films that are not directly on the service.
To celebrate the holidays this year, watch with us organized our choices for the three major Amazon Prime video films to watch this Easter. Two of the films are epics and the third is a fantastic musical.
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“ The biggest story ever told ” (1965)
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The biggest story ever told was a big budget production for its day and one of the biblical epics produced in the golden era in Hollywood. It is an ambitious story of the life of Jesus Christ (Max von Sydow) From his birth to his last days and to an ultimate resurrection.
Several cinema legends had roles of support in the film, in particular Charlton Heston,, SAVALAS TV,, Martin Landau,, Claude Pluies,, Donald’s pleasures,, Sidney Poitier And Roddy McDowall. The gathering of this caliber was practically a full -fledged miracle. Collectively, these actors give life to the film with their convincing performances and their efforts still hold six decades later.
The biggest story ever told is streaming on Video premium.
‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ (1973)
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More than five decades ago, Andrew Lloyd Webber And Tim Rice‘s Jesus Christ superstar was considered controversial for his rock opera to adopt the life of Jesus. The musical and the film did not try to proselytize or win converts, and it is interesting in the way he humanizes Jesus.
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The film has an intelligent way of staging the musical starting with a troop of actors from the desert who are lost in their characters. One of the 12 apostles, Judas Iscariot (Carl Anderson) It is particularly afraid that Jesus Christ (Ted Neeley) Lose his own message and spend too much time with Mary Madelene (Yvonne Elliman). The story that takes place has been told several times, but the music is incredible and is always worth revisited.
Jesus Christ superstar is streaming on Video premium.
‘Ben-Hur’ (1959)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2y1gdez230
The 2016 remake of Ben-show is streaming on the standard level of Prime Video, but the 1959 film is the one that deserves to be revisited this Easter weekend. Ben-show was adapted several times, but none took up the epic scale of this director William Wyler brought to the big screen.
Charlton Heston Takes the main role of Judah Ben-Hur, a Jewish prince who refuses to betray his people in the time of Jesus Christ (Claude heating). Ben-Hur has his own meeting with Jesus, even if he does not initially realize him. For his refusal to look at Roman domination, Ben-Hur was thrown into slavery before finally winning his freedom.
One of the most famous sequences of the whole film focuses on Ben-Hur’s attempt to win a tank race, and it is an exciting song in the history of cinema.
Ben-show is available to rent or buy on Video premium.
