In the four decades since it made its debut on Palm Sunday and Easter of 1977, I’ve watched Franco Zeffirelli’s Jesus of Nazareth in bits and pieces far more often than I’ve watched the ...

The series, hosted by Robert Powell, who played the biblical figure in the 1977 miniseries “Jesus of Nazareth,” will premiere on Easter Sunday, April 16 at 8 p.m. The premiere is timed to the ...

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Though a Catholic, I made the switch to Protestantism over this issue while revisiting the 1977 Franco Zeffirelli ... I preferred the first part of “Jesus of Nazareth,” which concentrates ...

This movie is derived from combining all 4 parts of the original Jesus of Nazareth mini-series from 1977 resulting in a single long feature film.

Jesus of Nazareth, the 1977 British-Italian epic TV series directed by Franco Jefirelli about the life and death of Jesus Christ, is probably one of the best-known series among Christians.

Four-part miniseries “The Real Jesus of Nazareth” debuts Easter Sunday ... in which Powell watches his iconic performance from the 1977 TV event — still an Easter and Christmas television ...

Joseph Josselyn remembers being fascinated by the 1977 drama “Jesus of Nazareth” — but as a deaf child, he had to rely on closed captions to catch the dialogue. “I had this thought ...

His 1977 NBC miniseries Jesus of Nazareth, directed by Franco Zeffirelli and starring Robert Powell, Laurence Olivier, Anne Bancroft and Christopher Plummer, was nominated for an Emmy for ...

Four-part miniseries “The Real Jesus of Nazareth” debuts Easter Sunday ... in which Powell watches his iconic performance from the 1977 TV event — still an Easter and Christmas television ...

(RNS) — Joseph Josselyn remembers being fascinated by the 1977 drama “Jesus of Nazareth” — but as a Deaf child, he had to rely on closed captions to catch the dialogue. “I had this ...