The Bible: In the Beginning...

The Bible: In the Beginning... is a 1966 American-Italian religious epic film produced by Dino De Laurentiis and directed by John Huston. It recounts the first 22 chapters of the Biblical Book of Genesis, covering the stories from The Creation and Adam and Eve to the binding of Isaac. Released by 20th Century Fox, the film was written by Christopher Fry, with uncredited contributions by Vittorio Bonicelli, Orson Welles, Ivo Perilli, Jonathan Griffin and Mario Soldati, photographed by Giuseppe Rotunno, and Ernst Haas shot the opening creation sequence, in Dimension 150 (color by DeLuxe Color), a variant of the 70mm Todd-AO format, and it stars Michael Parks as Adam, Ulla Bergryd as Eve, Richard Harris as Cain, John Huston as Noah, Stephen Boyd as Nimrod, George C. Scott as Abraham, Ava Gardner as Sarah, and Peter O'Toole as the Three Angels.
In 1967, the film's score by Toshiro Mayuzumi was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Score. The National Board of Review of Motion Pictures included the film in its "Top Ten Films" list of 1966. De Laurentiis and Huston won David di Donatello Awards for Best Producer and Best Foreign Director, respectively.
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