Product Details

• Actors: Martin Landau, Jacqueline Bisset, Billy Campbell, Eddie Cibrian, Frederick Weller
• Directors: Kevin Connor
• Writers: John Goldsmith
• Producers: David V. Picker, Paul Lowin, Robert Halmi Jr.
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround)
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Lions Gate
• DVD Release Date: February 20, 2001
• Run Time: 189 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000055YVV
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #17,089 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "In the Beginning" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Biblical tales from the books of genesis and exodus including the stories of abrahams devotion and josephs betrayal. Studio: Lions Gate Home Ent. Release Date: 09/13/2005 Starring: Martin Landau Bill Campbell Run time: 180 minutes

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

31 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THE BIBLE STORY BOOK COME TO LIFE, March 24, 2008

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Gunner (Smyrna, Georgia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: In the Beginning (DVD)

In The Beginning DVD

When I was growing up my Mother gave me a book called the Bible Story Book. It had a child's summary of the great stories from the Bible in it. This DVD gives you the same thing, but in movie fashion. From Adam and Eve to Moses receiving the Ten Commandments.

Highly recommended for people who want their children to learn the Bible / Torah

Gunner March, 2008

20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars The Good, The Bad, and The Hoaky, February 21, 2001

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"jacksommers" (Mount Vernon, Ohio United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: In the Beginning [VHS] (VHS Tape)

The Good: the film stayed very true to the books of Genesis and Exodus and presented them in a way that was entertaining and easy to follow. This would be a good introduction for those with little experience with the Hebrew Bible, or could be used in conjunction with a Bible study. The Bad: the film presented the story without any of the "bad" parts recorded in the Bible. Sarai being given over twice to another man (Gen 12:10-20; 20) was left out, as was Jacob's relations with the servants of his 2 wives (Gen 30:1-13), the rape of Dinah (Gen 34), and Moses brush with death (Ex 4:24-26). Portraying the Patriarchs as purely saintly overlooks their humanly faults that the Bible conveys without pretext. The Hoaky: the make-up and sets were excellent throughout the film, but when it came time for the plagues and the exodus, the hoaky special effects and the over-the-top acting on the part of the Egyptians ruined the last 30 minutes. But overall, it was a worthwhile film, an excellent adaptation of the Biblical story. This would make a good addition to your family video library or a good donation to your church library.

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Yeah! It's about time!, May 13, 2003

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Rick (Mpls) - See all my reviews

This review is from: In the Beginning [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I was very impressed with In the Beginning. Are the others reviewers insane? The Prince of Egypt or The Ten Commandments are better films? The Prince of Egypt places the story of the Exodus to about 1220 B.C. and not 1446 B.C. and Heston's Egypt is about as antiseptic as a floor of an operating room. You could perform surgery on those palace floors. Landau and the others are great. At least the script writers read the book you know, you've heard of it, The Bible. In the Beginning is biblically accurate and outdoes the current Jesus films, the Noah's Ark fiasco and some of the TNT films. This gives me firm confidence that NBC has writers that are literate unlike the other networks.