Product Details

• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: 20th Century Fox
• VHS Release Date: March 3, 1998
• Run Time: 58 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 1.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6304814054
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #395,327 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

The Shroud of Turin has been a fascinating and controversial source of mystery for centuries: the most studied textile in history. Is it really the cloth that enwrapped the body of Jesus Christ immediately after his crucifixion, or is it a fraud created hundreds of years later? The Mysterious Man of the Shroud, a documentary narrated by distinguished actor Hector Elizondo, explores this question in exhaustive detail, through interviews with the many scientific investigators who have made the Shroud their personal quest. Specialists in such wide-ranging areas as anthropology, textiles, spectral analysis, photomicroscopy, DNA, carbon dating, bacteriology, history, art, and such are consulted. One of the most impressive techniques employed in the movie is 3-D computer graphic imaging, used to generate a haunting three-dimensional figure of "the Man of the Shroud." Can anyone or anything conclusively prove (or disprove) the Shroud's authenticity? Perhaps, the film suggests, the Shroud's real message is not about science, but about the passion of Christ. --Laura Mirsky

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars There should be a Zero stars option, April 8, 2004

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A Customer - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mysterious Man of the Shroud [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This video is theologically flawed from a Christian point of view. If you are wanting to buy something to enrich your faith try "Man of Pain: The Holy shroud," "Getting to Know the Shroud," or "Unlocking the secrets of the shroud"

8 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars The Mysterious Man of the Shroud, April 3, 2000

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Patrick Giannotta (New Jersey, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mysterious Man of the Shroud [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This was not a true documentary. I have seen other videos that tell more of the recent scientific facts that were not discussed in this video. Too much opinion and opinion-theory and not enough evidence to prove that the theory had any merit.