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Bookmark this pageKing David (1985)
Director: Bruce Beresford
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From Time Out Film Guide
The fairly gentle, civilised tone of Beresford's movies marks him as an unlikely choice to render the tall tales of bathos and lyricism and Jehovah-sanctioned savagery that make up the Old Testament account of the exploits of David. On the plus side, the morality hasn't been sanitised for the 20th century, and there are all sorts of rich and strange elements in the visuals. But it seems a fundamental error to approach such a gory fantasia as though it were sober, four-square history.Author: BBa
Cast & crew
Director: Bruce Beresford
Producer: Martin Elfand
Cast: Richard Gere, Edward Woodward, Alice Krige, Denis Quilley, Niall Buggy, Cherie Lunghi, Hurd Hatfield, Jack Klaff, John Castle, Tim Woodward, Gina Bellman full cast
Genre(s): Epics
Duration: 114 mins
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