Samson and Delilah

1996

Action / Adventure / Drama / History / Romance

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Jonathan Rhys Meyers as Sansone a 14 anni
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Diana Rigg as Mara
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Elizabeth Hurley as Delilah
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Michael Gambon as Re Hamun
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2 hr 59 min
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Reviewed by sunwarrior139 / 10

A Wonderful Telefilm About One Great Judge Of The Bible

Samson and Delilah is a German/Italian/American TV movie that tells the story of a man chosen by God among the Israelites to destroy the Philistines.It stars Eric Thal and Elizabeth Hurley as Samson and Delilah respectively together with Dennis Hopper as the Philistine leader General Tariq.This 3-hour telemovie based on the three chapters of the Book Of Judges from Chapters 13 to 16 was narrated by Max Von Sydow.

The telefilm starts with the story of Mara and Manoah,an upright Israelite coup who were blessed by God with a child after many years of prayer to the Lord.The were given a son and they called him Samson.He grows up as a shepherd but he possessed an unusual strength who could battle and kill the Philistines on his own.Then,he falls in love with a lovely Philistine woman named Delilah,who ultimately betrayed him.The film ended when Samson became a slave of the Philistines and was given by God an opportunity to redeem himself when he regained his strength and managed kill many Philistines which is more than he ever killed during his lifetime including Delilah.This led to the liberation of the Israelites.

The TV movie maybe three hours but it was definitely a good film about Samson and Delilah for multiple reasons.First,the acting was brilliant.Thal was commendable as Samson while Hurley was gorgeous and luscious as the courtesan Delilah.Their romance that consists of love,seduction,deception and betrayal was definitely interesting.The themes of faith in God was also looked upon especially on the parents of Samson who managed to have their prayers answered after years of difficulty of having a child.Other themes such as arrogance;the burden of having an unusual gift;being of service to God;learning humility and being forgiven by God will be learned from the character and life experiences of Samson.Despite the fact the writers added many things to the story of Samson like the addition of Naomi,it still provides us a great story about one of the great judges or heroes from the Bible.

Reviewed by Bunuel19764 / 10

SAMSON AND DELILAH (TV) (Nicolas Roeg, 1996) **

This is the third version of the Biblical tale that I've watched - or fourth, if you include the peplum SAMSON (1961); the best of the lot, clearly, remains Cecil B. De Mille's 1949 spectacular.

Since this is part of a series of made-for-TV films highlighting famous stories from the Bible, one is surprised to find a celebrated and talented director such as Nicolas Roeg involved - though they all managed to attract a vast array of international and upcoming stars. That said, Roeg's career has been steadily on a downhill slide ever since the mid-80s - surely one of the saddest declines in recent memory! This film was actually written by the director's frequent collaborator Allan Scott (including the masterpiece DON'T LOOK NOW [1973]),but the magic is seldom in evidence on this particular occasion - and the end result is as bland as its TV origins suggest...

Even so, it's not entirely worthless if clearly overly-padded at a length of nearly 3 hours: while the look of the film is curiously drab, the star cast offers compensations - best of all, perhaps, are Dennis Hopper (as a prescient Philistine General),Michael Gambon (the Philistine ruler) and Daniel Massey (as a learned Jewish elder). Still, though Liz Hurley is ideally cast as Delilah, her performance is too modern - and, consequently, the character's ultimate redemption lacks conviction; as for Eric Thal's Samson, the script may have made him more conflicted than Victor Mature's take in the De Mille version - but again, rather than evoke the traits one should associate with this Biblical character, the actor's boyish looks merely bring to mind the pumped-up heroes of juvenile sword-and-sorcery films and TV series of recent vintage...

Incidentally, I only rented this because my father had been whining about "The Bible Collection" on DVD for months (I brought him MOSES [1995] at the same time but, even if it featured Ben Kingsley, Frank Langella and Christopher Lee, opted not to watch it myself); eventually, he too - who had caught many of Hollywood's classic historical epics when new - was ultimately unimpressed, and readily admitted that these newer incarnations offered no competition!

Reviewed by ma-cortes5 / 10

Passable rendition based on the mythical brave hero Samson who vanquished Philistines

So-so rendition upon the Biblical story dealing with the long haired strongman who fatally falls in love with tempter Delilah . Middling rendition based on the bouncing judge Samson (Eric Thal) who defeated Philistines, but was betrayed by Delilah (Elizabeth Hurley) robbing him his strenght by shearing his hair . Samson is born and as foretold he grows into a boy (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) with amazing strength. As time passes, Samson becomes an attractive young man and young women begin to interest him more and more. Samson was a valiant and hunk judge from the tribe of Manasseh. His violent and troublesome existence is told in the Bible, books 13 to 16, book of Judges. Here are narrated the usual episodes about his life as his loving affairs, fight against a roaring lion , removing enormous doors, firing land and harvests, his impressive battle thousands of Philistine soldiers by using a donkey jaw , falling down the temple of Dagon along with the giant sculpture of the pagan idol and many other things . Samson was the strongest man alive in Israel , fighting his two main enemies , ruler Re Hamun (Michael Gambon ) and Generale Tariq (Dennis Hopper) and he unfortunately falls in love for a Philistine girl, but after being rejected by the mighty hero, Delilah discovers his dark secret based on an incredible strength provided by the hair, as she informs his enemies and while shearing his curls. According to the biblical account, Samson was given supernatural strength by God in order to combat his enemies and perform heroic feats such as killing a lion, slaying an entire army with only the jawbone of an ass, and destroying a pagan temple. Samson had two vulnerabilities, however: his attraction to untrustworthy women such as Delilah and his hair, without which he was powerless. One day the Philistine leaders assembled in a temple for a religious sacrifice to Dagon, one of their most important deities, for having delivered Samson into their hands. They summon Samson so that people can gather on the roof to watch. Once inside the temple, Samson, his hair having grown long again, asks the servant who is leading him to the temple's central pillars if he may lean against them . He pulled the two pillars together , and down came the temple on the rulers and all the people . Thus he killed many more as he died than while he lived .

Known Biblical episode, being here decently narrated with some nice scenes and other ones extremely absurd and disconcerting. Spectacularly horny as well as corny tale that uses the habitual landscapes from Ouarzazate, Morocco . Regularly starred by Eric Thal as the corpulent Samson, and gorgeous, charming Elizabeth Hurley playing the tempter , vindictive vixen Delilah. The movie boasts a good support cast, such as : Michael Gambon as the mean and powerful Re Hamun , Dennis Hopper who steals the show as a nefarious villain, Jonathan Rhys Meyers as a very young Sansone , Alessandro Gassman, Daniel Massey, Paul Freeman, Diana Rigg ,Debora Caprioglio , Sebastian Knapp , Pinkas Braun , among others . The motion picture was middlingly directed by Nicolas Roeg . Nicolas was an expert cameraman and filmmaker , he went to Australia for his solo debut as director Walkabout (1971) , which was also his last film as cinematographer, and throughout the next decade he produced a world-class body of work Don't look now (1973); The man who fell to Earth (1976); Bad timing (1980)) that revealed his uniquely off-kilter view of the world, expressed through fragmented, dislocated images and a highly original yet strangely accessible approach to narrative .

Other films dealing with this Biblic figure are the following ones : Samson and Delilah 1950 by Cecil B DeMille with Victor Mature, Hedy Lamarr, Angela Lansbury, Henry Wilconson. I grandi condottieri or The Biblical Judges 1965 by Marcello Baldi and Francisco Perez Dolz with Anton Geesink, Rosalba Neri, Ivo Garrani, Barta Barri, Fernando Rey. 1984 by Lee Philips with Anthony Hamilton, Belinda Bauer, Max Von Sidow, Stephen Match . Last one was Samson (2018) modern version of the Biblical romance by Bruce MacDonald and Gabriel Sabloff with Taylor James , Caitlin Leahy , Billy Zane , Jackson Rathbone , Greg Kriek , Auret , Lindsay Wagner and Rutger Hauer . Furthermore, this huge figure starred a lot of Sword and Sandals movies or Peplum, usually played by Steve Reeves, Reg Park, Alan Steel, Brad Harris, Gordon Scott and many others.

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