Mohammed: Messenger of God (1977)

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In four decades only four... "The Robe" "The Ten Commandments" "Ben-Hur" and now... For the first time...the vast, spectacular drama that changed the world!

Directed By Moustapha Akkad Moustapha Akkad Starring Michael Ansara Michael Ansara  •  Damien Thomas Damien Thomas  •  Ronald Chenery Ronald Chenery  •  Michael Godfrey Michael Godfrey  •  Habib Ageli Habib Ageli Genres Drama  •  Epic  •  Religious Drama Studios &
Franchises Anchor Bay Entertainment Other Titles The Message [United States] Release Info 1977-07-14T00:00:00Z July 14, 1977
Color  •  177 minutes R Rated R see more films from 1977 ► see more about this film on our blog ►

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Area_hulk on 2/2/2014 Reply  · 

"This film starts with Muhammed receiving the Koran from the angel Gabriel and ends at his death. It was filmed in accordance with Islamic political correctness, so The Prophet himself is never depicted, visually or vocally. While this is well affected, it unfortunately removes him from a lot of the story. I would like to have known a lot more about his life from the film, not his mannerisms or speech as depicted by a particular actor, but at least the major events of his life, his children, his wives, and so on.

Having said that, however, the film is still a very good depiction of the birth of Islam. The plot focuses on the historical events rather than the Koran itself, which contains almost no history from its own period, and is therefore different from a lot of Biblical epics which present the historical events IN the Bible. It's accurate in that it tries to present the birth of Islam as most people today probably learn it. Definitely not a propaganda piece, but it's not a movie filled with facts, truth or fiction, more a movie of character and tone. It's more similar to Braveheart than it is to Ben Hur or the Gospel of John. The movie presents a decent snapshot of the times and the attitudes and lifestyles under which Islam developed.

The acting is fantastic, the music is good (won an academy award), and the cinematography, filmed in Morocco and Libya, is beautiful. Costumes are cool, and there's a few scenes with a set of ancient bagpipes for you Celtic history buffs."

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