I’ll have to watch that again. I know I saw it as a kid but for some reason I can’t remember it. I keep getting it mixed up with “The Greatest Story Ever Told” which I remember as being a bit dull, since 11-year-old me was expecting something more along the lines of “The Ten Commandments” in terms of excitement.
I have to admit, I cannot think of any movie with an identifiable actor playing Jesus where I really enjoyed the actor’s performance. I much prefer the films where you never see Jesus’ face but only his feet going by or his hand or the back of his head, etc so you can imagine what Jesus looked like. There is a Family Theater Productions video used as background for Fr. Peyton rosary videos where Jesus has a hairdo that just looks bad as well as inauthentic, and there’s a Johnny Cash Jesus film that has the most Nordic actor ever playing Jesus - I’m pretty open minded about Jesus but this guy was so blonde and white it was like he just dropped in from Scandinavia. I didn’t like the actor who played Jesus in the movie version of “Jesus Christ Superstar” and would have loved to see the role played by Paul Nicholas (who I also knew from Stigwood’s Sgt Pepper film and “Heaven on the 7th Floor”) who played it in London, or Ian Gillan who sang it on the original album. I just can’t think of a Jesus who really moved me. Maybe I need to watch/ re-watch more Jesus films.
Heckin’ Best Jesus Ever Award 
oint_up_2:t2: Oh yep I’m super picky about who plays The Lord. But Robert Powell just brings such deep beauty and power of feeling to this biggest of all roles. He’s regal but relatable, otherworldly and this-worldly, affectionate but never buffoonish, and even obviously gorgeous to look at 
but! he never lets that overshadow the message of what really matters and it never becomes sacrilegiously emphasized or even a distraction. A reverential artistic success. 
You win!