Superb movie. Wonder why ABC keeps showing Ten Commandments and not “The Robe”?
Martin Scorcese said that when he first watched “The Robe” as a kid, the theater curtains kept getting wider and wider and wider which made a big impression on him. Also of note in the robe is despite the fact that Richard Burton was the main character, Jay Robinson as Caligula, STOLE the movie from him. Robinson’s very voice dripped with contempt.
Stunning! This group of scientists does a lot of testing of the Shroud of Turin, and they scientifically come up with what they believe is the actual face of Jesus .. and no, it's not the ghostly, elderly face seen most often.
The reason is .. the photo on the Shroud is a “negative”, not a “positive” image. Both times I viewed it, I gasped when they showed their final rendition.
As is usual, the “elitist” religious groups tried to use a carbon dating method to try to prove that the Shroud was not real .. however, the very piece of cloth they used showed their attempt to distort. And .. another cloth used for the face and feet of Jesus has the same remarkable markings .. proving it was used at the same time as the Shroud.
It's amazing .. they expose the “positive” picture of the whole body on the Shroud - add in some color - and it looks exactly like a body would look after it had been scourged.
A MUST BE SEEN video. It was just on recently, and if you have a good DVR system you might be able to search the previous week and find it.
Thanks for the heads up. Check your PMs;
The Big Fisherman was also made into a movie, which made a brief appearance in the theaters in 1959, but it wasn't a hit. Although I saw previews of it, I never saw it in the theater, and I'm glad I didn't because it isn't very good, as I found out by watching it on DVD.
The Ten Commandments is appropriate for Passover, which councides with Holy Week.
The movie is on at 8pm on TCM.
Henry Koster, who directed THE ROBE, was also responsible for a number of other excellent Christian-themed pictures including THE BISHOP’S WIFE (the first version, with Cary Grant, David Niven and Loretta Young), and A MAN CALLED PETER. He was Fox’s go-to guy for Cinemascope religious epics as well as family comedies like MR. HOBBS TAKES A VACATION. A very underrated filmmaker in my opinion.
Shown on TCM tonight, followed by its sequel “Demetrius and the Gladiators” - four hours of good viewing.....