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Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
Starring: Richard Burton, Jean Simmons, Victor Mature, Michael Rennie, Jay Robinson
Directed By: Henry Koster
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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786301628457
Format: Closed-captioned
ISBN: 6301628454
Label: 20th Century Fox
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
Model: 1022
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: 20th Century Fox
Release Date: 2001-02-27
Running Time: 135
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Theatrical Release Date: 1953
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Summary: Great Film
Comment: The Robe (1953) Starring: Richard Burton is a great movie. Roman tribune Marcellus Gallio is sent to Jerusalem and one of his jobs is to crucify Jesus Christ. He wins Jesus' robe and when he put it on it causes him to have violent outbursts. He tries to have the robe destroyed but finds his faith in the process.
If you are interested in the hope and faith that God and Jesus can only bring in this day and age, I suggest you read a great book entitled "The Enlightenment, What God Told Me After One Million Prayers: A Message for Everyone," by John H. Eagan. It brought me to tears. It's great and deals with Jesus' Passion. I think if you liked this movie you will love this book.
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Summary: The Robe
Comment: Not one of the best Biblical pictures that I have seen thus far. Not really much of a decent storyline. The acting was not up to par and could have had better dramtics than was shown in the movie. However what can you expect with a picture after seeing dramatic special effects these days.
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Summary: Great Movie!!!
Comment: I high recommend if you haven't, you should watch this movie it is FANTASTIC! It is truly unfortunate that I only watched it because of my Religion class. I should have watched it a long time ago. A great biblical film that tells the story of a Roman Tribune who commands the unit who crucified Jesus Christ. Richard Burton stars tribune Marcellus Gallio did a great job. Great scene when Marcellus refuses at first and then tells Peter his role in the Crucifixion. Peter understands and tells Marcellus he denied Christ three times but that Christ forgave us all from the Cross. He accepts and becomes a follower and travels with Peter and Demetrius throughout the holy land and eventually to Rome. While traveling the old Emperor Tiberius dies and Caligula becomes the new Emperor. Later while walking with Demetrius during a rainstorm he commands to be covered by the Robe. He immediately screams in agony and orders it to come off. Demetrius takes off the robe and calls Marcellus a murderer, curses him and runs away. Marcellus is overcome with guilt and plagued by dreams that come from the event. He goes back to Italy and visits the Old Emperor Tiberius and tells him of his ordeal an agnostic speculates that the Robe bewitched him. Tiberius instructs Marcellus that to have peace he must find and destroy this Robe, and treat anyone who is followers of Jesus as traitors to Rome. Marcellus returns to Gaillee as a merchant, and searches in vain for the Robe and Demetrius. In a village nearby called Cana he saw first hand the gentleness and kindness the followers of Christ had towards people. While camping behind the house of Justus a man who knew Christ he meets Peter a disciple of Jesus. At a gathering for Peter Justus is killed by a roman solider.
Roman soldiers enter the area and begin to kill the people. Marcellus commands the soldiers to stand down and challenges the commanding the officer to single combat. Marcellus wins and the commanding officer and his soldiers leave. Peter asked Marcellus to become a part of the new movement. Demetrius is captured in Rome and Diana who has loved Marcellus since they were young knows that Demetrius is being tortured gets word to Marcellus who is also in Rome. Marcellus gets some men and save him. Marcellus stays behind to let others get away. He basically goes mad and blames his madness on Jesus' robe, which he won by casting lots, and believes it to be bewitched. In the end, he realizes that his madness is only his own guilt for having crucified an innocent man. On trial Caligula gives Marcellus a chance to save himself by renouncing Jesus. He refuses and is sentenced to death. Diana, who believes in Marcellus and detests Caligula, badly criticizes him publicly and also is sentenced to death. It's a wonderful Hollywood film (starring Richard Burton, Jean Simmons, and Victor Mature. I strongly recommend it:
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Summary: The Robe
Comment: This product arrived faulty and I have not been able to contact Amazon to make a complaint. I will not buy from Amazon again until this matter has been addressed satisfactorily.I cannot review what cannot be watched due to glitches in the DVD.
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Summary: The Robe
Comment: Very dissappointed, ordered this DVD twice but unfortunatley it is not available in region 4 or multi region, so cannot view this DVD to give a review.
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When Roman tribune Marcellus Gallio (Richard Burton) is sent to Jerusalem, one of his assignments is the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. Marcellus, a cynical and hardened man, wins the robe Jesus wore to the crucifixion while gambling with other Roman soldiers underneath the dying savior. He later becomes convinced that his hallucinations and violent outbursts are the result of a curse received from the robe, which is now in the possession of his escaped slave, Demetrius (Victor Mature), somewhere in the Middle East. He sets out to find Demetrius in order to destroy the robe and the curse and finds faith instead, converting to Christianity. This was the first movie to be filmed in CinemaScope, and won Oscars in 1953 for costume design, art direction, and set decoration. The visual aspects of the film are stunning, and it may be worth viewing for that alone; however, the script and acting leave much to be desired, and you won't find inspiration in these areas if that's what interests you. If, however, you are more interested in this film for its religious matter, the story of the conversion of the hardened Marcellus is inspiring. --James McGrath
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