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The Robe

DVD - 2001 DVD Drama Robe 1 On Shelf No requests on this item Community Rating: 2 out of 5

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Videodisc release of the 1953 theatrical motion picture.
"First movie ever filmed in CinemaScope"--Container.
Includes theatrical trailer.
Anamorphic widescreen; Audio: English, 4.0 surround or stereo.; French, mono.
Richard Burton, Jean Simmons, Victor Mature, Michael Rennie, Jay Robinson, Dean Jagger, Torin Thatcher.
This is the inspiring story of the robe that Jesus wore on the cross and the Roman centurion, Marcellus Gallio, who wins the robe in a gambling match at the foot of the cross.
DVD.
Contents: Robe.

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The Robe submitted by leighsprauer on March 10, 2023, 11:40am "Is...is this Bible fan fiction?" my 17-year-old asked a few minutes in. Yes, yes it is. Richard Burton plays Marcellus Gallio, a dissolute Roman tribune who, after insulting Caligula, is sent to a new post in Roman occupied Judea. One of his first (only?) tasks is to crucify the Jewish political prisoner, Jesus. Afterwards, he and the other soldiers gamble for Jesus' possessions, and Gallio wins Jesus' robe. His slave, Demetrius, who had become a convert after looking into Jesus' eyes on Palm Sunday, tries to keep the robe for himself; during their argument, Gallio is overcome by guilt. This guilt eventually drives him mad, and the emperor convinces him to find and destroy the robe, which he assumes must be cursed or enchanted. Gallio returns to Galilee to find and destroy the robe, but after meeting new Christians there, ends up being converted himself.
This is an interesting idea, and was probably groundbreaking for its time. Unfortunately the acting and set scream 1950s cheese, and I wasn't able to look past that. There's nothing really in the story that inspires or even explains why this new religion was so attractive. I guess it was a decent movie, with some good parts, but not one that I'd watch again or recommend.