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| The Robe | 
 enlarge | Director: Henry Koster
Actors: Richard Burton, Jean Simmons, Victor Mature, Michael Rennie, Jay Robinson
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  102 reviews
Sales Rank: 5435
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dvd-video, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Running Time: 135 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.55:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.4 x 0.7
MPN: FOXD2002082D
UPC: 024543020820
EAN: 0024543020820
ASIN: B00005NKT7
Theatrical Release Date: 1953
Release Date: October 16, 2001
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Product Description
Marcellus is a tribune who is in charge of the group that is assigned to crucify jesus. Drunk he wins jesus rober after the crucifixion. He is tormented by nightmares after the event. Hoping to find a way to live with what he has done & still not believing in jesus he goes to palestine to learn about jesus. Studio: Tcfhe Release Date: 03/06/2007 Starring: Richard Burton Victor Mature Run time: 135 minutes Rating: Nr
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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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Great Movie!!! December 2, 2008
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:
 The Robe October 24, 2008
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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The Robe July 28, 2008
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
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.
The Robe Film, Nowhere Near the Book July 3, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
If you have read the book entitled "The Robe," you will be sorely disappointed in the movie. Lloyd Douglas, the author of the book, is perhaps one of the "greats" when it comes to writing religious historical fiction. The movie was nowhere near the book in terms of character development, plot, or climax. 90% of the movie was untrue to the book. I read another review which said that Mr. Douglas was so disappointed in the production of the film version that he refused to give Hollywood the rights to his next novel "The Big Fisherman." (It was turned into a film after his death.) He also promised to not write another book due to his diappointment of the film version of "The Robe." Now, thats, disappointment!
There really isn't enough character development in the film to keep you interested in the plot. You don't care about the people, and therefore don't care about what happens to them.
The one highlight in the film was the artistic interpretation of the very last scene. If the number 10 were an outstanding movie, this would get a rating of a -1. I'm not sure how it got so many nominations for the academy awards.
Classic film May 31, 2008
DVD arrived earlier than expected and in good condition. This is one of the classics and I love it.
Thank you
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