Silver Chalice Coming to DVD
Kyle Smith has spotted that The Silver Chalice is being released on DVD next February. This seems a tad cynical given that star actor Paul Newman died less than 2 months ago. Newman hated the film so much that when it aired on TV in 1966 he took out a full page advert apologising for his performance. According to Wikipedia the tactic backfired and the screening brought in higher than expected viewing figures. Peter Chattaway covers this under the heading Bible movie completist alert!, but I can't help feeling that the timing of this DVD's release is targeted more at Paul Newman completists than anyone else.No word yet on what, if any, extras will be included. My review of the film from last year is here.
Labels: DVD News, Jesus Cameos
posted at 7:15 am © Matt Page 2005-2023
2 Comments:
At 1:36 pm, November 20, 2008,
Brian Small said…
There is a reason why Newman apologized for the film--it is utterly awful.
At 12:00 pm, November 21, 2008,
Matt Page said…
Thanks Bookman
FWIW I didn't find it as bad as I'd been expecting, though obviously still not good.
Matt
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