Source: 20th Century FOX Home Entertainment
And you thought your job was depressing. Try being Marcellus Gallio, who’s been assigned to oversee the crucifixion of Christ. And to top it all off, he wins Jesus’s seamless robe, which Marcellus believes to be cursed. The biblical epic, which runs 135 minutes, stars Best Actor nominee Richard Burton as Marcellus, Jean Simmons as love interest Diana, Victor Mature as slave Demetrius, and Michael Rennie as Peter. Based on Lloyd C. Douglas’s 1942 novel and directed by Henry Koster (Harvey), The Robe arrives on DVD and Blu-ray* on March 17th, 2009.
Includes:
â—¦ Introduction by Martin Scorsese
â—¦ Commentary with Film Composer David Newman and Film Historians Jon Burlingame, Julie Kirgo and Nick Redman
â—¦ Making-of featurette
â—¦ Isolated Score
â—¦ Still Galleries
â—¦ Interactive Pressbook
â—¦ 2 featurettes (The CinemaScope Story, From Scripture to Script: The Bible and Hollywood)*
â—¦ Audio Interview with Screenwriter Philip Dunne*
â—¦ Movietone News*
â—¦ Trailers*
â—¦ Poster Gallery*
â—¦ Picture-in-Picture Mode with Additional Features (The Robe Times Two: A Comparison of Widescreen and Standard Versions, A Seamless Faith: The Real-Life Search for The Robe)*
The Robe hits Blu-ray on March 17 and is available for pre-order at Amazon.com.
