It seems almost ridiculous to review this DVD. Christian media production is so well targeted, so carefully marketed, and so thoroughly niche, that when it appears in front of us laymen, it's hard to know what to make of it. Charlton Heston Presents the Bible is no different, although the concurrence of the movie star with the subject matter may give it slightly wider interest than your average Christian DVD. Still, if you have to ask if this is for you, then it’s probably not.
But here we are anyway, so let’s get into it. First of all, I was going to talk about how Heston went from a scenery chewing leading man into a narcissistic right wing crazy, but I think I’ll just leave it to him, as he is quoted on the inside of the DVD case: “Ever since playing Moses in The Ten Commandments I’ve felt a deep,...
But here we are anyway, so let’s get into it. First of all, I was going to talk about how Heston went from a scenery chewing leading man into a narcissistic right wing crazy, but I think I’ll just leave it to him, as he is quoted on the inside of the DVD case: “Ever since playing Moses in The Ten Commandments I’ve felt a deep,...
- 4/4/2011
- by Willie Osterweil
- JustPressPlay.net
Heston with co-star Hildegarde Neil and wife Lydia at London premiere of Antony and Cleopatra at Astoria Theatre on Charing Cross Road, 1972. (Photo courtesy of William Burge collection)
Warner Home Video gained distribution rights to movies owned by Agamemnon Films, which is controlled by the estate of Charlton Heston. Among the titles to be released in March 2011 are Charlton Heston Presents the Bible, a four-part TV documentary hosted by Heston who takes viewers to key sites in the Holy Land. Also making their debut in March are Mother Lode, a late career film in which Heston was cast against type as a villain and the little-seen Antony and Cleopatra, which Heston starred in and directed in 1972. If that isn't enough for his fans, Heston's 1970 film The Hawaiians (aka Master of the Islands) is being released this month. Now how about Counterpoint, 55 Days at Peking and Number One? We're getting close...
- 12/21/2010
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
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