Elmer Gantry
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Movie Reviews of Elmer Gantry
Movie Review: Shabby Treatment for a classic film.
Summary: 3 Stars
MGM Vintage Classics, known for their bare minimum approach to the release of the many fine films in their library (NO extras, not even a paper insert outlining chapters), strikes again. This time out, the print of the film is heinous, including a warped sound track. There is simply no excuse to mar an Oscar winning film in this manner. Better prints exist! I've seen one on Turner Classic movies. With just a little effort, it could have been presented so much better. The only logical explanation is a pact with one of their sister companies to make their offerings as bad as possible, wheting the desire for a Collector's Edition later on. There ought to be a law. 5 stars for the movie, 0 for this dvd edition.Movie Review: Anti-Christian bigotry
Summary: 1 Stars
The writer of the book, Sinclair Lewis, was a well-known anti-Christian bigot and the production staff that created this film followed closely along those lines.Hollywood would never produce a film disparaging other religions like they do on a regular basis, Christianity. "Elmer Gantry" is nothing but hatemongering at its worst. The idea is to make Christians look like bigots and phoneys. This film shows Christians in the worst possible light, and hateful degenerates like Sinclair Lewis not only lack writing talent but whatever they do garner, they do so in the name of socialism.
Aside from the insulting light in which Christianity is portrayed, this film is also just simply long and boring. It just drags on and on with no redeeming quality to it.
I highly suggest passing on this trash.