{"id":1657,"date":"2007-03-20T13:09:00","date_gmt":"2007-03-20T13:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2007\/03\/the-nativity-story-the-first-dvd-is-out-today\/"},"modified":"2007-03-20T13:09:00","modified_gmt":"2007-03-20T13:09:00","slug":"the-nativity-story-the-first-dvd-is-out-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2007\/03\/the-nativity-story-the-first-dvd-is-out-today.html","title":{"rendered":"The Nativity Story &#8212; the first DVD is out today"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><a href=\"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_MwnH1kpbPRM\/RgBAY33qHAI\/AAAAAAAAACg\/o2ckflGkQJ4\/s1600-h\/nativitystory-dvd.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"cursor:pointer;cursor:hand\" src=\"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_MwnH1kpbPRM\/RgBAY33qHAI\/AAAAAAAAACg\/o2ckflGkQJ4\/s400\/nativitystory-dvd.jpg\" align=\"left\" width=\"154\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"><\/a><span style=\"font-family: georgia\"><i><a href=\"http:\/\/filmchatblog.blogspot.com\/2005\/01\/nativity-story-article-archive.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Nativity Story<\/a><\/i> came out <a href=\"http:\/\/filmchatblog.blogspot.com\/2007\/01\/nativity-story-on-cd-on-dvd.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">on DVD<\/a> today \u2014 just in time for the Feast of the Annunciation, which is this coming Sunday \u2014 but prospective buyers might want to wait a little longer.  CT Movies editor Mark Moring posted <a href=\"http:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/movies\/news\/nativitystorydvd.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">an interview<\/a> with director <a href=\"http:\/\/filmchatblog.blogspot.com\/2006\/11\/nativity-catherine-hardwicke-bonus.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Catherine Hardwicke<\/a> and producer <a href=\"http:\/\/filmchatblog.blogspot.com\/2007\/01\/did-nativity-story-kill-biblical-epic.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Wyck Godfrey<\/a> today \u2014 and along the way, he mentions that New Line Cinema plans \u201cto release a two-disc special edition just before Christmas.\u201d  Why am I not surprised?  I guess it was to be expected, kind of like how there were <i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/B000E8M0VA\/petertchatta\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">three<\/a><\/i> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/B000E8M0WO\/petertchatta\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">different<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/B000HC2LVM\/petertchatta\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">editions<\/a> of <i><a href=\"http:\/\/filmchatblog.blogspot.com\/2005\/01\/inklings-article-archive.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe<\/a><\/i> (2005) within a year of <i>its<\/i> theatrical release.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Nativity Story came out on DVD today \u2014 just in time for the Feast of the Annunciation, which is this coming Sunday \u2014 but prospective buyers might want to wait a little longer. 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