{"id":340,"date":"2009-02-25T08:12:00","date_gmt":"2009-02-25T08:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2009\/02\/agora-the-teaser-is-now-online\/"},"modified":"2009-02-25T08:12:00","modified_gmt":"2009-02-25T08:12:00","slug":"agora-the-teaser-is-now-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2009\/02\/agora-the-teaser-is-now-online.html","title":{"rendered":"Agora — the teaser is now online"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

The international teaser for Alejandro Amen\u00e1bar\u2019s Agora<\/a><\/i> \u2014 starring Rachel Weisz as the 4th-century philosopher Hypatia of Alexandria<\/a>, The Nativity Story<\/a><\/i>\u2018s Oscar Isaac<\/a> as the imperial prefect Orestes, and Sami Samir as the Christian bishop Cyril of Alexandria \u2014 is now online.<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/iframe> Click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-WSU-hh2j2g\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">here<\/a> if the video file above doesn\u2019t play properly.<\/p>\nThe teaser has no dialogue, only images, but at a glance, it almost looks like this film could be a feature-length version of that violent-Christian-mobs flashback in <a href=\"http:\/\/filmchatblog.blogspot.com\/2005\/01\/da-vinci-code-article-archive.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Da Vinci Code<\/a><\/i>. Hopefully the film itself will be a little more nuanced than that (regrettably, the historical Hypatia was<\/i> indeed killed by a Christian mob during Lent), but even if it isn\u2019t, it could still serve as a launching pad for deeper, better conversations about early church history.<\/p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.comingsoon.net\/news\/movienews.php?id=53247\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Hat tip<\/a> to ComingSoon.net.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The international teaser for Alejandro Amen\u00e1bar\u2019s Agora \u2014 starring Rachel Weisz as the 4th-century philosopher Hypatia of Alexandria, The Nativity Story\u2018s Oscar Isaac as the imperial prefect Orestes, and Sami Samir as the Christian bishop Cyril of Alexandria \u2014 is now online. Click here if the video file above doesn\u2019t play properly. 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