This 1954 diaster starred Newman as an artisan in the era of Christ; the title refers to the grail Newman creates for the Last Supper. For two-and-a-half hours Newman strutted along bizarrely constructed sets wearing a Greek “cocktail dress” (as the actor referred to his toga). Critics likened him to a poor man’s Marlon Brando. The<\/em> New Yorker<\/i>‘s John McCarten agreed that [Newman] delivers his lines with the emotional fervor of a Putnam Division conductor announcing local stops.”<\/p>\n Religious epics were all the rage back in the ’50s, but with every Ben-Hur<\/em> or Ten Commandments<\/em>, you had The Greatest Story Ever Told<\/em>, and The Silver Chalice<\/em>. While the film’s director went on to say that audiences were pleased with it, the film has gone on to be considered a camp classic, most likely a result of the great lengths Newman did to ensure that the public knew how much he hated it.<\/p>\n And you would probably hate being in a film with such weird art direction.<\/p>\n Get your mind out of the gutter!<\/p><\/div>\n Legend has it that when Newman found out that the movie was to be screened on a Los Angeles TV station, he put out a $1200 ad reading “Paul Newman apologizes every night this week.” It only got people interested in watching it.<\/p>\n Some other notable “failures”:<\/p>\n Do some things go better with Coke?<\/p><\/div>\n![\"PDVD_052\"](\"http:\/\/www.andrewventimiglia.jeffrosshost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/PDVD_052.jpg\")
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