Arabs to pay for film
! (N.Z, Press Assn. — Copyright.’ I NEW YORK. Jan. 27. j After Moses, Noah and' (Jesus Christ it is now thej [turn of the prophet MohamImed to become a cinema; [“superstar,” the show business weekly “Variety” has reported from Rome. The film will be called [“Mohammed, Messenger of [God” and will be filmed in a replica of the holy city of , Mecca, outside Marrakesh in (Morocco beginning in April. “Variety” added that it would be a “wholly Arabfinanced epic.” although an [lrishman named Harry Craig [laboured for three years on [the script. ■ In deference to religious! [taboos, “Variety” said, “the prophet will not appear in any scenes, but his presence will be suggested by so-called camera viewpoints.”
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Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33444, 28 January 1974, Page 19
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