Shout Factory is preparing a 4K Blu-ray release of Moustapha Akkad's
The Message (1977), starring Anthony Quinn, Irene Papas, Michael Ansara, Michael Forest, and Garrick Hagon. The release is expected to arrive on the market early next year.
Description: It was a movie seven years in the making, filmed in two separate versions with a cast of thousands, and featuring Oscar-nominated score by Maurice Jarre (
Dr. Zhivago, A Passage to India). This is the epic story of the prophet Mohammed, whose holy revelations defied a pagan society and changed the world forever. Two-time Academy Award-winner Anthony Quinn (Lawrence of Arabia) stars in this landmark international hit produced and directed by Moustapha Akkad (Lion of the Desert) that remains the most powerful and acclaimed movie ever made about the birth of Islam.