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Dec 19, 2018 - 8:30 PM
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Bob DiMucci
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Based on the 1947 film THE BISHOP'S WIFE" with Cary Grant, David Niven and Loretta Young, THE PREACHER'S WIFE concerns an angel (Denzel Washington), who comes to Earth to help a preacher (Courtney B. Vance) save his church and his family (wife and son, Whitney Houston and Justin Pierre Edmund).
The film was the third production of Denzel Washington's production company, Mundy Lane Entertainment. Washington originally wanted Julia Roberts for the part of "Julia Biggs." After he realized that Whitney Houston would be better for the role, he offered it to her, but she turned it down. Washington continued to ask her for a year until she finally agreed.
Houston originally turned down the role because she felt that she could not relate to her character. She admitted that in real life, she was not attracted to nice men like Reverend Biggs. She also felt that she would be uncomfortable dressed as a middle-class housewife. She eventually was able to relate to Julia's love for her family and church.
In 2009, Houston revealed on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" that by the time the film started shooting, her cocaine and marijuana habits had gotten so bad, that there was never a day, while filming the movie, on which she had not done some drugs.
Penny Marshall directed the 1996 film, which was co-produced by her production company, Parkway Productions. Hans Zimmer scored the film, but none of his music appeared on the Arista Records CD, which consisted almost totally of songs sung by Whitney Houston. The film grossed $48 million at the box office.
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Dec 20, 2018 - 12:48 AM
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Bob DiMucci
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After RIDING IN CARS WITH BOYS, Penny Marshall directed a few televisions episodes and one made-for-TV movie, WOMEN WITHOUT MEN (2010), which may have only been released on video. But Marshall made history for women film directors with her earlier hits.
Following Marshall's passing, her ex-husband Rob Reiner took to Twitter to say: "I loved Penny. I grew up with her. She was born with a great gift. She was born with a funnybone and the instinct of how to use it. I was very lucky to have lived with her and her funnybone. I will miss her".
Broadcaster Dan Rather tweeted, "Mourning the loss of a funny, poignant, and original American voice. Penny Marshall was a pioneer in television and the big screen who understood humor comes in many forms and some of life's deeper truths require a laugh. She will be missed."
Ron Howard, her onetime co-star, and like her an actor who went on to become a celebrated film director, stated on Twitter, "She was funny & so smart. She made the transition from sitcom star to A List movie director with ease & had a major impact on both mediums. All that & always relaxed, funny & totally unpretentious. I was lucky to have known & worked with her."
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