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| Genre/Form: | Feature films Bible films Religious films Historical films Epic films Fiction films Films for the hearing impaired Video recordings for the hearing impaired Drama |
|---|---|
| Named Person: | Moses, (Biblical leader); Moses, (Biblical leader) |
| Material Type: | Videorecording |
| Document Type: | Visual material |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Cecil B DeMille; Aeneas MacKenzie; Charlton Heston; Yul Brynner; Anne Baxter; Edward G Robinson; Yvonne De Carlo; Debra Paget; John Derek; Cedric Hardwicke; Nina Foch; Martha Scott; Judith Anderson; Vincent Price; John Carradine; Katherine Orrison; Loyal Griggs; Elmer Bernstein; Adolph Zukor; Jesse L Lasky; Jeanie MacPherson; Gaylord Carter; Theodore Roberts; Richard Dix; Rod La Rocque; Paramount Pictures Corporation.; Motion Pictures Associates. |
| ISBN: | 1415718636 9781415718636 |
| OCLC Number: | 64668011 |
| Language Note: | English and dubbed French dialogue, English subtitles; closed-captioned. |
| Notes: | Some credits from container. Originally released as a motion picture in 1956. "50th anniversary collection"--Container. "Enhanced for 16:9 TVs"--Container. Special features: commentary by Katherine Orrison, author of Written in stone : making Cecil B. DeMille's epic, The ten commandments; 6-part documentary: "Moses", "The chosen people", "Land of the pharaohs", "The Paramount lot", "The score", and "Mr. DeMille"; newsreel: The ten commandments premiere in New York; trailers. Includes the 1923 version of: The ten commandments / Adolph Zukor and Jesse L. Lasky present Cecil B. DeMille's production ; story by Jeanie MacPherson ; directed by Cecil B. DeMille. (136 min., si., b&w). Cast includes Theodore Roberts, Richard Dix, and Rod La Rocque. Score by Gaylord Carter. 1923 version: full screen format; English with French subtitles; recorded in Dolby digital stereo. 1923 version has special features: commentary by Katherine Orrison; hand-tinted footage of the Exodus and Parting of the Red Sea sequence. |
| Credits: | Director of photography, Loyal Griggs ; editing, Anne Bauchens ; music, Elmer Bernstein. |
| Cast: | Charlton Heston, Yul Brynner, Anne Baxter, Edward G. Robinson, Yvonne De Carlo, Debra Paget, John Derek, Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Nina Foch, Martha Scott, Judith Anderson, Vincent Price, John Carradine. |
| Awards: | Academy Award for Best Special Effects; Academy Award Nominations for Best Picture, Best Cinematography (Color), Best Art Direction/Set Decoration, Best Costume Design (Color), Best Film Editing, and Best Sound Recording. |
| Target Audience: | MPAA rating: G; 1923 version and special features not rated. |
| Description: | 3 videodiscs (220 min.) : sd., color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Details: | DVD, region 1, widescreen presentation; Dolby digital 5.1 surround (English), 2.0 surround (English), and mono (French), NTSC. |
| Contents: | Disc 1. 1956 feature film, pt. 1 -- Disc 2. 1956 feature film, pt. 2 ; Special features ; Disc 3. 1923 silent film. |
| Other Titles: | Ten commandments (Motion picture : 1956) Ten commandments (Motion picture : 1923) |
| Responsibility: | [presented by] Paramount ; [produced by Motion Picture Associates, Inc.] ; written for the screen by Aeneas MacKenzie [and others] ; produced and directed by Cecil B. De Mille. |
Abstract:
To escape the edict that condemned all first-born Hebrew males by Egypt's Pharoah, Rameses I, the infant Moses is set adrift on the Nile in a reed basket. Saved by the pharaoh's daughter Bithiah, he is adopted by her and brought up in the court of her brother, Pharaoh Seti. Moses gains Seti's favor and the love of the throne princess Nefertiri. He also gains the hatred of Seti's son, Rameses. When his Hebrew heritage is revealed, Moses is cast out of Egypt, and makes his way across the desert where he marries, has a son and is commanded by God to return to Egypt to free the Hebrews from slavery. In Egypt, Moses's fiercest enemy proves to be not Rameses, but someone near to him.
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