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The ten commandments Cover Image DVD DVD

The ten commandments [videorecording] / [presented by] Paramount ; [produced by Motion Picture Associates, Inc.] ; written for the screen by Aeneas MacKenzie ... [et al.] ; produced and directed by Cecil B. De Mille.

Summary:

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 1415718636
  • Physical Description: 3 videodiscs (ca. 356 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Edition: 50th anniversary collection.
  • Publisher: Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount, c2006.

Content descriptions

General Note:
50th anniversary ed. publisher's no.: 04122
Originally released as motion pictures in 1956 and 1923.
Recorded in Dolby digital 5.1 surround (English), 2.0 surround (English), and mono (French).
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).
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.
Formatted Contents Note:
Disc 1. 1956 feature film, pt. 1 -- Disc 2. 1956 feature film, pt. 2 ; Special features -- Disc 3. 1923 silent film.
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Director of photography, Loyal Griggs ; editing, Anne Bauchens ; music, Elmer Bernstein.
Participant or Performer Note:
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.
Target Audience Note:
Disc 1 & 2 are Canadian Home Video Rating: PG, and disc 3 the Canadian Home Rating: G
System Details Note:
DVD ; widescreen presentation (1956 version) ; full screen presentation (1923 version).
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:
For private home use only.
Language Note:
English and dubbed French dialogue, English subtitles.
Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
Awards Note:
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
Subject: Moses (Biblical leader) > Fiction.
Ten commandments > Fiction.
Exodus, The > Fiction.
Israelites crossing the Red Sea (Biblical event) > Fiction.
Genre: Epic films.
Bible films.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

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