Nominated for seven academy awards, the ten commandments was the most expensive film ever made at the time of its release. The story relates the life of moses, from the time he was discovered in the bullrushes as an infant by the pharoahs daughter, to his long, hard struggle to free the hebrews from their slavery at. He dedicates himself to liberating his people from captivity and with the aid of plagues and divine intervention manages to lead them out of egypt and across the red sea. Into the blistering wilderness, the man who walked with kings now walks alone.
Slave hebrew in dathans tent hebrew at crag and corridor uncredited john diggs. The film is based on prince of egypt by dorothy clarke wilson, pillar of fire by j. Movies like the ten commandments, benhur and the greatest story ever told, he says. Ladies and gentlemen, young and old, this may seem an unusual procedure, speaking to you before the picture begins, but we have an unusual subject the story of the birth of freedom the story of moses. The other voices in the chorus were those of actor and singer delos jewkes and donald hayne, demilles. Apr 05, 2020 as the passovereaster season approaches, arts and culture director deb krivoy recommends watching or rewatching the ten commandments, streaming on amazon prime video. Watch the ten commandments online stream full movie. The september 14, 1956 issue of colliers featured a number of brynners snapshots taken during filming of the ten commandments. To make the film, it took 1,200 storyboards, a 308page script and 70 speaking roles and was five years in the making. Demille depicts the life of moses from his birth to slavery to mt. As the passovereaster season approaches, arts and culture director deb krivoy recommends watching or rewatching the ten commandments, streaming on amazon prime video. The movie was about moses and how he learned that he was actually a hebrew. The voice of god is provided by charlton heston who also played moses. And god said let there be light, and there was light.
The animated film recounts the life of moses and how god used him to free his people from slavery in egypt. A greater challenge comes in the form of the golden calf idol. Demille, with charlton heston, yul brynner, anne baxter, at turner classic movies. Jul 16, 2014 the ten commandments movie in urdu part 1 online masihi geet and christian movies and more masihi volume and wallpapers and more more more only on christianhome11. Expanded from one of the segments in demilles 1923 silent film of the same name though not. Brynner later became wellknown for his portrait photography. Cast and crew credits for the ten commandments, 1956, directed by cecil b. Passover movie suggestion springfield jewish community. This is the closing to the ten commandments descriptive video service vhs, with rena baskin reading out the remaining opening credits over a black screen. The end of their movie is only the middle of ours, bond says, so the entire second half of our movie no one has ever seen before. The ten commandments exclusive new set photos 60th. Photos of the the ten commandments movie voice actors. Watching paramounts the ten commandments is, for many, an annual part of the spring holidays. The film made its dvd debut in 1999, got a new special collectors edition in 2004, and was revisited in 2006s 3disc 50th anniversary collection which included demilles silent 1923 ten commandments.
Sinai was a combination of charlton heston and director cecil b. Demille, shot in vistavision color by technicolor, and released by paramount pictures. All of this is underscored by the mellifluous voice of the director himself as narrator. Closing to the ten commandments 1995 vhs dvs youtube. In the films title sequence, the cast is credited in the following order.
Oct 19, 2007 the ten commandments tells the entire story of moses life, whereas the prince of egypt stopped with the parting of the red sea. Based on the holy scriptures, with additional dialogue by several other hands, the ten commandments was the last film directed by cecil b. The ten commandments 2007 movie behind the voice actors. Sep 16, 2019 this is the closing to the ten commandments descriptive video service vhs, with rena baskin reading out the remaining opening credits over a black screen. Demille narrator, producer, director aeneas mackenzie screenwriter albert nozaki production designer anne bauchens editor cecil b. Dec 18, 2008 the ten commandments tells the story of moses, leader of the hebrews, considered to have been a prophet by jews, christians and muslims. His father died when he was 12, and his mother supported the family by opening a school for girls and a theatrical company.
Against the raw news of modern conflict between egypt and israela conflict that has its preamble in the book of exoduscecil b. The commandments include instructions to have no other gods. In the 2004 dvd release of the movie, heston in an interview admitted. The ten commandments movie tv listings and schedule tv guide. Who narrates the 1956 movie the ten commandments answers. Although i watched it on a television screen decades after it played on the big screen, it still took my breath away even as a child of the eighties, who grew up accustomed to spielberg and lucasera spectacle. The ten commandments was the final film in the fivedecade career of legendary producerdirector cecil b. The film is one of only two prescheduled abc saturday movies of the week every year, the other being the sound of music. Mar 27, 2018 every easter season, i anxiously anticipate when the classic, academy awardwinning, biblically epic movie the ten commandments begins to play on tv stations around the world. Charlton heston as moses, the ten commandments movie 1956 7 charlton heston who starred in the biblical movie, the ten commandments as moses in 1956 also played as judah benhur in the movie benhur where he won an oscar for best actor. The daddy of all contemporary religious instruction, 1956s the ten commandments is blockbuster spiritual entertainment in every way, shape and form, as cecil b. Passover movie suggestion springfield jewish community center.
The newest version of the ten commandments to hit the big screen is a film that parents can rejoice over. The ten commandments movie tv listings and schedule tv. Dougray scott, linus roache, omar sharif, and naveen andrews headline this epic miniseries from director robert dornhelm, and following the prince of egypt as he discovers his true identity and. There is the burning bush, the amazing shot of the thousands of hebrews setting out for freedom, the debauchery in the desert when moses goes up to receive the ten commandments, and of course the parting of the red sea.
The ten commandments 1956 cast and crew cast photos. The ten commandments is a 1956 film about the egyptian prince, moses, who learns of his true heritage as a hebrew and his divine mission as the deliverer of his people. Then, the movie continues down a path of immorality that would probably make moses want to come down from the mount and smash the sacred tablets over the filmmakers heads. Ten commandments has long been a strong seller for paramount, not only in the springtime but yearround. Growing up in secular america, it was always a major event when they would broadcast the ten commandments on one of the major, primetime networks.
Based on the holy scriptures, with additional dialogue by several other hands, the ten commandments was the last film directed by ce cil b. However, there is a midrash narrative from the oral torah that details how, after fleeing egypt, moses went to ethiopia and was named king. The ten commandments trailer 1 a great big wallow, sublime hootchykootchy hokum, peppered with lightning that does automatic writing and an unsurpassed homage to the joys of jello. The ten commandments christian movie that was originally produced and directed by cecil b demille. Narrator, producer, director franklin farnum high offical michael connors amalekite herder eugenia strauss herb alpert drum player carl alfalfa switzer slave crew cecil b. Demille is the director of and the narrator in the ten commandments 1956. The movie opens with a narrator who explains that the movie is going to be comprised of ten short stories that detail the morals behind the ten commandments. He is thought to have lived in egypt, in or around the 14th. Charlton heston as moses and the voice of god at the burning bush 14 yul brynner as rameses ii. Trivia facts about the 1956 the ten commandments movie. Law cant save us because were all sinners baptist preaching, 10 commandments, ten commandments.
The other voices in the chorus were those of actor and singer delos jewkes and donald hayne, demilles publicistbiographer. Apr, 2017 7 charlton heston who starred in the biblical movie, the ten commandments as moses in 1956 also played as judah benhur in the movie benhur where he won an oscar for best actor. Then, the movie continues down a path of immorality that defames the sacred laws given by the lord. The version 1923 of the ten commandments, unlike the 1956 film, was divided into two parts, the second being at the contemporary age 1. With charlton heston, yul brynner, anne baxter, edward g. Demille and, despite its flaws, it remains a primary example of combining high production values and epic scope for a boxoffice blockbuster.
See more ideas about ten commandments, movie costumes and old hollywood. Enjoying a life of ease in the court of egypts pharaoh, moses charlton heston discovers his hebrew heritage and, later, gods expectations of him. On the latest a late show, the quarantiningathome version of the late show, stephen colbert reimagined the ten commandments as a coronavirus warning to talk about the issue of. Too young to enlist in the spanishamerican war, cecil followed his brother william c. The voice of god in the ten commandments 1956 movie was charlton heston, but that voice was heavily modified and edited. After a few years, the movie was produced in technicolor. Demilles classic 1956 movie the ten commandments, there is a scene where moses is wandering through the desert. I have seen a few ten commandments movies but this one with charlton heston is by far the best.
The ten commandments is a 1956 american epic religious drama film produced, directed, and. The movie opens with a narrator who explains that the movie is comprised of ten short stories detailing the morals behind the ten commandments. The story relates the life of moses, from the time he was discovere d in the bullrushes as an infant by the pharoahs daughter, to his long, hard struggle to free the hebrews from their slavery. Although the epic moses movie was about the ten commandments, it was not all based on scripture. Ten awesome nonbible things in the ten commandments. The ten commandments tells the story of moses, leader of the hebrews, considered to have been a prophet by jews, christians and muslims. Trivia facts about the 1956 the ten commandments movie cebu. It follows the storyhistory of moses starting from as a baby being put in nile where he floats down to the palace where he is taken and raised as royalty moses learns his true origin and seeks out his slave mother gives up his position in the royal family leads his people jews out of. The ten commandments is a near perfect picture that is more captivating due to its performances from its cast, and each actor brings something unique to make the film truly something remarkable. Every easter season, i anxiously anticipate when the classic, academy awardwinning, biblically epic movie the ten commandments begins to play on tv stations around the world. Scripturally accurate, familyfriendly, and entertaining, the movie brings the bible to life in a way that kids can understand. Moses, an egyptian prince, learns of his true heritage as a hebrew and his divine mission as the deliverer of his people.
Apr 03, 2020 how long is the ten commandments movie. This was the first movie i ever saw at the drivein. The ten commandments 710 movie clip moses presents the ten commandments 1956 hd. Colbert reimagines the ten commandments as a coronavirus. The ten commandments, which is the first of a planned 12 movies in promenade pictures epic stories of the bible series, conveys gods might and love with reverence and sincerity. A great memorable quote from the the ten commandments movie on narrator cecil b. The ten commandments is a 1956 american epic religious drama film produced, directed, and narrated by cecil b. The ten commandments 1956 cast and crew cast photos and.
In the 2004 dvd release of the movie, heston in an interview admitted that. The movie the ten commandments was released on october 5, 1956 and starred charlton heston and yul brynner. The ten commandments appear twice in the hebrew bible. Demilles, recorded separately with one track laid on top of the other and altered electronically. Included is a sequence mocking the person of jesus christ, our divine, holy savior who delivers us. Demille who also narrated this movie, charlton heston, and delos jewkes. The ten commandments 1956 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The voice of god giving the ten commandments is a chorus of several male voices including, principally, charlton hestons and cecil b. Movies reel history drama films period and historical films features. Today marks the release of promenade pictures first venture into the faith and family arena with the movie, the ten commandments. There is no record of moses conquering ethiopia on behalf of pharaoh. Various people have either claimed or been rumored to have supplied the voice, including. If joshua is 30 years younger than moses, that makes him 90 years old when moses died, certainly old enough to have experienced life in egypt as well as the entire journey through the wilderness. Sixty years later, the ten commandments remains one of the most.
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