The Ten Commandments (Two-Disc Special Edition)

Starring: Charlton Heston

Product Description

Legendary silent film director Cecil B. DeMille didn't much alter the way he made movies after sound came in, and this 1956 biblical drama is proof of that. While graced with such 1950s niceties as... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: DVD
• Language: English
• UPC: 097361435145
• Release Date: May 1993
• Rating: G (General Audience)
• Publisher: Paramount
• Director: Cecil B. DeMille
• Starring: Charlton Heston
• Number of Disks: 1
• Other Video Info: multiple_formats
• Weight: 0.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.3" x 7.5"

Customer Reviews

The definitive Ten Commandments.

An interesting title, as the Commandment part is a tad closer to the end of the movie. Cecil B. DeMille takes a few liberties with history; however, if he did not, then this would have been some dry documentary instead of a great epic. This story is more of the life and times of Moses from birth to the last farewell. We see rivalry, temptation, brick making, and dancing girls. One item that Cecil tactfully worked around is: where do you think Anne Baxter ...Nefretiri came from? Can you say, sister? As the bloodlines from Egyptians came through the women. That is why whoever married her would become pharaoh. The graphics are great for the time; the plagues are spooky, and we all still hold the image of the parting of the sea. The acting has that 50's epic feel. Elmer Bernstein's music adds a hidden dimension to the story, and you will not be able to get it out of your head. Edward G. Robinson made a great Dathan; He gets to be a modern-day Dathan in “Key Largo” (1948). Is it not interesting that Pharaoh Rameses in The Prince of Egypt - DTS (1998) looks like Yul Brynner? This is the one version most people relate to. The story has been told before and after this version. Some people know this version better than the real one. Some of the other "Ten Commandments" floating around out there: The Ten Commandments (1923). The Ten Commandments (1956). Greatest Heroes of the Bible - The Ten Commandments (1978). Ten Commandments 1 & 2 (2000). Ancient Secrets of the Bible – “Moses’ Ten Commandments: Tablets from God?” The Prince of Egypt (1998).

A classic

A marvelous movie.

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