The ten commandments / Paramount presents a Cecil B. DeMille production ; written for the screen by Aeneas MacKenzie [and others] ; produced and directed by Cecil B. DeMille.
Lavish Biblical epic that tells the life story of Moses from the time he was discovered in the bulrushes as an infant by the pharaoh's daughter. As an adult, he turns his back on his privileged life in Egypt to lead his true people, the Hebrews, to freedom outside Egypt.
Uniform Title: | Ten commandments (Motion picture : 1956)
Rovi Media Collection. Movies. Rovi K-12 education materials. |
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Language: | English French |
Language of the Original: |
English |
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Closed-captioned; English (5.1 surround or surround) or French (mono.) soundtracks; optional English subtitles. |
Published: |
Hollywood, Calif. :
Paramount,
[2004], ©2004.
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Edition: | Special collector's edition. |
Series: | Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Rovi K-12 education materials. |
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Physical Description: | 2 videodiscs (220 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
Variant Title: |
Cecil B. DeMille's The ten commandments. |
Format: | Video DVD |
Summary: |
Lavish Biblical epic that tells the life story of Moses from the time he was discovered in the bulrushes as an infant by the pharaoh's daughter. As an adult, he turns his back on his privileged life in Egypt to lead his true people, the Hebrews, to freedom outside Egypt. |
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Note: | DVD release of the 1956 motion picture. Region 1; Dolby digital; anamorphic widescreen format. Special features include: audio commentary track by Katherine Orrison, author of Written in stone : making Cecil B. DeMille's epic; newsreel of the Ten Commandments' premiere in New York City; 6-part documentary; 3 theatrical trailers. Videorecording. |
Call Number: | AQ6 D0033650 VideoDVD |
ISBN: | 0792199014 9780792199014 |
Credits: | Director of photography, Loyal Griggs ; art director, Hal Pereira ... et al. ; editor, Anne Bauchens ; music, Elmer Bernstein ; costume designer, Edith Head ... et al. |
System Details: | DVD. |
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. |