The ten commandments / [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.

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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...

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Corporate Authors:	Paramount Pictures Corporation Motion Pictures Associates
Other Authors:	DeMille, Cecil B. (Cecil Blount), 1881-1959 MacKenzie, Aeneas Heston, Charlton Brynner, Yul Baxter, Anne Robinson, Edward G., 1893-1973 De Carlo, Yvonne Paget, Debra, 1933- Derek, John, 1926-1998 Hardwicke, Cedric, 1893-1964 Foch, Nina Scott, Martha, 1914-2003 Anderson, Judith, 1897-1992 Price, Vincent, 1911-1993 Carradine, John Orrison, Katherine, 1948- Griggs, Loyal Bernstein, Elmer Zukor, Adolph, 1873-1976 Lasky, Jesse L., 1880-1958 MacPherson, Jeanie, 1887-1946 Carter, Gaylord Roberts, Theodore, 1861-1928 Dix, Richard, 1893-1949 La Rocque, Rod, 1898-1969
Language:	English French
Language of the Original:	English
Language and/or Writing System:	English and dubbed French dialogue, English subtitles; closed-captioned.
Published:	Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount DVD, [2006], ©2006.
Series:	Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:	Moses > (Biblical leader) > Drama. Ten commandments > Drama. Exodus, The > Drama. Israelites crossing the Red Sea (Biblical event) > Drama. Moses > (Biblical leader) Ten commandments. Exodus, The. Israelites crossing the Red Sea (Biblical event) Feature films. Bible films. Religious films. Historical films. Epic films. Fiction films. Films for the hearing impaired. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Drama.
Genre:	Drama. Feature films. Bible films. Religious films. Historical films. Epic films. Fiction films. Films for the hearing impaired. Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Physical Description:	3 videodiscs (220 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	Video DVD

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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.
Note:	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. Videorecording.
Call Number:	CU6 D0114072 VideoDVD
Audience:	MPAA rating: G; 1923 version and special features not rated.
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.
ISBN:	1415718636 9781415718636
Credits:	Director of photography, Loyal Griggs ; editing, Anne Bauchens ; music, Elmer Bernstein.
System Details:	DVD, region 1, widescreen presentation; Dolby digital 5.1 surround (English), 2.0 surround (English), and mono (French), NTSC.
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.