Release Date: Mar 9, 2004 Region: 1 Runtime: 220 mins Studio: Paramount Pictures Audio:
ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 5.1 [CC] ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Surround [CC] FRENCH: Dolby Digital Mono
Video:
Widescreen 1.85:1 Color (Anamorphic)
Subtitles: English Packaging: Custom Case Rating: G Features:
Commentary by Katherine Orrison, Author of Written In Stone: The Making Of The Ten Commandments 6-Part Documentary Photo Gallery Trailers: 1956 "Making Of" Trailer, 1966 Trailer, 1989 Trailer
Region: 1 Runtime: 3 hrs. 40 min. Studio: Paramount Home Entertainment Video:
Widescreen
Packaging: Keep Case Rating: G Features:
Region 1 Keep Case Widescreen Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 - English Dolby Digital 2.0 - French Additional Release Material: Trailers - 1. Original Theatrical (3) Interactive Features: Interactive Menus Scene Selection
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 VistaVision and Technicolor, The Ten Commandments (DeMille had already filmed an earlier version in 1923) has an anachronistic, impassioned style that finds lead actors Charlton Heston and Yul Brynner expressively posing while hundreds of extras writhe either in the presence of God's power or from orgiastic heat. DeMille, as always, plays both sides of the fence as far as sin goes, surrounding Heston's Moses with worshipful music and heavenly special effects while also making the sexy action around the cult of the Golden Calf look like fun. You have to see The Ten Commandments to understand its peculiar resonance as an old-new movie, complete with several still-impressive effects such as the parting of the Red Sea. --Tom Keogh, Amazon.com
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