Description
The Ten Commandments 2 DVD Set / Written for the screen by AENEAS MacKENZIE JESSE L. LASKY, JR. / Directed by CECIL B. DeMILLE / Based upon the HOLY SCRIPTURES and other ancient and modern writings / DVD
Format: NTSC
Run time: 220 Minutes
UPC: 097361550879
- Aspect Ratio : 1.66:1
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : Yes
- MPAA rating : G (General Audience)
- Product Dimensions : 7.25 x 5.25 x 0.5 inches; 2.88 Ounces
- Director : Cecil B. DeMille
- Media Format : AC-3, Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
- Run time : 3 hours and 40 minutes
- Release date : March 30, 1999
- Actors : Charlton Heston, Yul Brynner, Anne Baxter, Edward G. Robinson, Yvonne De Carlo
- Dubbed: : French
- Language : English (Dolby Digital 5.1), English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), French (Dolby Digital 1.0)
- Studio : Paramount
- Writers : A.E. Southon, Dorothy Clarke Wilson, Fredric M. Frank, J.H. Ingraham, Jack Gariss
- Number of discs : 2
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.
