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Based on the Holy Scriptures, with further and added dialog by various other hands, The Ten Commandments was the last film directed by Cecil B. DeMille. The story relates the life of Moses, from the time he was ran into in the bullrushes as an infant by the pharoah’s daughter, to his long, hard struggle to free the Hebrews from their slavery at the hands of the Egyptians. Moses (Charlton Heston) starts out “in solid” as Pharoah’s adopted son (and a whiz at designing pyramids, dispensing such construction-site counsel as “Blood makes poor mortar”), but when he discovers his unfeigned Hebrew heritage, he attempts to make life more comfortable for his people. Banished by his jealous half-brother Rameses (Yul Brynner), Moses returns wholly bearded to Pharoah’s court, warning that he’s had a message from God and that the Egyptians had better free the Hebrews post-haste if they know what’s good for them. Only after the Deadly Plagues have decimated Egypt does Rameses give in. As the Hebrews reach the Red Sea, they discover that Rameses has gone back on his word and plans to have them all killed. But Moses rescues his humans with a little Divine legerdemain by parting the Seas. Later, Moses is again confronted by God on Mt. Sinai, who delivers unto him the Ten Commandments. Meanwhile, the Hebrews, led by the duplicitous Dathan (Edward G. Robinson), are forgetting their religion and behaving like libertines. “Where’s your Moses now?” brays Dathan in the manner of a Lower East Side gangster. He soon finds out. A remake of his 1923 silent film, DeMille’s The Ten Commandments may not be the most subtle and sophisticated amusement ever concocted, but it tells it is story with a clarity and vitality that few Biblical scholars have ever been capable to duplicate. It is very likely the most eventful 219 minutes ever recorded to film—and who’s to say that Nefertiri (Anne Baxter) didn’t make speeches like, “Oh, Moses, Moses, you splendid, stubborn, endearing fool”?
Limited Edition: Only 100,000 will be made
Movie Content:
• 6-Discs Blu-ray and DVD Combo Pack
• 2-Disc DVD of the to the full or entire extent restored 1956 version
• 2-Disc Blu-ray of the to the full or entire extent restored 1956 version
• Exclusive Blu-ray of 1923 Ten Commandments (First time on Blu-ray)
• DVD of all-new bonus features
Extra Content Exclusively in Box Set:
• Commemorative 50-page book with rare facts and photos
• Beautiful tablet keepsake to hold all six discs
• Specially designed “parting of the sea” box to hold all collectables
• Original 1956 Souvenir Program
• Meticulous reproductions of rarities from the Paramount and BYU vaults
Legendary silent film conductor Cecil B. DeMille didn’t much modify 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, ardent 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 grasp it is peculiar resonance as an old-new movie, finish with various still-impressive effects such as the parting of the Red Sea. –Tom Keogh
Anne Taintor Available Limited Magnet Picture
Anne Taintor Available Limited Magnet Picture
Anne Taintor Available Limited Magnet Pic
Anne Taintor Available Limited Magnet Picture
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132 of 139 people found the following review helpful.
 Spellbinding. . .
By D. Mikels
Okay. I confess it. Watching this Biblical epic, when it was a mainstay on ABC each Easter evening for numerous 30 years, I practically had the whole script memorized. . .even knew when Anne Baxter, as over-eager Nefretiri, would slide into a wickedly terrifi pattern of over-acting. (“Moses. . .” she would coo, “take me in your arms. . .”) I must have seen THE TEN COMMANDMENTS dozens of times, and yet, each year, I plopped my carcass on the couch on Easter evening, popcorn and suds in tow, and watched Cecil B. DeMille’s 4-plus hour epic, completely mesmerized and entertained.
173 of 190 persons found the following review helpful.
 It’s DeMille…You’ll Either Love It or Hate It!
By Benjamin J Burgraff
While Cecil B. DeMille’s directorial accomplishments were at times too rooted in the more grandiose style of the silent era, he CERTAINLY was ALWAYS a master showman, and his 1956 remake of “The Ten Commandments” is a whale of a show! Both pious and profane, posturing and sincere, it isn’t outstanding history, but it abounds in spectacle. While he was in poor health for the duration of the filming (suffering a seizure that was either a stroke or mild heart attack, while working beneath the 130-degree Egyptian sun), his distinctive ‘style’ was never more in evidence, with broad, overwrought performances, dazzling costumes and sets, monumental climaxes, and morals that are repeatedly hammered home. In ‘classic’ DeMille, there ARE no ‘grays’, everything is ‘good’ or ‘evil’, and ‘evil’ WILL be punished! Watching the film, you’ll either receive pleasure from the ‘ride’, or you’ll groan, again and again. Personally, I love it, even with it’s unintentional(?) campiness!
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