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Starring: Theodore Roberts, Charles de Rochefort Director: Cecil B. DeMille MPAA Rating: G
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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

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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
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3.0 out of 5 stars good, but no masterpiece, Dec 15 2007
By falcon "disdressed12" (canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Ten Commandments (Widescreen) (DVD)
while i will say this movie is good,i wouldn't say it is great.for one
thing it is way too long.i mean that generally,but also many of the
scenes went on way too long.there were some pretty impressive,even
spectacular scenes.but for me,this movie is all about the spectacle.i
found that a lot of the dialogue existed to simply to give several
overwrought speeches.as for the acting,it wasn't bad,or
anything.however the only standout,in my mind was Yul Brynner as
Pharaoh Rameses.he was brilliant.also,i got the feeling while watching
this movie that it may have been a vanity project,for director Cecil
B.Demille and to a lesser extent Charlton Heston.and Heston was not
that great in this movie.in fact,i felt he tended to overact at
times.anyway,i did find the movie worth watching,but not the
masterpiece that others have claimed.for me, The Ten Commandments is a
3/5
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5.0 out of 5 stars The definitive Ten Commandments., Dec 24 2006
By bernie "xyzzy" (Arlington, Texas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Ten Commandments (Widescreen Special Edition) (DVD)
An interesting title as the Commandment part is a tad closer to the end of the movie. Cecil B. DeMille takes a few liberties with history; however if he did not then this would have been some dry documentary instead of a great epic. This story is more of the life and times of Moses from birth to the last farewell. We see rivalry, temptation, brick making and dancing girls.

One item that Cecil tactfully worked around is where do you think Anne Baxter ...Nefretiri came from? Can you say sister? As the bloodlines from Egyptians, came through the women. That is why who ever married her would become pharaoh.

The graphics are great for the time; the plagues are really spooky and we all still hold the image of the parting of the sea. The acting has that 50's epic feel. Elmer Bernstein's music adds a hidden dimension to the story and you will not be able to get it out of your head. Edward G. Robinson made a great Dathan; He gets to be a modern day Dathan in "Key Largo" (1948). Is it not interesting that Pharaoh Rameses in The Prince of Egypt - DTS (1998) looks like Yul Brynner?

This is the one version most people relate too. The story has been told before and after this version. Some people know this version better than the real one.


Some of the other "Ten Commandments" floating around out there:
The Ten Commandments (1923).
The Ten Commandments (1956).
Greatest Heroes of the Bible - The Ten Commandments (1978).
Ten Commandments 1 & 2 (2000).
Ancient Secrets of the Bible - "Moses' Ten Commandments: Tablets From God?"
The Prince of Egypt - DTS (1998).
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4.0 out of 5 stars Good but not great edition of a classic, Jun 17 2004
By Matt Deatherage (El Reno, OK USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Ten Commandments (DVD)
I already had "The Ten Commandments" on DVD, but with almost no extras and no commentary, it wasn't all that satisfying. This new Collector's Edition is easily worth its low price, to me, even as a replacement. The colors are breathtaking, Elmer Bernstein's store is still luscious, and it's probably as close to what DeMille intended as you'll get on a screen smaller than twenty feet.

I enjoyed Katherine Orrison's commentary track quite a bit (and have put her book on the movie on my wish list), although much more about the movie than some of her amateur theological comments. After spending so much time with Henry Wilcoxon, DeMille's right-hand man on this and many other movies, she has anecdotes and understanding that help you understand how the film was made. I had no idea it took five full years to make, or how some of the seemingly-odd decisions were made or even how some of the effects were created.

The other extras are a bit disappointing. The six-part documentary (complete with titles in Paramount's "Star Trek" font because they can't recreate the hand-lettering of the movie's titles, over leather that shows up in richer color than I've ever seen it) doesn't offer nearly as much as AMC's "Cecil B. DeMIlle" biography from earlier in 2004. That special included pre-matte shots of the parting of the Red Sea - the actual water in the tank, including the sides of the parted Red Sea, and how it was created. Paramount may not own that documentary, but some of that footage should have been on this disc. Without it, there are still some good interviews, but not enough behind-the-scenes footage that we now know exists.

If you like "The Ten Commandments" and don't have it on DVD, this is for you. If you have the older version but like it a lot, this one's also for you - but get the Cecil B. DeMille biography when it comes out on DVD, too.

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5.0 out of 5 stars An enduring film classic
Cecil B. DeMille's wonderful epic is a film for the ages. The entire cast is excellent, beginning with Charlton Heston's devoted and obedient Moses who lives only to serve the... Read more
Published on Jun 5 2004

3.0 out of 5 stars Great Film STILL Short Changed
I wonder why this edition wasn't held for the C.B. DeMille bio that Turner just produced. Instead we get a lot of anecdotes from Orrison, whom made an inaccurate statement that... Read more
Published on May 17 2004

5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Epic Cinematization
Okay. So the movie The Ten Commandments is not Biblically accurate. But being the cinema purist that I am, it is my opinion that this movie is a gem from the golden age of the... Read more
Published on May 16 2004 by Manny Fernandez

2.0 out of 5 stars A very very very long and quite inaccurate "Bible" epic
We are currently reading about Moses in our Bible Story Book here at home, and my oldest daughter and I keep smiling because whenever we read this story, and it speaks of Moses... Read more
Published on May 6 2004 by Susan Trexel

2.0 out of 5 stars pure hollywood bible popcorn
cecil b demille, more than anyone knew how to deliver the bilbe to the big screen in all its hollywood popcorn fluf grand style. Read more
Published on April 22 2004

2.0 out of 5 stars Long.
'The Ten Commandments' is a very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, LONG movie.
Published on April 14 2004 by Dhaval Vyas

4.0 out of 5 stars 2-Disc Special Collector's Edition
I have always loved this movie since I was a child. I already own the VHS version of this movie but wanted it on DVD and since they came out with a Special Collector's Edition... Read more
Published on April 14 2004 by filmflavor

5.0 out of 5 stars SWEET, FANCY MOSES!!!
How about those 'The Ten Commandments'? Legendary silent film director Cecil (I'm ready for my close-up) B. Read more
Published on April 8 2004 by Sheila Chilcote-Collins

5.0 out of 5 stars DeMille, Heston, Brenner at their campy best!
OK, although I'm Catholic, I don't watch "The Ten Commandments" for the story - I watch it because it's a dose of pure, unadulterated camp! Read more
Published on April 1 2004

4.0 out of 5 stars FINALLY, GREAT EXTRAS
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