The ten commandments (DVD video, 2011) [Texas Group Catalog]
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The ten commandments

The ten commandments

Author: Cecil B DeMilleAeneas MacKenzieJesse L Lasky, Jr.Jack GarissFredric M FrankAll authors
Publisher: Hollywood, California : Paramount, [2011] ©2011
Edition/Format:   DVD video : NTSC color broadcast system : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary:
Filmed in Egypt and the Sinai with one of the biggest sets ever constructed for a motion picture, this epic tells the story of the life of Moses. Once favored in the Pharaoh's household, Moses turned his back on a privileged life to lead his people to freedom.
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Genre/Form: DVD-Video discs
Bible films
Religious films
Fiction films
Feature films
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Drama
Film adaptations
Historical films
National Film Registry
Films de fiction
Films religieux
Vidéos pour personnes handicapées auditives
Teatro
Named Person: Moses, (Biblical leader); Moses, (Biblical leader)
Material Type: Internet resource, Videorecording
Document Type: Visual material, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Cecil B DeMille; Aeneas MacKenzie; Jesse L Lasky, Jr.; Jack Gariss; Fredric M Frank; Charlton Heston; Yul Brynner; Anne Baxter; Edward G Robinson; Yvonne De Carlo; Debra Paget; John Derek; Cedric Hardwicke; Nina Foch; Martha Scott; Judith Anderson; Vincent Price; John Carradine; Loyal Griggs; Elmer Bernstein; Anne Bauchens; Le Roy Prinz; Ruth Godfrey; Dorothy Clarke Wilson; J H Ingraham; Arthur E Southon; Paramount Pictures Corporation,; Motion Picture Associates, Inc.,
ISBN: 1415758050 9781415758052
Language Note: English (Dolby digital 5.1 surround) (2.0 surround), French (mono), Portuguese (mono) or Spanish (2.0 surround) dialogue; optional English, French, Portuguese or Spanish subtitles; closed captioned for the hearing impaired.
OCLC Number: 707351578
Notes: Widescreen version.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1956.
"This work was compiled from many sources and contains material from the books: Prince of Egypt by Dorothy Clarke Wilson, Pillar of fire by Rev. J.H. Ingraham, On eagle's wings, by Rev. A.E. Southon ... in accordance with the ancient texts of Philo, Josephus, Eusebius, the Midrash and The Holy Scriptures."--Opening credits.
Credits: Director of photography, Loyal Griggs; art direction, Hal Pereira, Walter Tyler, Albert Nozaki ; choreography, Leroy Prinz, Ruth Godfrey ; edited by Anne Bauchens ; music by Elmer Bernstein.
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.
Awards: Academy Awards, 1957: Winner, Best Effects, Special Effects (John P. Fulton)
Named to the National Film Registry in 1999 by the Library of Congress.
Target Audience: MPAA rating: G.
Description: 2 videodiscs (231 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Details: DVD, NTSC, region 1, widescreen enhanced for 16:9 TVs, fully restored; Dolby digital 5.1 surround, Dolby digital 2.0 surround, Dolby digital mono.
Contents: Disc 1: Feature film [part 1] (136 min.) --
Special features: optional audio feature commentary by Katherine Orrison ; Disc 2: Feature film [part 2] (96 min.) --
Special features: optional audio feature commentary by Katherine Orrison --
Newsreel: The Ten commandments premiere in New York --
theatrical trailers: 1956 "Making of" trailer --
1966 trailer --
1989 trailer.
Other Titles: Cecil B. DeMille's the Ten commandments
Ten commandments (Motion picture : 1956)
Ten commandments (Motion picture : 1956).
Ten commandments (Motion picture : 1956).
Ten commandments (Motion picture : 1956).
Responsibility: Paramount presents, a Cecil B. De Mille Production ; produced by Motion Picture Associates, Inc. ; a Paramount Picture ; written for the screen by Æneas Mackenzie, Jesse L. Lasky, Jr., Jack Gariss, Fredric M. Frank ; produced and directed by Cecil B. DeMille.

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Filmed in Egypt and the Sinai with one of the biggest sets ever constructed for a motion picture, this epic tells the story of the life of Moses. Once favored in the Pharaoh's household, Moses turned his back on a privileged life to lead his people to freedom.
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