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starring: Judith Anderson, Anne Baxter, Yul Brynner, John Carradine, Donald Curtisdirected by: Cecil B. DeMille
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786300215832
Format: Color, Dolby, NTSC
ISBN: 6300215830
Label: Paramount
Manufacturer: Paramount
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: Paramount
Release Date: December 07, 1992
Running Time: 219 minutes
Sales Rank: 1110
Studio: Paramount
Theatrical Release Date: October 05, 1956
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Amazon.com essential video:
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
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - The Ten Commanments 1956 stands the test of time
This is exactly the kind of movie we need more of. But, I know that will never happen, not in America. Starring Yul Brenner, Charlton Heston -This is Cecil B. Demile's great, big, wonderful telling of Moses. He was put on the river in a basket before the Egytians could kill him along with all the other Hewbrew children. He was found in a drifting basket my Bithia the Pharoh's sister. She raised him in the palace as her own. One day, he and everybody else found out he was a Hebrew...Woo-hoo! ... Read More
Rating: - Great Movie great Price!
The movie arrived on time and in the condition as promised. This set is the ultimate disc set of the movie. Everything you could want and more.
Rating:  - Still Great After 50 Years
Like most people, I watched "The Ten Commandments" on TV many times over the years while growing up. Many of its scenes are etched in my memory. But in the wake of Charlton Heston's recent death, I decided to have a marathon viewing of his films and watched "Commandments" for the first time since my adolescence. It was interesting to see it now with more mature eyes (and without being interrupted by a million commercials).
Made in 1956, this film launched Heston's career as the star ... Read More
Rating: - A Bible film even we atheists can like!
In the begining, deMille created a silent film. And it was good. But lo! It lacked color, it lacked sound and it lacked the great Heston. So deMile created "The Ten Commandments" anew, and saw that it was good, said that it was good, and it was... really quite corking, actually.
"The Ten Commandments" really only features said laws towards the end of the movie, but that's ok because as they say, getting there is half the fun. The movie is a spectacle on a grand scale, with huge sets, ... Read More
Rating: - Fabulous
This movie is so amazing. I watched it with my grandparents when it was on VHS, and now that it is on digitally remastered DVD, the color and clarity of it is amazing. Such a great movie, one to definitely share with the kids.
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