Cecil B. DeMille - The Ten Commandments (DVD)

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

General

Studio:	Paramount Home Video
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	June 2005
Directors:	Cecil B. DeMille
Actors:	Charlton Heston
Dimensions:	192 x 137 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:
Disks:	2
Running time:	3 hours, 42 minutes
Region encoding:	Region 2. This DVD will play in all South African DVD players.
Audio format:	Dolby Digital 5.1
Video format:	Widescreen 16:9 (1.78:1)
Age restriction:	A
Categories:	Music DVD > Action DVD > Drama DVD > Epic DVD > Religion DVD > Feature Film Books > Christianity > Christian & Faith-Based DVDs
LSN:	X50-Q16-0KE-3
Barcode:	5014437806130

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