The ten commandments
(DVD)

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Author

Frank, Fredric M. 1911-1977,

Contributors

DeMille, Cecil B. 1881-1959, film director,
MacKenzie, Aeneas, screenwriter.
Lasky, Jesse L., Jr., 1910-1988, screenwriter.
Gariss, Jack, screenwriter.
Heston, Charlton, actor.

Status

Popular Media - 3rd Floor
PN1995.9.B53 T46 2006
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Location	Call Number	Note	Status
Popular Media - 3rd Floor	PN1995.9.B53 T46 2006	disc 1-2	On Shelf
Popular Media - 3rd Floor	PN1995.9.B53 T46 2006	disc 3	On Shelf

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Subjects

LC Subjects

Academy Awards (Motion pictures)
Bible films.
Bible films.
Bible stories.
DVD-Video discs.
Exodus, The -- Drama.
Exodus, The.
Feature films.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Israelites crossing the Red Sea (Biblical event)
Israelites crossing the Red Sea (Biblical event) -- Drama.
Jews -- History -- To 1200 B.C.
Moses -- (Biblical leader) -- Drama.
Religious films.
Religious films.
Ten commandments -- Drama.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

OCLC Fast Subjects

Bible films
Drama
Epic films
Exodus, The
Feature films
Fiction films
Films for the hearing impaired
Historical films
Israelites crossing the Red Sea (Biblical event)
Moses -- (Biblical leader)
Religious films
Ten commandments
Video recordings for the hearing impaired

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Format

DVD

Physical Desc

3 videodiscs (220 min., 136 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Language

English

UPC

097360412246

Notes

General Note

Some credits from container.

General Note

Originally released as a motion picture in 1956.

General Note

Based on the Holy Scriptures and other ancient and modern writings.

General Note

Includes the 1923 version of: The ten commandments / Adolph Zukor and Jesse L. Lasky present Cecil B. DeMille's production; story by Jeanie MacPherson; directed by Cecil B. DeMille. (136 min., silent, black & white). Cast includes Theodore Roberts, Richard Dix, and Rod La Rocque. Score by Gaylord Carter.

General Note

Special features (1956 version): commentary by Katherine Orrison, author of Written in stone : making Cecil B. DeMille's epic, The ten commandments; 6-part documentary: "Moses", "The chosen people", "Land of the pharaohs", "The Paramount lot", "The score", and "Mr. DeMille"; newsreel: The ten commandments premiere in New York; trailers

General Note

Special features 1923 version): commentary by Katherine Orrison; hand-tinted footage of the Exodus and Parting of the Red Sea sequence.

Restrictions on Access

Educational and home use only.

Creation/Production Credits

Director of photography, Loyal Griggs ; editing, Anne Bauchens ; music, Elmer Bernstein.

Participants/Performers

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.

Description

To escape the edict that condemned all first-born Hebrew males by Egypt's Pharoah, Rameses I, the infant Moses is set adrift on the Nile in a reed basket. Saved by the pharaoh's daughter Bithiah, he is adopted by her and brought up in the court of her brother, Pharaoh Seti. Moses gains Seti's favor and the love of the throne princess Nefertiri. He also gains the hatred of Seti's son, Rameses. When his Hebrew heritage is revealed, Moses is cast out of Egypt, and makes his way across the desert where he marries, has a son and is commanded by God to return to Egypt to free the Hebrews from slavery. In Egypt, Moses's fiercest enemy proves to be not Rameses, but someone near to him.

Target Audience

MPAA rating: G ; 1923 version and special features not rated.

System Details

DVD, region 1, NTSC, widescreen presentation (1956 version), fullscreen presentation (1923 silent film); Dolby digital 5.1 surround, Dolby digital 2.0 surround, Dolby digital mono., Dolby Digital stereo.

Language

English and dubbed French dialogue, with optional English subtitles; closed-captioned; 1923 version: English titles, with optional French subtitles.

Awards

Academy Awards, 1957: Best Effects, Special Effects (John P. Fulton)

Awards

National Film Preservation Board, 1999: National Film Registry selection.

Local note

SACFinal081324

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Citations

APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Frank, F. M. 1., DeMille, C. B. 1., MacKenzie, A., Lasky, J. L., Jr., Gariss, J., Heston, C., Brynner, Y., Baxter, A., Robinson, E. G., De Carlo, Y., Paget, D., Derek, J., Hardwicke, C., Foch, N., Scott, M., Anderson, J., Price, V., Carradine, J., Orrison, K., Griggs, L., Bernstein, E., Bauchens, A., Zukor, A., Lasky, J. L., MacPherson, J., Carter, G., Roberts, T., Dix, R., & La Rocque, R. (2006). The ten commandments (50th Anniversay Collection.). Paramount.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Fredric M. 1911-1977, Frank et al.. 2006. The Ten Commandments. Hollywood, California: Paramount.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Fredric M. 1911-1977, Frank et al.. The Ten Commandments Hollywood, California: Paramount, 2006.

Harvard Citation (style guide)

Frank, F. M. 1., DeMille, C. B. 1., MacKenzie, A., Lasky, J. L., Jr., Gariss, J., Heston, C. and Brynner, Y. et al (2006). The ten commandments. 50th Anniversay Collection. Hollywood, California: Paramount.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Frank, Fredric M. 1911-1977,, et al. The Ten Commandments 50th Anniversay Collection., Paramount, 2006.

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