The ten commandments Visual
Title on container and disc labels: Cecil B. DeMille's The ten commandments
Paramount presents a Cecil B. DeMille production ; written for the screen by Aeneas MacKenzie [and others] ; produced and directed by Cecil B. DeMille.
- Special collector's ed.
- Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount, 2004.
- 2 videodiscs (220 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- DVD collection. .
DVD release of the 1956 motion picture. Region 1; Dolby digital; anamorphic widescreen format. Special features include: audio commentary track by Katherine Orrison, author of Written in stone : making Cecil B. DeMille's epic; newsreel of the Ten Commandments' premiere in New York City; 6-part documentary; 3 theatrical trailers.
Special features: Widescreen version enhanced for 16:9 TVs -- Commentary by Katherine Orrison, author of Written in stone--making Cecil B. deMille's epic The Ten Commandments -- Newsreel: The Ten Commandments premier in New York -- 6-part documentary -- Trailers: 1956 "Making of" trailer ; 1966 trailer ; 1989 trailer -- Language: English 5.1 surround ; English Dolby surround ; French mono -- Subtitles: English.
Classroom use may be subject to licensing restrictions.
Lavish Biblical epic that tells the life story of Moses from the time he was discovered in the bulrushes as an infant by the pharaoh's daughter. As an adult, he turns his back on his privileged life in Egypt to lead his true people, the Hebrews, to freedom outside Egypt.
Closed-captioned; English (5.1 surround or surround) or French (mono.) soundtracks; optional English subtitles.