#The Ten Commandments (1956)

[livehorses]

Easter-Like classics that can never be missed in our Familiar Cinema Club

First, we have all the Hollywood-Sword and Sandal like classics that we watch between Lent, the Holy Week and Easter, being mainly and in a historically accurate chronological order:

Joseph King of Dreams

(Mandatory Prequel watching)

The Ten Commandments (1956)

Ben Hur (1959)

The Robe (1953)

Quo Vadis (1951)

Then we watch some other movies that we kinda relate with the celebration, like:

The Fiddler On The Roof (1971)

BBC's The Chronicles of Narnia series

(My mom doesn't like the Disney adaptation)

The Secret Garden (1993)

For a strange relation of ideas, because my oldest brother was transcribing in the middle of the Holy Week one year, the orchestration of the movie for a streaming with live orchestra,

Howl's Moving Castle

We even have for a traditional Easter Sunday breakfast, Sophie's eggs with bacon.

And the main event of Holy Saturday, the most expected movie of the season...

The Prince of Egypt

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[themousefromfantasyland]

My favorite part about Cecil B. DeMille's The Ten Commandments is that Moses has striking white hair and long beard.

Now this is for sure inspired by Western religious art that depicts Moses with white hair and beard.

But the thing is, in Abrahamic lore Moses is a super old man when he returns to Egypt, while Charlton Heston was 33 years-old during the film

This was Moses right before the burning bush

And this was right after

What the HELL is this supposed to mean? Speaking to God ages you fourty years? Am I supposed to believe this happened off screen? 😂😂😂

@ariel-seagull-wings @thealmightyemprex @tamisdava2

#the ten commandments #the ten commandments 1956 #charlton heston

[historicalreusedcostumes]

This Ancient Dress is worn on Nina Foch as Bithiah in The Ten Commandments 1956 and worn again later on Florence Henderson as Carol Brady in The Brady Bunch: The Great Earring Caper 1973.

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[oscarupsets]

I need it to be known that I had a 3-way split for 1956 between Giant, Friendly Persuasion, and The Ten Commandments. Especially during this time of year, I do not have an extra 100 hours to watch all of these epics. Plus I had the added layer of all of these being weirdly white-washed. The Ten Commandments seemed to fit the best for an upset.

Both epics were outrageous productions. Tens of thousands of extras, lavish sets, multiple locations, special effects, etc. Around the World in 80 Days filmed in every county that was depicted. The Ten Commandments parted the damn sea!

Around the World in 80 Days might have been a "jumbo extravaganza", but it wasn't life changing. I sat through 3 hours of this man taking 80 days to travel around the globe and I have nothing to show for it. There's a bit of drama, some romance, and plenty of random cameos, but they're all hidden underneath this ridiculously expensive production!

Surprisingly enough, I had never seen The Ten Commandments until now. It was the highest grossing film of 1956 (with 80 Days in the #2 spot) and is considered the 8th highest grossing film of all time, adjusted for inflation.

It was also Cecil B. DeMille's final film. I will admit, after suffering through The Greatest Show on Earth, I was about worried about DeMille's ability to keep my attention this time around. While I sat for almost 4 hours for this one, I was pleasantly surprised.

The special effects may be a bit comedic in 2024, and Anne Baxter's character is slightly annoying, but I still felt it was worth my time. If it was any shorter, I would consider watching it again. If you are simply looking for the story of Moses, dare I say go watch DreamWorks' The Prince of Egypt instead?

Around the World in 80 Days took home 5 Oscars at the 29th Academy Awards, including ones for screenplay and editing, but missed out on a directing win and any acting noms.

The Ten Commandments won solely for special effects, which makes sense if you read about the amount of time it took to film the parting of the sea.

Around the World in 80 Days is not highly favored among critics and the general audience. When discussing Best Picture winners, critics often bring up 80 Days as an example of buying the Oscar.

Not much else to add for these two.

Unofficial Review: You can probably watch any of the epics nominated this year and have an okay time. If you want to watch an epic at all, that is. If not, skip it.

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The Ten Commandments (1956)

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[daughter-of-sapph0]

okay jumblr. besides Prince of Egypt or The Ten Commandments (because everyone always says one of those two), what's the best passover movie?

#dostxt #passover #jumblr #The Ten Commandments (1956) #The Prince Of Egypt (1998)

[pazzesco]

The Ten Commandments is a 1923 American silent religious epic film produced and directed by Cecil B. DeMille. The Ten Commandments became the highest-grossing film of 1923. The film's box-office returns held the Paramount revenue record for 25 years.

Cecil B. DeMille also directed the 1956 version

The Exodus scenes were filmed at the Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes in northern Santa Barbara County. The film location was originally chosen because its immense sand dunes provided a superficial resemblance to the Egyptian desert. Rumor had it that after the filming was complete, the massive sets – which included four 35-foot-tall (11 m) Pharaoh statues, 21 sphinxes, and gates reaching a height of 110 feet, which were built by a small army of 1,600 workers – were dynamited and buried in the sand. Instead, the wind, rain and sand at the Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes likely collapsed and buried a large part of the set under the ever-shifting dunes. The statues and sphinxes are in roughly the same place they were during filming. In 2012, archaeologists uncovered the head of one of the prop sphinxes; a 2014 recovery effort showed the body of that sphinx to have deteriorated significantly, but a second better-preserved sphinx was discovered and excavated. The effort to locate and excavate the set was the subject of a 2016 documentary, The Lost City of Cecil B. DeMille.

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[mudwerks]

(via PEPLUM TV: Behind-the-Scenes)

Charlton Heston, as Moses, and Vincent Price on the set of THE TEN COMMANDMENTS (1956). In the studio with blue screen. The exterior view will be added later in post-production.

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[aiiaiiiyo]

#Yul Brynner in 1956 arriving to the premiere of The Ten Commandments in his Mercedes-Benz 300SL Roadster #Mad_Season_1994 #oldschool

[gracie-bird]

Princess Grace of Monaco in conversation in New York on October 5, 1956, with Cardinal Spellman, Roman Catholic Archbishop of New York, and Cecil B. de Mille, the film producer. They were attending a preview of the film "The Ten Commandments" which Mr. de Mille produced and directed.

Below is a picture of Cecil B. De Mille introducing Grace to Anne Baxter and Judith Anderson on the set of "The Ten Commandments" at the beginning of the year. Grace Kelly was De Mille's first option for the role of "Séfora" (Moises's wife) but she was unable to.

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[geezerwench]

The Ten Commandments.

Watch it for the history.

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[spiritsdancinginthenight]

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[framesdump]

The Ten Commandments (Cecil B. DeMille, 1956)

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[incorrect-idolmastersidem-quotes]

It would take more than a man to lead the slaves from bondage. It would take a God.

Momohito

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[atomic-chronoscaph]

Anne Baxter - The Ten Commandments (1956)

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[officialyourdailyinspiration]

Pharaoh's daughter adopts Moses as her own child The 10 Commandments (1956) | Runtime: 7mins 12secs

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