The The Ten Commandments is the 1956 American epic religious drama film produced, directed and narrated by Cecil B. DeMille, shot in VistaVision (color by Technicolor), and released by Paramount Photos -photo. The film is based on Prince of Egypt by Dorothy Clarke Wilson, Pillar of Fire by J.H. Ingraham, In Eagle's Wings by A.E. Southon, and the Book of Exodus. The Ten Commandments dramatized the biblical account of the life of Moses, an adopted Egyptian prince who became a liberator from his true brothers, the enslaved Hebrews, and therefore led the Exodus to Mount Sinai, where he received, from God, the Ten Commandments. Movie star Charlton Heston in the lead role, Yul Brynner as Rameses, Anne Baxter as Nefretiri, Edward G. Robinson as Dathan, Yvonne De Carlo as Sephora, Debra Paget as Lilia, and John Derek as Joshua; and featured Sir Cedric Hardwicke as Sethi, Nina Foch as Bithiah, Martha Scott as Yoshebel, Judith Anderson as Memnet, and Vincent Price as Baka, among others.
Filmed in locations in Egypt, Mount Sinai and Sinai Peninsula, this film is DeMille's last and most successful work. This is a partial remake of the 1923 silent film of the same title, and features one of the largest sets ever made for a film. The film was released to theaters in the US on November 8, 1956 and, at the time of its release, was the most expensive film ever made.
In 1957, the film was nominated for seven Academy Awards including Best Picture, winning the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects (John P. Fulton, U.S.C.). Charlton Heston was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Appearance by an Actor in Motion Picture (Drama) for his role as Moses. Yul Brynner won the National Board of Review Award for Best Actor for her role as Rameses and other roles at Anastasia and The King and I . It's also one of the most financially successful films ever made, grossing about $ 122.7 million at the box office during its initial release; it was the most successful film of 1956 and the second best-selling film of the decade. According to Guinness World Records, in terms of theater exhibit, this is the seventh most successful film of all time when the gross box office is adjusted for inflation.
In 1999, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Register of Files by the Library of Congress as "significant cultural, historical, or aesthetic". In June 2008, the American Film Institute revealed "Ten Top Ten" - the top ten films in ten American film genres - after polling 1,500 people from the creative community. The film is listed as the 10th best movie in the epic genre. Network television has aired this film at prime time during Passover/Easter annually since 1973.
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Plot
Pharaoh Rameses I of Egypt commanded the death of all the first Hebrew men. Yoshebel rescued his infant son by keeping him in a basket in the Nile. Bithiah, Pharaoh's daughter, found the basket and decided to adopt the boy even though her maid, Memnet, admitted that the boy was a Hebrew. Bithiah named the baby Moses.
Prince Musa grew up to become a successful general, winning war with Ethiopia and building alliances. Moses and daughter Nefretiri fall in love, but he must marry the next Pharaoh. While working on building a city for Pharaoh Sethi's celebration, Moses met Joshua, who told him about the Hebrew God. Moses saved an elderly lady from being destroyed, and he rebuked the duty and supervisor of Baka. Moses did not know that the woman was his birth mother, Yoshebel.
Moses reformed the slaves in the project, but Prince Rameses, Moses' adopted brother, accused him of plotting an insurrection. Moses says he makes his workers more productive. Raam wondered if Moses was a man called the Hebrew as Liberator.
Nefretiri learned from Memnet that Moses was the son of a Hebrew slave. He killed Memnet but revealed the story to Moses only after he found the piece of Levite cloth that he wrapped as a baby, which was stored by Memnet. Moses followed Bithiah to Yoshebel's house where he met his mother and his real family.
Moses learned more about the slave by working with them. Nefretiri urged him to return to the palace so he could help his people when he became a pharaoh, which he approved after completing his final assignment. Moses rescued Joshua from death by strangling Baka to death while also breaking the last neck in the process, telling Joshua that he was also a Hebrew. This testimony was witnessed by Dathan's supervisor. Dathan told Rameses, who later arrested Moses. Moses explained that he was not the Liberator, but would free the slaves if he could. Rameses is declared the next Pharaoh. Rameses expelled Moses into the desert.
Moses walked across the desert to a well in Midian. After defending the seven sisters of the Amalekites, Moses lived with Jethro's father, a Bedouin Bedouin, who worshiped the God of Abraham. Moses married Jethro's eldest daughter, Sephora.
Moses found Joshua, who had escaped from hard work. Moses saw a burning bush on the summit of Mount Sinai and heard the voice of God. Moses returned to Egypt to free the Hebrews.
Moses came before Rameses, now pharaoh, to win the freedom of the slaves, turning his wand into a cobra. Jannes did the same trick with her wand, but Moses' snake was superior. Rameses forbade straw to be given to the Hebrews to make their bricks. Nefretiri saved Moses from being stoned to death by the Hebrews. He tells her he's married.
Egypt is visited by plagues. Moses transformed the Nile into blood at a Khnum festival and brought hail to the palace of Pharaoh. Moses warned him that the next plague that would befall Egypt would be called by Pharaoh himself. Angered over disasters, Rameses ordered all the first-born Hebrews to die. In contrast, the cloud of death killed all the eldest of Egypt, including the sons of Rameses and Nefretiri. Angrily, Pharaoh isolated the Hebrews, who began the Exodus from Egypt.
Rameses took his troops and chased the Hebrews to the Red Sea. Moses used God's help to stop the Egyptians with a pillar of fire. Moses's Red Sea and Hebrews fought to the other side. Moses releases a wall of water, drowning the Egyptian army. Rameses returns his empty hand to Nefretiri, telling him, "His Lord is God."
Moses went up the mountain with Joshua. Impatiently, Dathan urged the Hebrews to make gold bulls as a gift to Rameses. The wild and decadent parties are held by most of the Hebrews.
Moses saw the Ten Commandments created by God in two tablets of stone. Moses descended from the mountains into the landscape of decadence. He throws a tablet into a golden calf, which explodes, kills the bad guys.
Forty years later, an aged Moses led the Hebrews to Canaan. He calls Joshua a leader, and walks alone from Israel.
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Cast
Production
Write
The last shooting script was written by Aeneas MacKenzie, Jesse L. Lasky Jr., Jack Gariss, and Fredric M. Frank. It also contains material from Dorothy Clarke Wilson's, The Pillar of Fire by Joseph Holt Ingraham, and On Eagle's Wings by Dorothy Clarke Wilson, Prince of Egypt by Arthur Eustace Southon. Henry Noerdlinger, a film researcher, consults with ancient historical texts such as the Midrash Rabbah, Philo the Life of Moses , and the writings of Josephus and Eusebius to "fill" the years of the lost life of Moses. , and as the last card title of the opening of the film states, "Scripture." Casting
Charlton Heston, who previously worked with DeMille on Earth's Biggest Show, won a part of Moses after he impressed DeMille (in his audition) with his knowledge of ancient Egypt. Interestingly enough, William Boyd, DeMille's first choice to audition for Moses in the film, rejected the passage. Heston was also chosen to be the voice of God in the form of a burning bush, softened into a softer and lower register.
Heston's newborn son, Fraser (born February 12, 1955), was cast by DeMille (on the advice of Henry Wilcoxon, who told him "The timing is right, if boys, who better play Baby Moses?") Soon after Heston announced to DeMille that his wife, Lydia, was pregnant. Fraser Heston was three months old during filming.
Part of Nefretiri, the Egyptian princess's throne, was considered the "most sought-after role of the year" in 1954. Ann Blyth, Vanessa Brown, Joan Evans, Rhonda Fleming, Coleen Gray, Jane Griffiths, Audrey Hepburn, Jean Marie, Vivien Leigh , Jane Russell, and Joan Taylor are considered part. DeMille liked Audrey Hepburn but fired him for his figure, which is considered too thin for Egyptian character dresses. Anne Baxter (who is considered part of Moses' wife) was instrumental in that role.
Judith Ames, Anne Bancroft, Anne Baxter, Shirley Booth, Diane Brewster, Peggie Castle, June Clayworth, Linda Darnell, Laura Elliot, Rhonda Fleming, Rita Gam, Grace Kelly, Jacqueline Green, Barbara Hale, Allison Hayes, Frances Lansing, Patricia Neal , Marie Palmer, Jean Peters, Ruth Roman, Barbara Rush, and Elizabeth Sellers are considered part of Sephora. Grace Kelly, DeMille's first choice, is not available. DeMille was "deeply impressed" with Yvonne De Carlo's appearance as a "sacred female type" at MGM Sombrero. He "feels in him, the emotional strength, the strength of the woman needed by Sephora and which he gives." Sephora is a Douay-Rheims version of the Zipporah name.
Merle Oberon and Claudette Colbert were considered for the role of Bithiah before DeMille chose Jayne Meadows (who rejected) and eventually cast Nina Foch, on the advice of Henry Wilcoxon, who had worked with him in Scaramouche.
For the role of Memnet, Flora Robson is considered and Bette Davis is interviewed (DeMille casting journal also notes Marjorie Rambeau and Marie Windsor) but DeMille chose Judith Anderson after the screening of Alfred Hitchcock's
Henry Wilcoxon's wife, Joan Woodbury, plays Korah's wife in the Golden Calf sequence.
DeMille was reluctant to throw anyone who appeared in 20th Century Fox's The Egyptian , a rival production at the time. Some exceptions to this are the castings of John Carradine and Mimi Gibson (in a credible supporting role) and Michael Ansara and Peter Coe (in unenlightened minor roles), which appear in both films.
For Great Crowd shooting, at least 14,000 extras and 15,000 animals were used while filming this movie.
Art direction
The commentary for the DVD edition of this film tells the history research conducted by DeMille and his colleagues. Katherine Orrison says that much of the details of Moses' life abandoned in the Bible are in the Qur'an, which is sometimes used as a source. He also presents some coincidences in production. The man who designed Moses' white-and-white robe robes used the colors because they looked impressive, and only later discovered that this was the true color of the Levite Tribe. Arnold Friberg later stated that he was the one who designed the costumes of Moses. As a reward, after the production, DeMille gave Moses the robe to Friberg, who had it in possession until his death in 2010. Moses' Morticola worn by Charlton Heston is hand-woven by Dorothea Hulse, one of the world's best weavers. He also made costumes for The Robe, as well as textiles and costume fabrics for Samson and Delilah, David and Bathsheba, and others.
Jesse Lasky Jr., co-author of the Ten Command , describes how DeMille specifically spread Lawrence Alma-Tadema's paintings to tell the designers his set of what he wanted to accomplish. Arnold Friberg, in addition to designing sets and costumes, also contributed in a way in which Moses ordained Joshua to his mission at the end of the film: by the laying on of hands, putting his hands on Joshua's head. Friberg, a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, demonstrates the way the LDS does such ordination, and DeMille likes it.
Pharaohs are usually shown wearing red and white crowns of Upper and Lower Egypt or royal headdresses. To pursue the Israelites, he wore the Khepresh blue crown, which the pharaohs used to fight.
The sets, costumes and props of the The Egyptian film were bought and reused for The Ten Commandments . Since the events in Egypt occurred 70 years before the reign of Rameses II, a sense of unintentional continuity was created.
Egyptian wall paintings are also a source for a lively dance performed by a circle of young women at Seti's birthday gala. Their movements and costumes are based on the art of the Sixth Dynasty Tomb of Vizier Mehu. Some cast members of the film, such as Baxter, Paget, Derek, and Foch, wear brown contact lenses, on DeMille's orders, to hide their light-colored eyes that are considered inadequate for their roles. Paget once said that, "If it were not for the lens I would not get a share." However, he also said that the lens was "horrible to work because the kleig lights heat it up". When DeMille includes Yvonne De Carlo as Sephora, she is worried about wearing this contact lens; he also believed that his gray eyes were his best trait. She asked DeMille to make an exception for her. He agrees, expressing the idea that De Carlo's role is special, and that Moses must fall in love with him.
Special effects
The special photographic effect in the The Ten Commandments was created by John P. Fulton, A.S.C. (Who received the Academy Award for his influence in the film), head of the special effects department at Paramount Pictures, assisted by Paul Lerpae, U.S.C. in the Optical Photography (composite blue screen "traveling matte") and Farciot Edouart, A.S.C., in Photography Process (rear projection effect). The Fulton effects include the construction of the treasure town of Jubilee Sethi, Burning Bush, fiery hail from the cloudless sky, the Angel of Death, the Composite Exodus, the Pillar of Fire, the Ten Commandments, and the power tour, the Red Sea parting. The separation of the Red Sea is considered to be the most difficult special effect ever done up to that point. This effect took about six months of filming of VistaVision, and a combined scene photographed on the shores of the Red Sea in Egypt, with scenes filmed at Paramount Studios in Hollywood from a large water tank separated by a U-shaped trough, in which about 360,000 gallons of water released from the sides, as well as the creation of a giant waterfall film also built on Paramount support pole to create a sea wall effect split from a turbulent backwash. All elements of the shot were later incorporated in Paul Lerpae's optical printers, and matte rock paintings by Jan Domela hide the matte lines between real elements and special effects elements. Unlike the techniques used by ILM to Raider of the Lost Ark and Poltergeist of inject poster paints into a glass tank containing a brine inversion layer , the cloud effect for The Ten Commandments is formed with white Britt smoke filmed against translucent sky backing, and color is optically added. Striking portraits of Charlton Heston when Moses and three women in front of the cloud threatened being photographed by Wallace Kelly, U.S.C. in the process Farciot Edouart (rear projection department), in what is still considered an unforgettable scene. DeMille used this scene to break the montage, framing the subject like a Renaissance master. The abundance of blue screen spills or "bleeding" can be seen, especially at the top of the superimposed water wall, but instead of reducing the shot, this (inadvertently) provides a spectacular yet spectacular sight. The division of the series of the Red Sea is considered by many to be one of the greatest special effects of all time.
DeMille is reluctant to discuss technical details about how films were made, especially the optical tricks used in the Red Sea split. Finally it was revealed that a trail from the Red Sea is connected with a film trail (run upside down) from the water flowing from a large U-shaped travel tank mounted in the studio backlot.
Music
Scores for Ten Commandments were compiled and carried out by Elmer Bernstein. Initially, DeMille hired Bernstein, who later became a relatively unknown film composer, to write and record only the diegetic music necessary for a series of dance films and other musical parts on display, with the intention of using recurring collaborators Victor Young to write the right score. However, Young refused the assignment because of his own failed health, causing DeMille to hire Bernstein to write the bottom line as well.
In total, Bernstein composed two and a half hours of music for the film, writing for a full symphony orchestra coupled with various ethnic and unusual instruments such as shofar, the tiple, and Theremin. The score is written in a very Romantic style, featuring unique musical motifs for movie characters (Lord, Moses, Rameses, Nefretiri, etc.) used in an inspired way, in the direction of DeMille, by the opera score of Richard Wagner. Bernstein recorded diegetic music and scores on the Paramount Studios Record Stage in a session spread from April 1955 to August 1956.
A double-LP monaural sound-track album was released in 1957 by Dot Records, utilizing excerpts from the original film recording. The stereo version of the 1957 album was released in 1960 which contained a new recording made by Bernstein, since the original film recording, when recorded in a three-channel stereo, was not matched properly for the LP stereo release, as the intention at the time of recording had been mixing the film master for mono for the soundtrack of the film itself; The record was later released by the CD by MCA Classics in 1989. For the film's tenth anniversary, United Artists Records released a second stereo recording in 1966, also performed by Bernstein and used a different orchestral arrangement unique to this release.
For the 60th anniversary of the film, Intrada Records released a six-CD album of scores in 2016. The Intrada release contains a full two-and-a-half hour score as originally recorded by Bernstein, with most of the remixes in real stereos for the first time. In addition, the 2016 release contains all diegetic music recorded for the film, Dot's original album 1957 (in mono), Dot 1960 album (in stereo), and 1968 United Artists album, as well as a 12-minute recording of Bernstein auditioning their thematic ideas for DeMille on piano.
Release
Cecil B. DeMille promoted the film by placing the Ten Command monuments as a publicity stunt for films in cities across the United States. The Ten Commandments aired at the New York City Criterion Theater on November 8, 1956. Among those attending the inaugural show were Cecil B. DeMille and his daughter Cecilia DeMille Harper, Charlton Heston and his wife Lydia Clarke, Yul Brynner, Anne Baxter, Edward G. Robinson, Yvonne De Carlo and her husband Bob Morgan, Martha Scott and her husband and son John Wayne and his wife Pilar Pallete, Tony Curtis, Janet Leigh and Barney Balaban. It was played on a roadshow with booked seats until mid 1958, when it finally entered a general release. It was re-released in 1966 and 1972, and again in 1989. The 1972 and 1989 anniversary issues included 70mm and 35mm prints that reframe the image aspect ratio to 2.20: 1 and 2.35: 1, respectively, cut the top and bottom of original image 1.85: 1 aspect ratio. The Ten Commandments was released on DVD on March 30, 1999; 9 March 2004, as Special Collector's Edition; and March 29, 2011, as a Special edition and Standard edition.
Reception
box office
The Ten Commandments is the best-selling film of 1956 and the second most successful film of the decade. In April 1957, the film earned $ 10 million from an engagement in just eighty theaters, averaging about $ 1 million per week, with more than seven million people paying to watch it. During the initial release, he earned the $ 31.3 million theater rental (part distributor of gross box office) in North America and $ 23.9 million from overseas markets, for a total of $ 55.2 million (equivalent to about $ 122, 7 million in ticket sales). This was very profitable for his era, generating a net profit of $ 18.5 million, against a production budget of $ 13.27 million (at most film costs up to that point).
At the time of withdrawal from the distribution in late 1960, the Ten Command had overtaken Gone with the Wind at the box office in North America, and posed a serious challenge in the global market - takeover across the world for Gone with the Wind reportedly reached $ 59 million at the time. Gone with the Wind will be released the following year as part of the American Civil Centennial, and reaffirms its supremacy at the box office by retaking US records. Also at this time, Ben-Hur - another biblical epic starring Charlton Heston released in late 1959 - will continue to eclipse the Ten Commandments at the box office. The 1966 birthday renewal earned $ 6 million, and further releases brought the total American theater rental to $ 43 million, equivalent to $ 89 million gross ticket sales at the box office. Globally, it eventually collected $ 90,066,230 in revenues until 1979.
It remains one of the most popular films ever made. Adjusted for inflation, he has earned a box office equivalent of $ 2 billion at 2011 prices, according to Guinness World Records; just Gone with the Wind (1939), Avatar (2009), Star Wars (1977), Titanic 1997), The Sound of Music (1965), and ET Extra-Terrestrial (1982) have resulted in higher grosses in constant dollars.
Critical response
The Ten Command received generally positive reviews after its release, although some reviewers noted the difference from the biblical text. Bosley Crowther for The New York Times was among those who praised DeMille's work, acknowledging that "in an extraordinary setting and dà ©  © cast, including the remarkable facade of the Egyptian city from which Exodus begins, and in the shining Technicolor where the image is filmed - Mr. DeMille has made a miracle of photography. "Variety describes the" Egyptian and Hebrew scenes of greatness with thousands under the whips of the taskmasters "as" flashy, "and believes that the film "hits the top of beauty in a sequence that is not sequential, this is the Passover meal where Moses is shown with his family while the shadow of death falls on the Egyptian born eldest son."
The cast of the film is also praised. Variety calls Charlton Heston an "adaptable player" who, like Moses, reveals "the inner light when he is called by God to remove the chain of bondage that holds his people." It was considered Yul Brynner "expert" as Rameses as well. Anne Baxter's appearance as Nefretiri was criticized by Variety as relying "close to the history of old-school sirens," but Crowther believes that it, along with Brynner, "is undoubtedly appropriate and complements a healthy and melodramatic romance. "The performances of Yvonne De Carlo and John Derek were recognized by Crowther as" excellent. " He also praised the "big figures" of the film as "excellent, from Sir Cedric Hardwicke as a silly and polite Pharaoh to Edward G. Robinson as a dangerous lord."
Leonard Maltin, a contemporary film critic, gave the film four of four stars and described it as "a clear storytelling at best... the separation of the Red Sea, writing sacred tablets is an unforgettable highlight."
Rotten Tomatoes retrospectively collected 33 reviews and gave the film a 94% "Fresh Certified" rating, with an average rating of 7.5/10 and the site's consensus stated: "Extremely bombastic and sometimes silly but very entertaining, Cecil B. DeMille the spectacular all-star is a muscular retelling of the great story of the Bible. "
Camille Paglia has called Ten Commandments one of the ten biggest movies of all time.
Accolades
The Ten Command won the Academy Award for Best Special Effect (John P. Fulton). It was also nominated for the Best Color Art Direction (art director Hal Pereira, Walter H. Tyler, and Albert Nozaki and arrange decorator Sam Comer and Ray Moyer), Best Laminate (Loyal Griggs), Best Costume Design (Edith Head, Ralph) Jester, John Jensen, Dorothy Jeakins and Arnold Friberg), Best Film Editor (Anne Bauchens), Best Moving Movie (Cecil B. DeMille) and Best Sound Recording (Paramount Studio Sound Department and director of Loren L. Ryder). Paramount handed down the names of Yvonne De Carlo, John Derek, and Debra Paget for the supporting player category (although they received star billing in the movie) at the 29th Academy Awards, but the actors did not receive nominations.
Charlton Heston's appearance as Moses was ranked 4th Best Appearance by Male Star in 1956 by Film Dep's Film's's Famous Five Poll. Heston was also nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Appearance by Actors in Dramatic Movie - Drama and later won the Photogram de Plata Award for Best Foreign Views in 1959.
Yul Brynner won the National Board of Review Award for Best Actor for her performance as Rameses.
Cecil B. DeMille won many special awards for this film. She received, among other things, the Los Angeles Examiner, Blue Ribbon Award for Best Picture of the Month (January 1957), Photoplay Achievement Award, and The Christian Herald '' s Reader's Award for Picture of the Year (1957).
The Maryland State Council of the American Jewish Congress presented Stephen S. Wise Medallion to DeMille for "the most inspiring film of the year". Charlton Heston, Yul Brynner, Edward G. Robinson, Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Nina Foch, and Martha Scott also received awards for their acting.
The film is also included in some of the top ten listings of the year, as shown in The Daily Film and Photoplay .
The American Film Institute has included the film as # 10 in the epic movie category in 10 Top 10 AFI, # 79 in 100 Year AFI... 100 Cheers, and named Moses as # 43 in the AFI 100 Years... 100 Heroes and villains.
Popularity
Critics have claimed that enough freedom is taken with the biblical story of the Exodus, sacrificing the film's claim for authenticity, but neither this nor nearly four hours has had an influence on its popularity. In fact, there are many inaccuracies that DeMille should really adopt from extra-biblical ancient sources, such as Josephus, Sepher ha-Yashar, and the Chronicle of Moses. Moses' career in Ethiopia, for example, is based on the ancient midrashim. For decades, a show of the The Ten Commandments is a popular fundraiser among revivalist Christian Churches, while the film is also appreciated by film buffs for the DeMille "role of thousands" approach and the ancient heroic but ancient spokesperson -type acting.
Home media
The Ten Command has been released on DVD in the United States on four occasions: the first edition (Widescreen Collection) was released on March 30, 1999 as two floppy disks, the second edition (Special Collector Edition) was released on March 9, 2004, as a set of two discs with comments by Katherine Orrison, the third edition (50th Anniversary Collection) was released on March 21, 2006 as a three-disc set with the 1923 version and special features, and the fourth edition (55th Anniversary Edition) was released on DVD again in a two-disc set on March 29, 2011, and for the first time on Blu-ray in a two-disc set and six limited edition editions arranged with 1923 versions and DVD copies. In 2012, the limited edition gift package won the Best Home Media Award for Packaging (Paramount Pictures and JohnsByrne).
Television broadcast
With the exception of 1999, the Ten Command has been broadcast annually on the ABC network since 1973, traditionally during Easter and Easter holidays. Since 2006 the network usually aired the Ten Commandments on Saturday night before Easter, with broadcast starting at 7:00 pm. in the East and Pacific Time Zone and at 6:00 pm. Center and Mountain. This movie is the only Saturday movie this week scheduled for that year.
Unlike many long films of the day, which were usually split into separate broadcasts for at least two nights, ABC chose to show the Ten Commandments in one night and have done so every year bringing the film. , with one exception; in 1997, ABC chose to split the film into two and aired half of it in the normal Easter Easter slot, which was March 30, with the second half being aired on Monday, March 31 as a counterprogramming for other network offerings, which included CBS coverage from the NCAA Men's Basketball Championship Game.
The length of the movie combined with the necessary ad breaks has caused its broadcast window to vary over the years, and today, ABC's total running time for Ten Commandments stands in four hours and forty-four minutes. This requires the network to be raided into the 11: 00Ã, pm (10: 00Ã, pm CT/MT) time slot owned by local affiliates, thus delaying their final local news and other programs that may be broadcasting stations overnight (with some stations that prohibit whole news broadcasts and provide breaks to personnel). When the movie has been aired on Easter Sunday, the affiliate is given the ability to record a delay showing an hour before 8 pm. ET/PT to keep their schedules in line for the night, albeit at the cost of delaying their local newscast until 12:45 pm (11:45 pm CT/MT).
In 2010, the film was broadcast in high definition for the first time, allowing television viewers to see it in its original VistaVision aspect ratio. In 2015, for the first time in years, the network performed a one-time show on Easter Sunday night, which falls on 5 April.
- Rating by year (since 2007)
See also
- List of biblical movies
- List of American films in 1956
- the Egyptian Prince
- List of movies that feature slavery
- Chalk in a movie
References
Source
External links
- Official website
- Ten Commandments on IMDb
- Ten Commandments in the TCM Movie Database
- Ten Commandments in Mojo Box Office
- Ten Commandments at Rotten Tomatoes
- Production design drawings for Ten Commandments , Margaret Herrick Library, Mobile Academy of Art and Image Science
- Costume design drawing for Ten Commandments , Margaret Herrick Library, Mobile Academy of Art and Image Science
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