YES! not a particularly religous sort, I nonetheless always look forward to the annual presentation of THE TEN COMMANDMENTS! this 1954 epic Cecil B Demille film is truly a spectacle! So over the top...so filled with classic moments , both dramatic and funny (sometimes unintentionally). CLASSIC cheese from a woefully miscast Edward G Robinson as Dathan (Where's your messiah NOW ??? a line often imitated , including by Chief Wiggum on the Simpsons).
Yul Brynner's hands on hips Ramses II never fails to delight, as does Anne Baxter's sexy and melodramatic queen in waiting. BUT of course it is THE MAN...Charlton Heston who sets the tone..with that bellowing baritone BEHOLD HIS MIGHTY HAND...this is one for the ages! Long before the days of excessive CGI...DeMille had to cast 1000s for huge scenes of the Exodus..figure out a way to part the Red Sea (still holds up pretty well) and make it rain fire .
I remember watching this movie as a family when i was much younger , and exclaiming "all right MOSES!" when Charlton rushed to the aid of the harassed women shepherds(which featured the stunnin Yvonne De Carlo)..my dad found this quite amusing and repeated that line every time over the years we watched that movie!
Happy Easter Passover and Charlton Heston day! :))
mark stevens
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