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Uniform Title Ten commandments (Motion picture : 1956)
Title The ten commandments / Cecil B. DeMille's production ; directed by Cecil B. DeMille ; written for the screen by Aeneas Mackenzie .. [and others] ; produced by Motion Picture Associates, Inc. ; a Paramount Picture..

Publication Info. Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount Home Entertainment, [2011]

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 Canton Public Library - Adult Department  BLU-RAY TEN DISC 1-2    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Whiton Branch - Media Room DVDs & Blu-rays  BLU RAY TEN DISC 1-2    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Audio-Visual Materials  BLU RAY DVD TEN COMMANDMENTS DISC 1-2 c.2  Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  AD BLU-RAY TEN DISC 1-2    Check Shelf
 Windsor Locks Public Library - Adult Department  BLU RAY TEN DISC 1-2    Check Shelf
Description 2 videodiscs (231 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
System Details Blu-ray, widescreen; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround (English), mono (French, Portuguese, Spanish) ; requires Blu-ray player.
Note Title from container.
Cast Charlton Heston, Yul Brynner, Anne Baxter.
Note "Based upon the Holy scriptures and other ancient and modern writings."
Audience Rating: PG ; Canadian Home Video rating: PG.
Note Originally released in 1956.
Summary Filmed in Egypt and the Sinai with one of the biggest sets ever constructed for a motion picture, this version tells the story of the life of Moses. Once favored in the Pharaoh's bousehold, Moses turned his back on a privileged life to lead his people to freedom. No celebrating its 55th anniversary, this film has been fully restored.
Note Academy Award winner.
Special features: commentary by Katherine Orrison ; Newsreel: The ten commandments premiere in New York ; theatrical trailers: 1956 "Making of" trailer/1966 trailer/1989 trailer.
Credits Director, Cecil B. Demille.
Language English, French, Portuguese, or Spanish dialogue; English, French, Portuguese or Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).
Note GMD: videorecording.
Subject Moses (Biblical leader) -- Drama.
Ten commandments -- Drama.
Bible. Old Testament -- Drama.
Genre/Form Feature films.
Religious films.
Fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Added Author DeMille, Cecil B. (Cecil Blount), 1881-1959.
MacKenzie, Aeneas.
Heston, Charlton.
Brynner, Yul.
Baxter, Anne.
Motion Picture Associates.
Paramount Pictures Corporation.
Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm)
Note French title: Dix commandements
ISBN 1415758069
9781415758069
Standard No. 097361435046
097361435060
Music No. 14350 Paramount Home Entertainment
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