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Overview
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Release Date:
18 December 1998 (USA)
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Tagline:
Two brothers united by friendship divided by destiny more
Plot:
An Egyptian prince learns of his identity as a Hebrew and, later his destiny to become the chosen deliverer of his people. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
Won Oscar.
Another 5 wins
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19 nominations
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(31 articles)
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Holy Moses!
(From EmpireOnline. 12 October 2009, 12:20 AM, PDT)
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Holy Moses!
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Spectacular re-telling of the Exodus
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Cast
(Credited cast) | Val Kilmer | ... | Moses (voice) |
 | Ralph Fiennes | ... | Rameses (voice) |
 | Michelle Pfeiffer | ... | Tzipporah (voice) |
 | Sandra Bullock | ... | Miriam (voice) |
 | Jeff Goldblum | ... | Aaron (voice) |
 | Danny Glover | ... | Jethro (voice) |
 | Patrick Stewart | ... | Seti (voice) |
 | Helen Mirren | ... | The Queen (voice) |
 | Steve Martin | ... | Hotep (voice) |
 | Martin Short | ... | Huy (voice) |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
 | James Avery | ... | Additional Voices (voice) |
 | Aria Noelle Curzon | ... | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Ofra Haza | ... | Yocheved (voice) |
| Bobby Motown | ... | Rameses Son (voice) |
 | Eden Riegel | ... | Young Miriam (voice) |
| Shira Roth | ... | Hebrew Child (singing voice) |
| Stephanie Sawyer | ... | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Francesca Smith | ... | Additional Voices (voice) |
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MPAA:
Rated PG for intense depiction of thematic elements.
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Runtime:
99 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Iceland:L |
Philippines:G |
Argentina:Atp |
Australia:G |
Brazil:Livre |
Chile:TE |
Finland:K-8/5 |
France:U |
Germany:6 |
Italy:T |
Netherlands:AL |
New Zealand:G |
Norway:7 |
Peru:PT |
Portugal:M/6 |
Singapore:G |
South Korea:All |
Sweden:7 |
Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) |
Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) |
UK:PG |
USA:PG |
Egypt:(Banned) |
Malaysia:(Banned)
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The production team conferred with roughly 600 religious experts to make the film as accurate as possible.
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Continuity: When Moses is dragged by the camel, his arm is looped through a brown bag filled with water. Just before his head hits the well, his arm is looped through a red strap.
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Quotes:
[first lines]
Overseers: [chanting] Mud... Sand... Water... Straw. Faster! Mud... and lift... sand... and pull... water... and raise up! Straw... Faster!
Hebrews: [singing] With the sting of the whip on my shoulder, with the salt of my sweat on my brow... Elohim, God on high, can you hear your people cry? Help us now, this dark hour... Deliver us, hear our call, deliver us, Lord of all! Remember us, here in this burning sand! Deliver us, there's a land you promised us! Deliver us to the promised land!
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Overseers: [chanting] Mud... Sand... Water... Straw. Faster! Mud... and lift... sand... and pull... water... and raise up! Straw... Faster!
Hebrews: [singing] With the sting of the whip on my shoulder, with the salt of my sweat on my brow... Elohim, God on high, can you hear your people cry? Help us now, this dark hour... Deliver us, hear our call, deliver us, Lord of all! Remember us, here in this burning sand! Deliver us, there's a land you promised us! Deliver us to the promised land!
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Movie Connections:
Featured in The 56th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1999) (TV)
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Soundtrack:
When You Believe
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What is the song in Hebrew that the child sings at the end of the film?more
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For sheer spectacle, it's tough to beat the Bible. With "The Prince of Egypt," DreamWorks makes good on its promise to deliver a state-of-the-art animated film that will compete favorably with the best Disney has to offer. As with "Antz," released earlier this year, DreamWorks has successfully resisted the temptation to populate this film with characters that can be turned into further revenue through toy sales. (I do wonder, though, if three soundtrack albums--the film's soundtrack, an "inspirational" album, and a "country" album--were really necessary.) The animation team has accomplished something truly spectacular; watching "The Prince of Egypt" is like seeing life breathed into a rich, luxurious tapestry. The Biblical story told in the books of Genesis and Exodus is followed very faithfully, with only minor changes made for dramatic reasons. The action sequences are truly exciting, overall pacing is excellent, and the miracles wrought by God are depicted with awed and respectful wonder. One truly astonishing, harrowing sequence recounts the slaughter of firstborn Hebrew children by bringing hieroglyphic drawings to life on the walls of an Egyptian temple. The voice work is especially good--Val Kilmer is fine as Moses, and Pharoah, voiced by Ralph Fiennes, positively seethes with arrogance and hubris. The storytellers wisely chose to end their tale at the climactic crossing of the Red Sea; even the delivery of the Ten Commandments is portrayed only in an epilogue vignette. (After all, the Israelites wander in the wilderness for forty years after that, and Moses ultimately is not allowed to enter the Promised Land--perhaps not the uplifting ending the filmmakers had in mind.) Some of the subject matter is dark and disturbing, and there is no shying away from the harsh realities of the original texts. By all means, see it with the children in your life--and be prepared to discuss it with them afterward.