Because it was made in VistaVision, the width of the screens on which it was shown was not nearly as great as those used for films made in Ultra Panavision or Cinemascope, nor was the picture filmed with stereophonic sound, despite the fact that by 1956 most Technicolor epics did use this sound system.
He\x26#39;s no Charlton Heston
The Ten Commandments, which DeMille narrated, was the last film that he ever directed. He was set to direct his own remake of The Buccaneer, but his final illness forced him to relinquish the directing chores to his son-in-law, actor Anthony Quinn. DeMille had also planned to film the life of Lord Baden Powell, the founder of the Scout movement, with David Niven; this project was never realized. The Ten Commandments is partially a remake of DeMille's 1923 silent film. Some of the cast and crew of the 1956 version worked on the original. It has since been remade again as a television miniseries broadcast in April 2006.
Heston at the 1963 Civil
The Ten Commandments is one of the most financially successful films ever made, grossing over $65 million at the US box office. Adjusting for inflation, this makes it the fifth highest-grossing movie domestically, with an adjusted total of $977 million in 2010. In 1999, The Ten Commandments was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". In June 2008, AFI revealed its "Ten Top Ten"—the best ten films in ten American film genres—after polling over 1,500 people from the creative community. The Ten Commandments was listed as the 10th best film in the epic genre.
\x26quot;BEHOLD HIS MIGHTY HAND!\x26quot;
Charlton Heston Moses 10
In honor of Mr. Heston,
Charlton Heston (Moses)
He\x26#39;s no Charlton Heston
The Ten Commandments, which DeMille narrated, was the last film that he ever directed. He was set to direct his own remake of The Buccaneer, but his final illness forced him to relinquish the directing chores to his son-in-law, actor Anthony Quinn. DeMille had also planned to film the life of Lord Baden Powell, the founder of the Scout movement, with David Niven; this project was never realized. The Ten Commandments is partially a remake of DeMille's 1923 silent film. Some of the cast and crew of the 1956 version worked on the original. It has since been remade again as a television miniseries broadcast in April 2006.
Heston at the 1963 Civil
The Ten Commandments is one of the most financially successful films ever made, grossing over $65 million at the US box office. Adjusting for inflation, this makes it the fifth highest-grossing movie domestically, with an adjusted total of $977 million in 2010. In 1999, The Ten Commandments was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". In June 2008, AFI revealed its "Ten Top Ten"—the best ten films in ten American film genres—after polling over 1,500 people from the creative community. The Ten Commandments was listed as the 10th best film in the epic genre.
\x26quot;BEHOLD HIS MIGHTY HAND!\x26quot;
Charlton Heston Moses 10
In honor of Mr. Heston,
Charlton Heston (Moses)
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