The Prince of Egypt
by Brenda Chapman, Simon Wells, Steve Hickner
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Actor: Jeff Goldblum, Michelle Pfeiffer, Ralph Fiennes, Sandra Bullock, Val KilmerDirector: Brenda Chapman, Simon Wells, Steve Hickner
Brand: Paramount
Producer: Jeffrey Katzenberg
Producer: Linda Olszewski
Producer: P.J. Hanke
Writer: Nicholas Meyer
Writer: Philip LaZebnik
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled)
Format: Anamorphic, Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 99 minutes
DVD Release Date: 1999-09-14
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Dreamworks Animated
DVD Reviews of The Prince of Egypt
DVD Review: The Prince of Egypt (Animated) All Star Cast of Voices
Summary: 5 Stars
What can't I say about this "Wonderful" Movie. My entire family just loves it and we all sing along with the "FANTASTIC" Soundtrack. It is beautifully made and visually appealing! This is my second purchase of this film (the 1st one was a VHS). The extras added to the DVD version are a BIG PLUS! Don't hesitate in choosing "The Prince of Egypt" for your movie collection at home.DVD Review: Prince of Egypt
Summary: 5 Stars
We love this animated movie. The music is wonderful and the animation is great of this timeless bible story.DVD Review: A Favourite
Summary: 5 Stars
This is one of my favourite children's movies concerning the Bible that I've seen. The animation is top notch, the songs are fun and uplifting and the story line is close enough to the Bible without going too far outside it. This is made for children after all and hardly any of the stories told to them stick to the originals.
The actors chosen to voice the characters were chosen very well. I felt they portrayed the characters they were given with passion and conviction. The special effects for the movie were also pretty well done and gave the movie some life.
I originally saw this movie in theaters and watch it every chance I get, even though I'm now an adult. I think this is fun and who can down a family friendly movie?
DVD Review: Ashira L' Adonai...There Can be Miracles if You Believe
Summary: 5 Stars
This 1998 animated smash hit musical about the Biblical Exodus combines all the drama, authenticity of costumes and location, and emotion of the time period from whence mankind was ultimately given the Ten Commandments.
The commencement provides a view of an initially arid, serene, and timeless place whose calm is abruptly shattered by the brutality of the ancient Egyptian slave system and the anguished Israelis nearly crushed under its weight.
The voice of the late Israeli folk singer Ofra Haza takes over from the gospel choir's vocal lament of the Hebrew's plight, as the young slave mother Yocheved, who along with her older son and daughter (the latter of whom is voiced by Eden Riegel) scurry to protect their infant son and brother from legalized infancticide.
When so many women were unable to, Yocheved succeeded, placing her infant son in a basket and leaving him to float on the Nile as her daughter, Miriam struggles to follow it.Through this retelling of the story, a mother's cries over parting with her child at the dawn of time echo through the ages.
The journey in this version of the story, is not a smooth one. The basket encounters some realistic hazards of the Nile, including snapping crocodiles, hippopotami, and a fisherman's net before reaching its place of salvation, which ironically, is the royal palace, where the Pharaoh's wife (Helen Mirren) is playing with her toddler princeling at the river's edge. Young Miriam expresses relief at her brother's safety and prays for their eventual reunion and Moses' deliverance of their people from bondage.
The Queen's ascenscion of the stairs with the rescued infant in the midst of the slave's continuing toil and agony around the palace is symbolic about the occasional initial subtleness of how Man's prayers may be answered.
The Bible leaves us to guess about Moses' life as a prince of Egypt.This film paints a life of carefree recklessness for Moses( Val Kilmer) and his brother, Rameses( a serious and sometimes authoritarian Ralph Fiennes), but suggests Moses' behavior towards the opposite sex was tempered by his adoptive mother as we see in his treatment of the seized Midian girl Tzipporah( Michelle Pfeiffer), who will later have a major impact on his life.
While this screenplay takes liberties with the story, it fleshes out a realistic scenario of how Moses may have learned of his true heritage via a chance encounter with his now-grown biological siblings(Sandra Bullock, Jeff Goldblum), and in frustration and rage over their plight, kills a taskmaster in defense of a slave.
Fleeing Egypt in devastation, he makes his way to Midian, and en route allows himself to be buried in a sandstorm in a very dramatic scene.
True to Biblical form, he saves the daughters of a bison-like Jethro (Danny Glover) from brigands, and is welcomed the Sheik of Midian's tent. Brian Stokes Mitchell's exuberant rendering of " Through Heaven's Eyes" comes into play, chronicling Moses's life among the Midianites and marriage to Tzipporah.
While searching for a lost sheep, Moses is addressed by God through the burning bush, and is told the time has come to lead Israel out of bondage.
A reluctant Moses confronts his one-time brother at the palace with Tzipporah (in actuality, his brother, Aaron)in tow, and the realistic feelings Moses may have had about seeing his brother again are featured in this scene. But Moses stays focused on his mission. When letting his staff turn to a serpent to demonstrate God's power, he is challenged by magicians Hotep and Huy ( Steve Martin and Martin Short, the film's comic relief), and defeats them. The song "Playing With the Big Boys Now" provides an education about the deities worshipped by the ancient Egyptians.
Life for the slaves becomes harder before things improve. But Miriam encourages her brother , and the long-suffering slaves are shielded from the 10 plagues through which the Egyptians will suffer before God's will is done on Israel's behalf. Huy and Hotep come across as a pair of Ancient Egyptian Amway salesmen when explaining the first plague to Pharaoh.
Pharaoh forgoes the final opportunity to free the Hebrews before the final plague is sent; its aftermath reveals Moses at his most humane, weeping for a boy to whom he might have been an uncle.
Slowly, subtly and benignly, the day of deliverance dawns.
The Exodus begins and is summed up in the reverent song, "There Can Be Miracles When You Believe" . Fear and anguish subside. Joy and dignity are abound . Children who previously cowered and hid play openly in a soul-stirring moment as the newly liberated travel over the Sinai.
An embittered Pharaoh and his army pursue the former captives. But Moses parts the sea,and a pillar of fire bars Pharaoh and his hosts from reaching them. The nighttime sojourn through the parted sea is more dramatic here than in the 1956 version of "The Ten Commandments".
Pharaoh's continued pursuit of the Israelites is to his own detriment.
While Moses' deals with emotional issues pertaining to the permanent separation from Rameses, he soon joins the Israelites in rejoicing at their defeat.
The vocal talents of Patrick Stewart as Sethi, and the singing talents of Amick Byram (Moses), Sally Dworsky ( Miriam), Donnie McClurkin, Shira Roth, et al complete this superb retelling of the ancient tale. While not completely recommendable for young children, it is a masterful and stirring work of art. A triumph from the crew of Dreamworks!
DVD Review: Among the best animated films ever.
Summary: 5 Stars
A classic must own film. A fantastic rendition of the story of Moses. Very moving. Appealing to an audience of all ages. Buy it today.
Description of The Prince of Egypt
The retelling of the story of moses. Set in a basket along the river by his desperate mother moses is found by the queen and raised as brother to ramses heir to the throne. But when an adult moses learns of his heritage he finds himself fleeing from the city only to be called on by god to lead his people. Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 05/01/2007 Starring: Voice Of Val Kilmer Voice Of Sandra Bullock Run time: 98 minutes Rating: Pg Director: B. Chapman/s. Hickner/s. WellsNearly every biblical film is ambitious, creating pictures to go with some of the most famous and sacred stories in the Western world. DreamWorks' first animated film was the vision of executive producer Jeffrey Katzenberg after his ugly split from Disney, where he had been acknowledged as a key architect in that studio's rebirth (The Little Mermaid, etc.). His first film for the company he helped create was a huge, challenging project without a single toy or merchandising tie-in, the backbone du jour of family entertainment in the 1990s.
Three directors and 16 writers succeed in carrying out much of Katzenberg's vision. The linear story of Moses is crisply told, and the look of the film is stunning; indeed, no animated film has looked so ready to be placed in the Louvre since Fantasia. Here is an Egypt alive with energetic bustle and pristine buildings. Born a slave and set adrift in the river, Moses (voiced by Val Kilmer) is raised as the son of Pharaoh Seti (Patrick Stewart) and is a fitting rival for his stepbrother Rameses (Ralph Fiennes). When he learns of his roots--in a knockout sequence in which hieroglyphics come alive--he flees to the desert, where he finds his roots and heeds God's calling to free the slaves from Egypt.
Katzenberg and his artists are careful to tread lightly on religious boundaries. The film stops at the parting of the Red Sea, only showing the Ten Commandments--without commentary--as the film's coda. Music is a big part (there were three CDs released) and Hans Zimmer's score and Stephen Schwartz's songs work well--in fact the pop-ready, Oscar-winning "When You Believe" is one of the weakest songs. Kids ages 5 and up should be able to handle the referenced violence; the film doesn't shy away from what Egyptians did to their slaves. Perhaps Katzenberg could have aimed lower and made a more successful animated film, but then again, what's a heaven for? --Doug Thomas
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