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Thus Ann Baxter spake one of the hammiest lines, from the melodramatic, colorful, at times ridiculous, but never dull, 1956 version of The Ten Commandments. On Saturday, as every year during Passover this wheezing, yet compelling, all time great Biblical film will be shown on TV. Oddly the same network (ABC) has chosen the fiftieth anniversary to air a brand new made-for-TV version, tonight and tomorrow night. Now the 1956 version runs 4 hours in one night, and the new version 4 in two (Enough time for 25% more commandments if they cut out the mushy stuff.). The state of entertainment being what it is, we can expect a lot less melodrama and a lot more tinseltown-realism, which means the clothes on the Egyptian masters will be cleaner, but won't look a whole lot better made than the ones on the Hebrew slaves. Also we can expect some good wholesome cussing, plus gory stuff once the plagues set in. I don't know whether Moses and Pharaoh are going to fuss over a pretty girl in this one. But if they do, there will be no punches pulled. They'll tell everyone, it's Pharaoh's lil' sister, they are lusting over. Or maybe it's his big sister, I don't know.
Stuff to watch out for, if you watch tonight.
Expect Dougray Scott to look a lot more scruffy and unkempt than Charlton Heston as Moses.
Don't expect Charlton Heston to be the voice from the burning bush again.
Since the show is up against The Apprentice, expect one commandment to get voted off the tablets per night!
Expect numerous gratuitous shots of pyramids to remind us we're looking at Egypt.
Expect palms trees, but hopefully no prickly pear or saguaros in the deserts.
At least one extra will be seen in the background using a cell phone.
Watch carefully and spot the Google ad in Hebrew among the commandments and the Bud Light ad in Egyptian hieroglyphics on the obelisques.
Expect the scene when Moses first returns from the mountain with tablets to be a lot wilder and less choreographed than in the 1956 version.
Expect the golden calf to be made of brass.
Expect a disclaimer to the effect that no chariot horses were harmed in the filming of the Red Sea sequence.
Don't expect Pharaoh to be a lot more cooperative this time.
Stuff to watch out for, if you watch tonight.
Expect Dougray Scott to look a lot more scruffy and unkempt than Charlton Heston as Moses.
Don't expect Charlton Heston to be the voice from the burning bush again.
Since the show is up against The Apprentice, expect one commandment to get voted off the tablets per night!
Expect numerous gratuitous shots of pyramids to remind us we're looking at Egypt.
Expect palms trees, but hopefully no prickly pear or saguaros in the deserts.
At least one extra will be seen in the background using a cell phone.
Watch carefully and spot the Google ad in Hebrew among the commandments and the Bud Light ad in Egyptian hieroglyphics on the obelisques.
Expect the scene when Moses first returns from the mountain with tablets to be a lot wilder and less choreographed than in the 1956 version.
Expect the golden calf to be made of brass.
Expect a disclaimer to the effect that no chariot horses were harmed in the filming of the Red Sea sequence.
Don't expect Pharaoh to be a lot more cooperative this time.
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I'm wondering if they'll pay my horse royalties for using his name. lol.
did you know that Gwynneth Paltrow's new son is named Moses? I think she's watched too much TV
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More importantly, 25% more commercials.
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How many nights are you staying in Tahoe? I need to recalculate the numbers because it looks like folks aren't staying the same number of nights as on that email you sent me.