The movie refers to all the kings of Egypt with specific names, while the Bible refers to each one only as "Pharaoh." Also, some parts in the script are mere inventions. So, in an effort to shed some light on what's Holy Bible and what's Hollywood, here is a sampling of differences.Īccording to the commentary on the 2004 DVD release of the film, the movie's script was enhanced by non-biblical sources, such as: Josephus, the Sepher-ha-Yashar, the Chronicle of Moses and the Quran. (The one year ABC didn't air the movie - 1999 - it received a browbeating.) Historically, ABC-TV airs the classic movie, the highest grossing film of the 1950s, each year during Easter weekend. In Hollywood's defense, perhaps making an almost three-hour movie out of a few dozen Bible chapters requires some invention just to fill the time and keep viewers engaged.
It won an Oscar, three other major movie awards and was nominated for another seven awards. It is, in fact, a cinematic masterpiece in everything except accuracy. 4), sprinkles more than a little fancy among its facts.įrom a romance that never existed and concocted characters to an instant parting of the Red Sea, the movie is riddled with fiction. DeMille, it is so engaging it may have become your definitive version of Moses.īut the 1956 film, starring Charlton Heston and Yul Brynner (which will be broadcast next Saturday, April 3, from 6-10 p.m. If you've ever watched the classic movie "The Ten Commandments" by Cecil B.