THE TEN COMMANDMENTS: March 29 Release

[OneWayFilms]

I know another thread announced this title along with a couple others, but this title deserves it's OWN thread.

Paramount is releasing Cecil B. DeMille's 1956 biblical epic with an all-new restoration and will come out both in a regular and a BD/DVD gift set. The BD/DVD will also contain the silent version from 1923.

I for one will be getting this one FIRST DAY.



The Ten Commandments Blu-ray

The Ten Commandments Blu-ray Gift Set



The Ten Commandments Blu-ray Review

[PowellPressburger]

Blu-ray/DVD Combo gift set comes packaged in a stunning limited edition box featuring an image of the Red Sea that parts when the box is opened to reveal two tablets, which encase all six discs in the set. The set also includes a commemorative photo and archive book, a new 75-minute, in-depth documentary about the film and its impact, original costume sketches, the 1923 silent film The Ten Commandments (also available for the first time on Blu-ray), international premiere photos, production notes from Cecil B. DeMille, correspondence from Charlton Heston, feature commentary and more.
Two Disc
https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/The-T...Blu-ray/19726/


Six Disc
https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/The-T...Blu-ray/19727/

THE TEN COMMANDMENTS Blu-ray/DVD Gift Set

THE TEN COMMANDMENTS Blu-ray is presented in 1080p high definition with English 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio, English 2.0 Surround Dolby Digital, French 2.0 Mono Dolby Digital, Spanish 2.0 Mono Dolby Digital and Portuguese 2.0 Surround Dolby Digital with English, English SDH, French, Spanish and Portuguese subtitles. The DVD is presented in widescreen enhanced for 16:9 televisions with Dolby Digital English 5.1 Surround, English 2.0 Surround, French Mono, Spanish Mono and Portuguese 2.0 Surround with English, French, Spanish and Portuguese subtitles. Disc contents are as follows:

Blu-ray

Disc One:

· 1956 Feature Part 1

· Commentary by Katherine Orrison, author of Written in Stone: Making Cecil B. DeMille’s Epic The Ten Commandments

Disc Two:

· 1956 Feature Part 2

· Commentary by Katherine Orrison

· Newsreel: The Ten Commandments Premiere in New York

· Theatrical Trailers

Disc Three:

· 1923 Feature

· Commentary by Katherine Orrison

· Hand-tinted Footage of the Exodus and Parting of the Red Sea Sequence (from 1923 feature)

· Photo Gallery—1923

· The Ten Commandments: Making Miracles—75-minute documentary

· Photo Gallery—1956



DVD

Disc One:

· 1956 Feature Part 1

· Commentary by Katherine Orrison, author of Written in Stone: Making Cecil B. DeMille’s Epic The Ten Commandments

Disc Two:

· 1956 Feature Part 2

· Commentary by Katherine Orrison

· Newsreel: The Ten Commandments Premiere in New York

· Theatrical Trailers

Disc Three:

· The Ten Commandments: Making Miracles—75-minute documentary

· Photo Gallery—1956



THE TEN COMMANDMENTS Blu-ray & DVD

THE TEN COMMANDMENTS two-disc Blu-ray is presented in 1080p high definition with English 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio, English 2.0 Surround Dolby Digital, French 2.0 Mono Dolby Digital, Spanish 2.0 Mono Dolby Digital and Portuguese 2.0 Surround Dolby Digital with English, English SDH, French, Spanish and Portuguese subtitles. The two-disc DVD is presented in widescreen enhanced for 16:9 televisions with Dolby Digital English 5.1 Surround, English 2.0 Surround, French Mono, Spanish Mono and Portuguese 2.0 Surround with English, French, Spanish and Portuguese subtitles. Both two-disc sets include the following (in HD on the Blu-ray):

Disc One:

· 1956 Feature Part 1

· Commentary by Katherine Orrison, author of Written in Stone: Making Cecil B. DeMille’s Epic The Ten Commandments

Disc Two:

· 1956 Feature Part 2

· Commentary by Katherine Orrison

· Newsreel: The Ten Commandments Premiere in New York

· Theatrical Trailers

[sfmarine]

I'm looking forward to seeing how the gift set will look. This is an epic film. Ben Hur and 10 Commandments in the same year..Oh and Star Wars..what could be better?

[PowellPressburger]

I will say I'm grateful the film will be spread over 2 Discs, as long as it does the film transfer justice.

[Robert Siegel]

Thanks Onewayfilms, this movie DOES deserve it's own thread. I am most excited about this one. I have seen a few minutes of this restoration and it blew me away, I never expected this quality. It was done from a 6k brand new remastered transfer. There was no sound on the clips I saw so I can't comment on the sound. But the picture is gorgeous.

I am getting the bigger set, I want that documentary and this will sit nicely alongside my Gone with the Wind, Wizard of Oz and Sound of Music boxes. Only the best get that shelf hehe.......I am being very picky on boxes, but this is one that there is no question on, it's a must have. This is in my opinion one of the best classics of all time. It still amazes me that it did not win a best picture Oscar.

[drtre81]

So the 2disk is pretty much barebones?

[Wings80]

Originally Posted by sfmarine

what could be better?

JAWS
Schindler's List
Planes, Trains and Automobiles

[rexinnih]

Very nice. Another classic for the collection.

[sfmarine]

Originally Posted by Wings80

JAWS
Schindler's List
Planes, Trains and Automobiles

lol realistically haha. I'd LOVE Jaws and SL..heck, throw in Jurassic Park as well. Let's just Spielberg isn't coming through with BD owners. PT&A is another one on my list..I'm surprised we didn't get that around Thanksgiving.

[rondanto]

March 29th we get both "King of Kings" and "The Ten Commandments " on Blu Ray.

[aherron]

Pre-ordered the gift set already. Can't wait.

[SteelPen]

Interested to see what the gift set looks like!

[DiscoDan]

This is an epic film, can't wait to see the screenshots.

[bluskies]

Now this is a cover!!!

[Alpha]

Was hoping for some deleted scenes because a great aunt of mine was in some cuts.

[rondanto]

The gift set contains 6 discs three of which are dvds. Why would i want another standard definition edition when i have one already.i'll stck with regular blu ray edition

[Crimson King]

Was looking on IMDB, there were hundreds of uncredited roles in this film, some of them big "names"

just a few well known people I noticed:

Herb Alpert
Robert Vaughn
Richard Farnsworth

I would love to know what a film like that would cost in today's dollars!

[Hatter]

Originally Posted by rondanto

The gift set contains 6 discs three of which are dvds. Why would i want another standard definition edition when i have one already.i'll stck with regular blu ray edition

Except you then lose out on the 1923 version on BD. They should just release a 3-disc BD version instead.

[OG Pooh]

Originally Posted by BillyJack

Was looking on IMDB, there were hundreds of uncredited roles in this film, some of them big "names"

just a few well known people I noticed:

Herb Alpert
Robert Vaughn
Richard Farnsworth

I would love to know what a film like that would cost in today's dollars!

This is one of the ONES I have been waiting for. Outside of the Star Wars trilogy, this was is probably my most anticipated title.

As for star power, this film would cost quite a bit to duplicate using today's stars of the calibur of Ten Commandments. It would still pale in comparison to trying to recreate It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World in terms of star power, though. That film had an A-list as long as could be imagined.

[sfmarine]

i don't like that cover at all..

They should have stuck with the one from the DVD release.