Cecil B. DeMille produced, directed, and narrated The Ten Commandments, a 1956 American epic religious drama film. The Ten Commandments dramatizes the biblical story of Moses, an adopted Egyptian prince who becomes the deliverer of his real brethren, the enslaved Hebrews, and then leads the Exodus to Mount Sinai, where he receives the Ten Commandments from God. It is based on Dorothy Clarke Wilson's 1949 novel Prince of Egypt, J. H. Ingraham's 1859 novel Pillar of Fire, A. E. Southon's 1937 novel On Eagle's Wings Charlton Heston plays the primary role in the picture.
The film was nominated for seven Academy Awards in 1957, including Best Picture and Best Visual Effects, and won the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects (John P. Fulton, A.S.C.). DeMille was named Best Director by the Foreign Language Press Film Critics Circle. Charlton Heston was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture in the category of Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture (Drama).
DeMille considered casting a middle-aged man in the part of Moses during the early phases of pre-production. He offered the position to William Boyd, a quinquagenarian actor and star of Hopalong Cassidy, but Boyd declined because he feared his cowboy reputation would interfere with his depiction of Moses. Charlton Heston, who had already worked with DeMille on The Greatest Show on Earth, was finally cast after impressing DeMille (at his audition) with his knowledge of ancient Egypt and his striking similarity to Michelangelo's Moses sculpture. Heston was also cast as God's voice in the form of a flaming bush, albeit his voice was toned down to a softer and lower register.
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