I know the 50's original is cheesy and the special effects are laughable but come on there's no need to remake this movie. Dougray Scott will never hold a candle to Heston's portrayal of Moses. Plus the original had Edward G Robinson and Yul Brenner, you can't beat that.

The Ten Commandments - ABC Miniseries

A miniseries would do this better justice as a remake compared to a featured film.

Still trying to decide whether the subject is hilarious by design. In either case, you win.

One of the best casts ever assembled!

Don't forget these guys...

Yvonne De Carlo .... Sephora (!)
Debra Paget .... Lilia
John Derek .... Joshua
Cedric Hardwicke .... Sethi (as Sir Cedric Hardwicke)
Vincent Price .... Baka
John Carradine .... Aaron

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"Where's your Moses NOoooww?"

Who the hell thought they could improve on this ?

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"So it is written, so let it be done."

Does that mean they won't show DeMille this Easter? Bastards. Maybe I'll buy the 3-disc rerelease instead.

I love that line. Makes me laugh every single time.

You know that version was a remake of the 1923 version, also by DeMille, back when a good orgy scene could make a good movie better... I love it when they use making out & some guy's licking wine off a woman's feet to infer that worse nastiness might be going on, and the parting of the Jello Red Sea...

The '50s version is still better.

That's a biblical quote? Oh...I just thought they were Metallica lyrics.

It always holds true at my house!

The thought that Metallica may actually be quoting from a cinematic goof (for good or bad) like The Ten Commandments makes me giggle.

I don't know much about the bible (or Metallica frankly) but I recall those words from when I was a little skater rat in the late 80's - the songs called "Creeping Death":

Slaves
Hebrews born to serve, to the pharaoh
Heed
To his every word, live in fear
Faith
Of the unknown one, the deliverer
Wait
Something must be done, four hundred years

So let it be written
So let it be done
I'm sent here by the chosen one
So let it be written
So let it be done
To kill the first born pharaoh son
I'm creeping death

Now
Let my people go, land of Goshen
Go
I will be with thee, bush of fire
Blood
Running red and strong down the nile
Plague
Darkness three days long, hail to fire

So let it be written
So let it be done
I'm sent here by the chosen one
So let it be written
So let it be done
To kill the first born pharaoh son
I'm creeping death

Die by my hand
I creep across the land
Killing first-born man
Die by my hand
I creep across the land
Killing first-born man

I
Rule the midnight air, the destroyer
Born
I shall soon be there, deadly mass
I
Creep the steps and floor, final darkness
Blood
Lambs blood painted door, I shall pass

So let it be written
So let it be done
I'm sent here by the chosen one
So let it be written
So let it be done
To kill the first born pharaoh son
I'm creeping death