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Patrick Stewart makes a lofty, Scottish-sounding Pharaoh, and Helen Mirren plays the Queen. The biggest voices here are the extraneous ones of Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey, belting out that...
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www.nytimes.com · 1999/01/04 · moviesCONNECTIONS; In Pursuit of Moses, From ... - The New York Times
Jan 4, 1999 · Connections article by Edward Rothstein contrasts the Moses of the Bible with the hero of the animated film The Prince of Egypt, which promotes idea that self-knowledge eventually leads...
Many Hollywood directors insist the key to a successful film is a good story. Awe-inducing, ground-breaking artistic and computer-generated special effects endeavors aside, “The Prince of Egypt” is a good one. But don’t go to the theater with a pocket Bible, a pen light and a yellow highlighter.
- Animation Adventure Drama
- All Ages
- 1 hr. 39 min.
- 1998
Dec 18, 1998 · “The Prince of Egypt” is one of the best-looking animated films ever made. It employs computer-generated animation as an aid to traditional techniques, rather than as a substitute for them, and we sense the touch of human artists in the vision behind the Egyptian monuments, the lonely desert vistas, the thrill of the chariot race, the ...
- Opening The Prince of Egypt
- Moses Becomes The Brother of Ramesses
- Moses at The Royal Palace
- Mighty Ramesses
- Egyptian Art in 2D
- Akhenaten in The Prince of Egypt
- The Royal Family Under The Aten
- Moses’ Plight
The film opens with an impressive shot of a sphinx and shows the huge work force during a construction project. We see monumental buildings, but also realise the high human cost of construction. Many of the workers appear to be working against their will. In contrast, the Egyptian palace and its royalty at Memphis stands in vast glory and luxury. T...
Next, we meet Moses (adult voice by Val Kilmer) as a young baby. His mother, Yocheved (Ofra Haza), takes him, places him in a basket, and floats him down the Nile. Eventually, the wife of Pharaoh finds him to raise him as their own – alongside Ramesses (that is, Ramesses II) (Ralph Fiennes), son of the Pharaoh, Sety (Patrick Stewart). The wife of P...
In a scene of Moses talking with Sety at the palace, we can marvel at the riverine environment in the background. A large statue of the king is in the foreground. Perhaps it’s a nod to the larger-than-life statue of Ramesses II found near the Temple of Ptah at Memphis?
Ramesses is depicted with a lock of hair on his right side. By showing a lock of hair on an otherwise shaven head, Egyptian art identifies a young individual. The famous king-list of Sety I from his temple at Abydos also shows Ramesses II. On the far left, Sety wears the blue crown and then Ramesses stands before several registers with names of kin...
After helping an enslaved Israelite, Tzipporah (Michelle Pfeiffer), escape the palace, Moses learns the truth about his background through his biological sister, Miriam (Sandra Bullock). Returning to the palace, he begins to grapple with this ‘new’ truth and falls asleep. The film renders this vivid dream episode according to Egyptian two-dimension...
A curious inclusion in the dream scene is the throne name of Akhenaten enclosed in a cartouche. Akhenaten lived about 75 years before Ramesses II. His name occurs on registers to the left and right of a seated statue of Osiris. It reads in translation:
We also witness further elements of Akhenaten’s time before Moses begins to dream. He looks upon a scene of the royal family that receives the warmth of the Aten sun disk and its rays. Akhenaten elevated the Aten to the highest position in Egyptian religion. In this scene, the Aten sustains the royal family with his radiant rays, modelled with hand...
After Moses accidentally kills an Egyptian overseer, he flees into the Sinai Peninsula. He removes his sandals, bracelets, armlets, and wig – all typical Egyptian items. The result: he sheds his Egyptian connections symbolically. We get to see his sandal up-close with two foreign men depicted (see photo below). Scenes in Egyptian art show royal fig...
Dec 12, 1998 · The film sets up a non-biblical relationship between stepbrothers: Ramses, the Egyptian prince who would one day inherit the kingdom, and Moses, the son of Hebrews who was adopted into the royal...
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Mar 22, 2021 · And while those two movies (and other films) respectfully have their color gradient and masterful impacts of beauty, there’s nothing quite like The Prince of Egypt.
