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The Prince of Egypt

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The Prince of Egypt

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Animated retelling of the story of Moses, featuring the voices of Val Kilmer and Ralph Fiennes. Rescued by the Queen of Egypt from a reed basket floating on the river Nile, baby Moses is raised as the brother of Rameses, heir to the throne. Years later, when Moses discovers he is really the child of Hebrew slaves, he sets about freeing his people.

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A star rating of 4 out of 5.

Jason Caro

This rousing animated interpretation of the story of Moses from the DreamWorks production team has a visual grandeur that's almost a match for the best of Disney (perhaps not surprising considering executive producer Jeffrey Katzenberg was the man responsible for the look of Disney's animated features during the early 1990s). From its magical opening sequence, showing the baby Moses's journey down the river, to the visually stunning sections involving the parting of the Red Sea and the plagues - the curse on the first born is particularly disturbing - this makes for epic cinema. A cast of Hollywood heavyweights - including Val Kilmer, Ralph Fiennes, Michelle Pfeiffer, Sandra Bullock and Jeff Goldblum - provide emotive vocal contributions, enhanced by Stephen Schwartz's stirring, Broadway-style songs (the moving When You Believe - sung by Pfeiffer herself in the film - won an Oscar). Admittedly, there are more than a few episodes where dramatic licence comes into play, and some may even see it as religious propaganda, but most will recognise it as an astonishing animated achievement, particularly for a studio still in its infancy.

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7.3/10

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Cast

rolenameMosesVal KilmerRamesesRalph FiennesTzipporahMichelle PfeifferMiriamSandra BullockAaronJeff GoldblumJethroDanny GloverPharaoh SetiPatrick StewartThe QueenHelen MirrenHotepSteve MartinHuyMartin Short

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rolenameDirectorBrenda ChapmanDirectorStephen HicknerDirectorSimon Wells

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Theatrical distributor

U.I.P. (UK)

Released on

1998-12-18

Languages

English | Hebrew

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Available on

video and DVD

Formats

Colour

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