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Posted on 04/04/2026 8:21:05 AM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
When you think of biblical epics in film, what comes to mind? Do you envision Charlton Heston hefting the Ten Commandments in, well, The Ten Commandments? Or maybe Charlton Heston locked in a life-or-death chariot race in Ben-Hur? Or Charlton Heston in … well, you get it. Charlton Heston was in a lot of those movies.
But one biblical epic that Charlton Heston wasn’t in?
The Prince of Egypt.
The 1998 film wasn’t produced by Old Hollywood, but a different kind of studio: DreamWorks Animation. Though the inspiration for the film—wasn’t far off from Old Hollywood. DreamWorks co-founder and former CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg had long dreamed of making an animated version of The Ten Commandments.
What the DreamWorks team created, in my opinion, far exceeded the 1956 Heston film, presenting my favorite film adaptation of Exodus to date. But is it as good as many people (including myself) remember? Does the film divert from the biblical text, or does it stay faithful to the story? And what are the hidden details that you might have missed?
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Sorry - I still prefer Charleton Heston to any cartoon.
That was one of my favorite parts… you could see the whales and sharks swimming in the water on both sides. But it probably wasn’t like that in real life.
Visually, so well done.
It’s animated but not cartoonish.
**The classic 1956 film *The Ten Commandments* (starring Charlton Heston) is being broadcast tonight on ABC.**
- **Date**: Saturday, April 4, 2026 (the night before Easter)
- **Time on ABC**: 7 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. CT / **4 p.m. PDT**
This is ABC’s long-running annual Easter/Passover tradition — the network has aired it nearly every year for over 50 years. It’s the full 3-hour-40-minute epic.
That plus the yearly Christmas showing of ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ on NBC must continue! (So long as the networks remain…)
MS NOW’s version of the “10 Commandments” has a black Moses, a transgendered Pharoah, the Palestinians instead of the Jews and Allah as God.
A transgendered Pharoah may be historically accurate. lol
True.
And, yes, I loved "Prince of Egypt" too. To call it a "cartoon" does not do it justice. "Popeye" is a cartoon. "Prince of Egypt" was an animated epic.
They should broadcast “The Ten Commandments (1956)” tonight and “Prince of Egypt” tomorrow night. When I become king I will make it mandatory every year.
Sorry - it is a cartoon, however well intentioned.
So let it be written, so let it be done.
I have never seen “The Prince of Egypt” and can’t imagine I will.
I don’t only just think about 1959 Ben-Hur, I saw it last Palm Sunday in the big screen! First time ever.
Sorry, tangent, but can’t help it.
It’s about Passover. They need to start showing Ben-Hur both for Easter, and the fact it really is better.
This is a great retelling of the Exodus event.
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