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The Prince of Egypt is a 1998 American animated film, the first
traditionally animated film produced and released by DreamWorks. The story
follows the life of Moses from his birth, through his childhood as a
prince of Egypt, and finally to his ultimate destiny to lead the Hebrew
slaves out of Egypt, which is based on the Biblical story of
Exodus.
Directed by Brenda Chapman, Simon Wells and Steve Hickner, the film
featured songs written by Stephen Schwartz and a score composed by Hans
Zimmer. The voice cast featured a number of major Hollywood actors in the
speaking roles, while professional singers replaced them for the songs.
The exceptions were Michelle Pfeiffer, Ralph Fiennes, Steve Martin, and
Martin Short, who sang their own parts.
The film was nominated for best score and won for Best Original Song at
the 1999 Academy Awards for "When You Believe". The pop version of the
song was performed at the ceremonies by Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey.
The song, co-written by Stephen Schwartz, Hans Zimmer and with additional
production by Babyface, was nominated for the Best Original Song (Motion
Picture) at the 1999 Golden Globes, and was also nominated for Outstanding
Performance of a Song for a Feature Film at the ALMA Awards.
The film went on to gross $218,613,188 worldwide, making it the third
traditionally animated feature not released by Disney to gross over $100
million in the U.S. The film remained the highest grossing traditionally
animated non-Disney film until 2007, when it was out-grossed by The
Simpsons Movie.
Taglines:
* Two brothers. United by friendship, divided by destiny.
* The power is real. The story is forever. The time is now.
Although based on the Biblical story of Exodus, the film takes
considerable liberties with the Biblical story. It opens with a textual
disclaimer stating that artistic license has been taken. Some differences
are listed below:
* In the Bible, Moses is brought up by his biological mother and is aware
of being a Hebrew. (Ex 2:5-11) In the film, Moses grows up believing
himself to be Egyptian.
* In the Bible, Moses kills an Egyptian guard and buries his body, whereas
in the film Moses flees after knocking the guard off a large scaffolding.
* In the Bible, no confrontation between Moses and his brother, Aaron, is
mentioned.
* In the film, Moses turned his staff into a snake when he first saw
Pharaoh. In the Bible, he performed it during his second encounter. (This
was possibly changed due to time constraints)
* There is no indication that the Pharaoh which Moses antagonizes is his
adoptive brother; this was embellished to provide for a dramatized plot.
* In the Bible, Moses is "slow of tongue", and Aaron speaks for him. In
this film, as is often the case with dramatic adaptations of this passage,
Moses alone speaks for God to Pharaoh.
* The Bible indicates that Moses, Aaron and Miriam were all over 80 years
of age at the time of the Exodus; the film portrays them all as being much
younger.
Box Office
The film was also a box-office success, gaining $218,613,188 worldwide.
Val
Kilmer Moses/God
Ralph Fiennes- Ramesses II
Patrick
Stewart - Pharaoh Seti I
Michelle Pfeiffer - Zipporah
Helen Mirren Queen Tuya
Jeff Goldblum Aaron
Sandra Bullock Miriam
Danny
Glover Jethro
Steve
Martin Hotep
Martin
Short Huy
Ofra Haza Yocheved
Amick Byram Moses (singing voice)
Sally Dworsky Miriam (singing voice)
Brian Stokes Mitchell Jethro (singing voice)
Linda Dee Shayne The Queen (singing voice)
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