Genre:
Children's/Family
Theatrical Release: 12/18/1998(USA)
Release Date: 01/01/2001
Sound: DD5.1
Run Time:
Flags: Adult Situations, Suitable for Children
Distributor/Studio: DreamWorks
Dreamworks Pictures has taken the biblical story of Exodus, put it into cartoon form, and released it on the big screen as an epic animated feature.
The Prince of Egypt tells the story of
Moses releasing the Jews from Egyptian slavery under the hand of the evil pharaoh
Rameses. Think of
The Ten Commandments with songs and an all-star cast doing the voices. In the
Charlton Heston role of
Moses is
Val Kilmer. Moses' brother
Rameses, previously played by
Yul Brynner, is now voiced by
Ralph Fiennes. The story revolves around these two close brothers,
Moses and
Rameses. While Rameses is groomed to take over the land, his beloved brother
Moses is a carefree prankster, until he learns the true secret of his past. His secret, of course, is that he is really a Jew and as a child was floated down the river to escape mass genocide. The pharaoh
Seti (
Patrick Stewart) raised
Moses as his son. Upon learning the truth of his past from a burning bush, Moses returns to Egypt with God on his side and demands that the pharaoh (now his brother
Rameses) must "Let my people go." With songs written by Oscar-winner
Stephen Schwartz and sung by
Whitney Houston and
Mariah Carey,
The Prince of Egypt covers all the classic story points of the story of
Moses, including the ten plagues and the parting of the Red Sea. ~ Arthur Borman, All Movie Guide