Item Details:

THE TEN COMMANDMENTS

CHARLTON HESTON

GOLDEN AGE OF EPIC DRAMAS, 1956 / R1966

Original Re-Release Movie Poster One Sheet

Publisher: Paramount Pictures

Photogravure

Size: 27.0 x 41.0 in; 68.58 x 104.14 cm

Signed: unsigned

This is the iconic One Sheet poster for the 1966 re-release of the 1956 film. Filmed on location in Egypt, Mount Sinai, and the Sinai Peninsula, The Ten Commandments was DeMille's most successful work, his first widescreen film, his fourth biblical production, and his final directorial effort before his death in 1959. It is a remake of the prologue of his 1923 silent film of the same title, and features one of the largest exterior sets ever created for a motion picture. Four screenwriters, three art directors, and five costume designers worked on the film. The interior sets were constructed on Paramount's Hollywood soundstages. The original roadshow version included an onscreen introduction by DeMille and was released to cinemas in the United States on November 8, 1956, and, at the time of its release, was the most expensive film ever made. In 1957, the film was nominated for seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, winning the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects

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