Movie Trivia
This child played the part of the infant Moses in the movie.
Who was Charlton Heston's newborn son Fraser C. Heston? Cecil B. DeMilledeliberately timed the filming of his scenes for when Fraser was about three months old, the age of baby Moses when his mother put him in the basket on the Nile, according to the Old Testament.
The Book of Exodus indicated Moses received the Ten Commandments in this place?
What is Mt. Sinai?
This is the Fifth Commandment.
What is "you shall not kill?"
This is the First Commandment.
What is: " I am the Lord thy God. Thou shalt have no strange gods before Me..."
This is what Decalogue means.
What is "ten words?" From the Greek, "deka" means ten and "logos" means a word.
When Yul Brynner was told he would be playing Pharaoh Rameses II opposite Charlton Heston's Moses, and that he would be shirtless for most of the movie, he began to do this.
What is weight lifting?
Moses received the Commandments from God written on this.
What are Two tablets of stone?
This is the Second Commandment.
What is "Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain."
This is the Seventh Commandment.
What is thou shall not steal?
According to Catholic Catechism, the Catholic Ten Commandments are a summary of this.
What is "the conditions of a life freed from the slavery of sin" (Catechism, 2057).
Cecil B. DeMille picked Charlton Heston for the role of Moses because he bore a resemblance to Michelangelo's statue of this person in Rome, Italy.
What is Moses?
The Ten Commandments are recorded in these two books of the Bible.
What are Exodus and Deuteronomy?
This is the Third Commandment.
What is "Remember to keep holy the Sabbath day?"
The Ninth Commandment states, "Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife". This commandments means this.
What is: "Don't desire your neighbour's wife for yourself."
The Ten Commandments and Catholicism have been bound together since the time of Christ. Jesus refers to the Ten Commandments and assures their validity in his dialog with the rich young man in this Gospel.
What is Matthew's Gospel (Mt 19:16-21)? The Catechism refers to this in item #2052.
The illusion of the Red Sea parting was achieved by doing this. large "dump tanks" that were flooded, then the film was shown in reverse. The two frothing walls of water were created by water dumped constantly into "catch basin areas", then the foaming, churning water was visually manipulated and used sideways for the walls of water. Gelatin was added to the tanks to give the water a consistency like sea water.
What was large "dump tanks" were flooded, then the film was shown in reverse? The two frothing walls of water were created by water dumped constantly into "catch basin areas", then the foaming, churning water was visually manipulated and used sideways for the walls of water. Gelatin was added to the tanks to give the water a consistency like sea water.
The Ten Commandments are known this other name.
What is the Decalogue?
This is the Fourth Commandment.
What is "Honour thy father and thy mother?"
This is the Tenth Commandment.
What is "you shall not covet your neighbor's goods?"
This sin is committed when one breaks one of the Ten Commandments knowingly and willingly.
What is a mortal sin? The Commandments express man's fundamental duties to God and neighbor. As such, they represent grave obligations. To violate them knowingly & willingly in a significant way is to commit mortal sin. (See Catechism, #2702-3)
When Cecil B. DeMille asked the Egyptian government for permission to film in Egypt the Egyptians said this.
What is "You treated us (Arabs in the 1935 movie The Crusades) so well, you may do anything here you want"? The Egyptians were fans of his movies.
When asked "which commandment in the Law is the greatest?," Jesus said this.
What is: "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind?" This is the greatest and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. Mt 22:36 Mt 22:37-40; cf. Deut 6:5; Lev 19:18.
This is the Sixth Commandment.
What is "you shall not commit adultery?"
This is the Eighth Commandment.
What is "you shall not bear false witness against your neighbor?"
This is what is meant by the Catholic Ten Commandments are linked together to form a coherent whole.
What is "if you break one of them, you're guilty of breaking all of them (Catechism, #2069)?"