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THE TEN COMMANDMENTS

11:00 AM

Sunday, April 9

Directed by Cecil B. DeMille

Starring Charlton Heston, Edward G. Robinson, Yul Brynner & Anne Baxter

(1956, Cecil B. DeMille) Over the course of an epic 220 minutes, adopted Egyptian prince Charlton Heston breaks with brother Yul Brynner, delivers the Jewish people, leads the Exodus, and (spoiler alert!) receives the Ten Commandments from God atop Mount Sinai. Shot on location in Egypt, Mount Sinai and the Sinai Peninsula in stunning VistaVision, The Ten Commandments was master of spectacle DeMille’s final and most financially successful film, and has aired on network television in time for Passover and Easter every year since 1968. DCP. Approx. 220 min.

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