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Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1 Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: DVD Brand: Ten EAN: 0096009483692 Format: Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Surround Sound, Widescreen Label: Echo Bridge Home Entertainment Manufacturer: Echo Bridge Home Entertainment Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Echo Bridge Home Entertainment Region Code: 1 Release Date: November 21, 2006 Running Time: 120 minutes Studio: Echo Bridge Home Entertainment Theatrical Release Date: 2006 Sales Rank: 36687 MPN: PLTD48369D
Description: Through the magic of musical theatre, one of the world's greatest stories has been reborn. With a stunning new vision, The Ten Commandments: The Musical brings to life the gripping tale of two brothers, Moses and Ramses. United by love, divided by destiny, they lead their two nations in an epic struggle between slavery and liberty. The Hebrews were slaves in Egypt 3,300 years ago. When Moses, a Hebrew baby raised as a brother to the Egyptian prince, learned of his true origins, he was thrust into a new life, leading his people to freedom. But liberty was not enough. To survive and thrive, they had to abide by the rules of their God, The Ten Commandments. The story that has inspired billions of people now becomes a call to the world for peace, love and brotherhood.
Amazon.com: Val Kilmer stars as Moses in The Ten Commandments--The Musical, an almost entirely sung stage adaptation of the biblical book of Exodus, captured on video from a production in Los Angeles. This is one of those profoundly misconceived ideas that self-destructs before your very eyes: From the moment Moses' mother Yokebed places an obvious rubber doll into a video projection of flowing water, you know that every step of this production will fall laughably short of its ambitions. The score is like an interminable 1980s power ballad; the choreography amounts to little more than generic leaps and erotic floundering; the awkward lyrics include such gems as "Metaphysics and religion, philosophy and love/A prince has got to know some things about all of the above"; and the actors deliver the insanely exuberant performances that only come from musical theater kids who think they're finally getting their big break. The story's moments of spectacle--the plagues, the parting of the Red Sea--are depicted by cheesy computer graphics projected on a giant screen behind the stage. Kilmer (Kiss Kiss Bang Bang , Heat) is the only actor (aside from the French-accented Pharoah) with chest hair; was that in his contract, or was he too lazy to shave? Egyptian glitz and Jewish tatters are equally campy (just wait for the orgiastic Golden Calf scene!). This is for those who savor oblivious badness. --Bret Fetzer
Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - It's so bad it's good.
First, I am a great fan and love love love recordings of stage musicals ON STAGE. It's the closest you can get to live theatre without being there.
With that in mind, I feel horrible for the talented performers who had some dreadful lyrics to make work. The production was 'over the top', and to the point that it was so bad it was good. My kids (13 and 17) treated it more like a comedy.
These kinds of recordings can and *do* work... for a great example see the newly released stage recording of Camelot from 1982 (?). That is an example of a very good production of a GREAT musical. Unfortunately, this retelling of the 10 Commandments is neither.
Rating: - Eleventh Commandment: Thou Shalt Love This Musical! I Do!
I have become a huge fan of Val Kilmer's stage production of "The Ten Commandments: The Musical", a rock-opera performed entirely in song and dance which I have on DVD and LOVE. Val plays Moses, opposite four new favourite musicians of mine, including Lauren Kennedy playing Nefertari, Michelle Pereira playing Yokebed, Luba Mason playing Bithia, and Nita Whitaker playing Zipporah.
Also notable in the cast of this divine musical are Kevin Earley as Rameses, Alisan Porter as Miriam, Aharon Ipale as Seti, Nicholas Rodriguez as Aaron, and Adam Lambert as Joshua.
Val Kilmer sings beautifully and soulfully in this production as do the rest of the cast. I love how the whole ensemble come together at the end to sing "A Prayer For Life". I also love Val's "Key To The Kingdom", Lauren Kennedy's scorching "Could You Do That For Me", and Val and Lauren's tender "A Love That Never Was". Also awesome are Val's and Kevin Earley's magnificently forceful battle of wills played out in song ("Glory Of Ra/Let My People Go") as well as their earlier more friendly song banter to "When We Rule The World" in which Lauren also performs a segment of.
More beauty comes from Nita Whitaker's soulful realisation that Val is indeed "The One". However, the icing on this already delectable cake comes in the form of a hauntingly beautiful song called "Where We Belong" performed by Nita Whitaker, Luba Mason, and Michelle Pereira. It truly is divine.
The message of the show is all about universal love and acceptance of all types of people - it is neither overtly preachy nor disrespectful to the source material, and is very inspiring.
Two slight criticisms. There is no real introduction to any of the characters and audiences are assumed to know who is who. Also, if you can ignore the fact that Alisan Porter (Miriam) in reality is considerably younger than Val Kilmer, and yet plays his *older* sister in the show - remember, when Val was playing Jim Morrison in "The Doors", Alisan had only a few years earlier played little "Curly Sue" in the movie by that name - you will enjoy the music and the performances.
Cheers, Michael
Rating: - Not even good enough for camp !
This is a terrible show. The lyrics are childish, often repeating the same line many times in a row. The mikes curved around the actors faces are terribly distracting and more in keeping with a rock concert than a biblical musical. The sets are unattractive and boring. Val Kilmer is horribly miscast and UNattractive to the point of being unwatchable. He should NEVER have been shown without a shirt as a young Moses. He was obviously a 40 year + man! It was also obvious that by the time he got to the last song that his not so great voice was giving out.
This was not even good enough to qualify as a campy production and it was truly a painful experience to watch.
Rating: - Good Music and okay performance from Val Kilmer
I saw the live production in Hollywood. Great performances from supporting cast and I like the music as well. I'm a fan of Val Kilmer, but he is not that great singer and can't really share the same stage with others who are so good.
Rating: - VAL as MOSES
I heard about this production when it was in California, but I never had a chance to see it until it came out on DVD. So I asked people in New York and in California, what THEY thought, and most of the folks said it was a production to laugh at. I didn't it it that way. True, Mr. Kilmer isn't a
great singer, but I am a Val Kilmer fan and even with his shortcomings as a singer, I enjoyed his performance. I also give the production a lot of credit for their presentation as a whole. The supporting cast was excellent, and the useof projections and live action was pretty darn good, with the army coming over the mountain in projection. Three stand out performances: Moses's mother, Ramses, and Ramses wife who was really in love with Moses. Terrific performances! Teri
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