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Overview

User Rating:
6.8/10   22,366 votes
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Writers:
Philip LaZebnik (screenplay)
Nicholas Meyer (additional screenplay material)
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Release Date:
18 December 1998 (USA) more
Tagline:
Two brothers united by friendship divided by destiny more
Plot:
An Egyptian prince learns of his identity as a Hebrew and, later his destiny to become the chosen deliverer of his people. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
Won Oscar. Another 5 wins & 19 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(31 articles)
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User Comments:
Beautiful and powerful. "The Prince of Egypt" has taken animated movies to a new level. more (309 total)

Cast

  (Credited cast)

Val Kilmer ... Moses (voice)

Ralph Fiennes ... Rameses (voice)

Michelle Pfeiffer ... Tzipporah (voice)

Sandra Bullock ... Miriam (voice)

Jeff Goldblum ... Aaron (voice)

Danny Glover ... Jethro (voice)

Patrick Stewart ... Seti (voice)

Helen Mirren ... The Queen (voice)

Steve Martin ... Hotep (voice)

Martin Short ... Huy (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
James Avery ... Additional Voices (voice)

Aria Noelle Curzon ... Additional Voices (voice)
Ofra Haza ... Yocheved (voice)
Bobby Motown ... Rameses Son (voice)

Eden Riegel ... Young Miriam (voice)
Shira Roth ... Hebrew Child (singing voice)
Stephanie Sawyer ... Additional Voices (voice)
Francesca Smith ... Additional Voices (voice)
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated PG for intense depiction of thematic elements.
Runtime:
99 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English | Hebrew
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital | SDDS | DTS
Company:
DreamWorks SKG more

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Trivia:
The movie was also banned in Indonesia, but later released in Video CD format. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Moses is dragged by the camel, his arm is looped through a brown bag filled with water. Just before his head hits the well, his arm is looped through a red strap. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Overseers: [chanting] Mud... Sand... Water... Straw. Faster! Mud... and lift... sand... and pull... water... and raise up! Straw... Faster!
Hebrews: [singing] With the sting of the whip on my shoulder, with the salt of my sweat on my brow... Elohim, God on high, can you hear your people cry? Help us now, this dark hour... Deliver us, hear our call, deliver us, Lord of all! Remember us, here in this burning sand! Deliver us, there's a land you promised us! Deliver us to the promised land!
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "It Takes Two: (#3.4)" (2008) more
Soundtrack:
I Will Get There more

FAQ

What is the song in Hebrew that the child sings at the end of the film?
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21 out of 27 people found the following comment useful.
Beautiful and powerful. "The Prince of Egypt" has taken animated movies to a new level., 7 October 2005
9/10
Author: Boba_Fett1138 from Groningen, The Netherlands

"The Prince of Egypt" is a surprisingly near perfect movie. The beautifully animated has a great story and storytelling, beautiful songs and a great voice cast.

Animated movies has been taken to a new level with this movie. This is one of the very first animated movies made for an adult mainstream audience. Still the movie has some misplaced humor and 'Disney' like characters, to make this movie appealing for children as well but really this is more a movie for adults than for children. The movie has a serious undertone and some powerful moments, with the burning bush and the splitting of the red sea as the ultimate highlights of the movie.

The characters in the movie are well developed, which is perhaps also thanks to the impressive voice cast that consists out of; Val Kilmer, Ralph Fiennes, Michelle Pfeiffer, Sandra Bullock, Jeff Goldblum, Danny Glover, Patrick Stewart, Helen Mirren, Steve Martin, Martin Short, Ofra Haza. voices that stood out to me were Val Kilmer, Jeff Goldblum and Patrick Stewart. But it of course is also due to the nicely done character animation and storytelling that the characters work out really well and are highly realistic and humane. The character's movement and interacting is done really good and with eye for detail.

Another wonderful about his movie is the music composed by Hans Zimmer and friends and songs and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz. It sounds weird, songs for a serious movie but it works extremely well for the movie and the storytelling and on top of that the songs are all from a very high level of prestige.

With this movie DreamWorks showed for the first time that they are a worthy competitor for Disney.

The movie and its storytelling are really powerful and impressive and help to make this movie an unforgettable watching experience.

It's a great movie for all ages but mainly adults.

9/10

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