The Ten Commandments (1956 Film) - Home Media

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The Ten Commandments has been released to DVD in the United States on four occasions:

First Edition released on March 30, 1999 as a two disc set, with the following specs:

Disc One & Two: The Movie (1956, 220 minutes) + Extras

  • 1.78:1 Widescreen (Enhanced for 16x9)
  • Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Surround 2.0), French (Dolby Mono 2.0)
  • Subtitles: English
  • Scene Selection (48 Chapters)
  • Trailers:
    • 1956 "Making of" Trailer
    • 1966 Re-Release Trailer
    • 1989 Re-Release Trailer
Second Edition released on March 9, 2004 as a two disc set (Special Collector's Edition), with the following specs:

Disc One & Two: The Movie (1956, 220 minutes) + Extras

  • 1.78:1 Widescreen (Enhanced for 16x9)
  • Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Surround 2.0), French (Dolby Mono 2.0)
  • Subtitles: English
  • Scene Selection (48 Chapters)
  • Commentary by Katherine Orrison, Author of Written in Stone: Making Cecil B. DeMille's Epic, The Ten Commandments
  • 6-Part Documentary: (Approximately 37 minutes)
  1. "Moses"
  2. "The Chosen People"
  3. "Land of the Pharaohs"
  4. "The Paramount Lot"
  5. "The Score"
  6. "Mr. DeMille"
  • Vintage Newsreel: The Ten Commandments — Premiere in New York
  • Trailers:
    • 1956 "Making of" Trailer
    • 1966 Re-Release Trailer
    • 1989 Re-Release Trailer
Third Edition released on March 21, 2006 as a three disc set (50th Anniversary Collection), with the following specs:

Disc One & Two: The Movie (1956, 220 minutes) + Extras

  • 1.78:1 Widescreen (Enhanced for 16x9)
  • Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Surround 2.0), French (Dolby Mono 2.0)
  • Subtitles: English
  • Scene Selection (48 Chapters)
  • Commentary by Katherine Orrison, Author of Written in Stone: Making Cecil B. DeMille's Epic, The Ten Commandments
  • 6-Part Documentary: (Approximately 37 minutes)
  1. "Moses"
  2. "The Chosen People"
  3. "Land of the Pharaohs"
  4. "The Paramount Lot"
  5. "The Score"
  6. "Mr. DeMille"
  • Vintage Newsreel: The Ten Commandments — Premiere in New York
  • Trailers:
    • 1956 "Making of" Trailer
    • 1966 Re-Release Trailer
    • 1989 Re-Release Trailer

Disc Three: The Movie (1923 Version, 136 minutes)

  • 1.37:1 Academy Ratio (4:3 Standard)
  • Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Stereo 2.0)
  • Subtitles: French
  • Commentary by Katherine Orrison, Author of Written in Stone: Making Cecil B. DeMille's Epic, The Ten Commandments
  • Hand-tinted footage of the Exodus and Parting of the Red Sea Sequence

The film was released on DVD again in a two-disc set on March 29, 2011. It was also released on that date for the first time on Blu-ray in a two-disc set and a six-disc gift set with the 1923 version and DVD copies.

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