The Ten Commandments 3 Disc Anniversary Edition 03.21.06

[Cameron]

The Ten Commandments 3 Disc Anniversary Edition 03.21.06

not much info out, but it just went up for preorder


http://www.dvdplanet.com/product_listing.asp?productid=65641&format=DVD

if your keeping count, this is the third release.

[gutwrencher]

if your keeping count, this is the third release.

Guess it will be my third copy then, too.:D

Can't wait for details!

[Living Dead]

I never got around to picking this up, but it's a great movie. I'll definitely get it this time.

[bboisvert]

Wow, the 2-disc was pretty packed. Wonder what they're adding to it? :hscratch:

Looks like 2006 is going to be the year of double-, triple-, and quad-dips. I think the studios are running out of things to release. :)

[Cameron]

i think more than that its that their is safety in certain titles. They know they can re-sell certain movies (this one just in time for easter). Their have been alot of articles in the trades about re-releasing. Catalog title sales were down for 2005, and they want some sure fire cash flow coming in on older titles.

[marty888]

Well, the current release is indeed a winner, with a great commentary track. This new edition is going to need some knock-out extras to get my money.

[mike7162]

It would be nice if that 3rd disc includes the silent version (a great film as well) ala Ben Hur SE.

[ShagMan]

The 3 disc better be SPECTACULAR, as the 2-disc was pretty good already.

[ReduxGuy]

Oy. For me to rebuy this, it'd better have the silent version, Charlton Heston commentary, DTS-ES, and a commentary by God and Moses.

[Mr. Cinema]

There's still plenty of non-anamorphic and barebones titles that need to get rereleased. It's upsetting that some titles get 3 and 4 releases, when there are plenty that hasn't received a proper release: Scream, True Lies, The Abyss, The Game, Armageddon, etc...........................................................

[eau]

How about giving us the Passion of the Christ Special Edition?! It's a different studio, I know.

[JiM T]

Hmm, glad I skipped the 2nd release. If this new one carries everything over, I can go straight from version 1 to version 3! :)

[dx23]

According to the DVDEmpire listing, the 3-disc Ten Commandments is including the 1923 silent movie version.

http://www.dvdempire.com/Exec/v4_item.asp?userid=99364482154363&searchID=965159&item_id=861634

Glad I held buying the previous release.

[Damed]

Sweet. I knew I kept passing this one by for a reason. I almost bought it like 20 times, but always put it back down.

The 3 disc will be mine for sure.

[roger_d]

I'll wait for the definitive 10 disk version to come out. If they keep this up there will be a 10th.

[Ambassador]

I'll wait for the definitive 10 disk version to come out. If they keep this up there will be a 10th.

So is it one disk per commandment or per plague?

[roger_d]

So is it one disk per commandment or per plague?

They may work on per a commandment and then head over the plague, so there may be more :(. Any reason to put a new DVD out. :)

[Al Padrino]

Hey, that's on my birthday! I dipped on the second release, but won't really mind doing so here, as long as it's as affordable as the re-release was.

[evenswr]

According to the DVDEmpire listing, the 3-disc Ten Commandments is including the 1923 silent movie version.

http://www.dvdempire.com/Exec/v4_item.asp?item_id=861634

Glad I held buying the previous release.

Damn it!
It's now becoming a standard to include the original with the remake these days, which I appreciate, but I bought the 2-disc edition, god damn it!
Jesus Christ!

[Cameron]

Damn it!
but I bought the 2-disc edition, god damn it!
Jesus Christ!

looks like your third commandment is broken...better upgrade

[FantasticVSDoom]

Sweet. I knew I kept passing this one by for a reason. I almost bought it like 20 times, but always put it back down.

The 3 disc will be mine for sure.
Same here for me as well...Another disc goes onto the "to be purchased" list.

[Drexl]

So is it one disk per commandment or per plague?

It's one disc per tablet. So this edition will restore the five missing commandments in the tablet that Moses dropped and broke.

[marty888]

looks like your third commandment is broken...better upgrade

rotfl

(With the silent version included, I may have to give in and get this one.)

[SINGLE104]

Their have been alot of articles in the trades about re-releasing. Catalog title sales were down for 2005, and they want some sure fire cash flow coming in on older titles.
This is because of bad movies are being made for the past few years. Nobody is going to buy DVDs if the movies are terrible. I wouldn't buy them either.

[Drexl]

This is because of bad movies are being made for the past few years. Nobody is going to buy DVDs if the movies are terrible. I wouldn't buy them either.

Isn't it more because they've released all of the major catalog titles? There are plenty of films that haven't been released yet, sure, but the ones that are going to sell big are already out there. So, they have to release new editions of them to get more sales.

[Cameron]

there are still thousands of catalog titles that would have a good shelf life. I think some companies are just trying to develop there own way of doing releases...warner with price breaks on box sets, fox with numbered series like studio classics and film noir, universal with the franchise packs...

[Patrick Mirza]

http://www.davisdvd.com/images/covers_big/thetencommandments.jpg

[Kal-El]

Good thing I've never bought any of the previous releases. This is a definite purchase.

[kevin75]

nice cover art. :thumbsup:

[Doctor Gonzo]

The 11th Commandment:

"Thou Shalt Upgrade Thy Collection..."

[Cameron]

The 11th Commandment:

"Thou Shalt Upgrade Thy Collection..."

So let it be written, so let it be done.

[ShagMan]

So let it be written, so let it be done.

Great quotes :)

Any details on what's on the discs, besides the silent film? If there's nothing else new, might skip it. Has the movie been remastered for this release?

[eau]

Nice artwork!

[Fincher Fan]

I just might have to pick this up.

[dx23]

From dvdactive.com:

Title: The Ten Commandments
Starring: Charlton Heston
Released: 21st March 2006
SRP: Price TBC

Further Details:
Paramount has announced a new 50th Anniversary Edition of The Ten Commandments which stars Charlton Heston, Yul Brynner, Anne Baxter and Edward G. Robinson. As well as the 1956 Cecil B. DeMille directed film, the three-disc package will also include DeMille's 1923 silent film with Theodore Roberts. Extras on the 1956 version will include a commentary by Katherine Orrison, author of Written in Stone: Making Cecil B. DeMille's Epic, The Ten Commandments, a six-part documentary (Moses, The Chosen People, Land of the Pharaohs, The Paramount Lot, The Score, and Mr. DeMille), Newsreel: The Ten Commandments Premiere in New York, and trailers (1956 “Making of” Trailer, 1966 Trailer and 1989 Trailer). The 1923 version will again carry a commentary by Katherine Orrison, along with hand-tinted footage of the Exodus and Parting of the Red Sea Sequence. We've attached the official artwork below:

http://www.dvdactive.com/news/releases/the-ten-commandments.html

[joliom]

Sweet. I still haven't picked this one up yet (although I did buy the SCE for my father when it first came out). Glad I held off buying one of the SCE for myself since this one has the 1923 version as well. Looks like another preorder for me!

[eau]

I'm going to double dip on this one :D

[PatrickMcCart]

I held out on both prior releases, so I'll finally get it. Although, I really wish they touted a new digital remaster. The '56 film was restored by making a new dupe negative from the VistaVision B&W separations. While it looks good, I'm sure that a new HD transfer would make it look a lot better.

[Breakfast with Girls]

Well, I loved the Ben-Hur 4-disc, so I'll probably get a kick out of this one, too. (I know, I know, different studios.) The cover for the Ben-Hur set is a lot better than this one, though. Seems too busy.

[Sunday Morning]

I should wait for the next edition which will feature a pewter stone replica of the actual ten commandments. Of course carved into the stone will feature each commandment, all the same, reading: Thou shalt keep buying the same movie over and over.

Since this new edition features the silent version I am really tempted...

[Lemdog]

Shoot .. this will be a double dipper...

[Cameron]

well tommorow is the big day....I know some of you are spending your hard earned cash on it. anybody seen screenshots side by side with the old disc?

[70MM]

well tommorow is the big day....I know some of you are spending your hard earned cash on it. anybody seen screenshots side by side with the old disc?
I do hope there may have been some remastering done to this version? Vistavision looked FANTASTIC! why dont VISTAVISION DVD's also?

[chriscooling]

A couple of you beat me to it. At work we were saying, "Thou shalt buy this DVD!"
"Thou shalt have no other DVDs before me!" "Thou shalt not steal this DVD!"

[Cameron]

anybody have a best price B&M on this one?

[Living Dead]

Circuit city has it for $14.99. That's a pretty good price for a 3 disc set.

[FantasticVSDoom]

Looks like 2 seperate stops for me today then...

[SpringsGal]

Other than the Black & White film being included in this version, is there any difference from the prior Special Edition? Any new extras? Upgrade in Picture/Audio? Thanks

[Ambassador]

Other than the Black & White film being included in this version, is there any difference from the prior Special Edition? Any new extras? Upgrade in Picture/Audio? Thanks

All of the reviews I've read so far say pretty much the same thing: Only the silent version (and its extras) has been added. No upgrade in A/V quality or extras for the '56 version.

Having said that, if you have the least interest in silent films, I strongly urge you to consider purchasing this release. Paramount and the other studios need evidence that consumers are interested in silent films, and while a double-dip may not be desirable (or even an option for some), it may pave the way to Paramount releasing some of its superb silent holdings.

[dom56]

I just bought Ten Commandments along with Stalag 17:SE. Hopefully Paramount would released a special edition of Samson and Deliah another Cecil B. DeMille's film not yet out on DVD.

[eau]

How's the packaging like? Something like Ben Hurs SE?

[dvd_luver]

So how many times has this been released, twice? It just seems like more.

[flix1]

So how many times has this been released, twice? It just seems like more.
This is the 3rd release.

[gutwrencher]

This is the 3rd release.

Yup...and a triple-dipster I am. Again.:lol:

[arod1171]

How's the packaging like? Something like Ben Hurs SE?
Just got mine from Amazon and wait until you see the packaging. Absolutely gorgeous. The whole package looks like a stationery box except that it is all one piece. Instead of lifting the box cover off, it flips to the left, revealing the unfolding 3-disc digipak. The cover has an inset plastic that has a foil picture of Moses on it and foil lettering (CBD's The Ten Commandments). The other 4 pictures are on the actual Digipak, so when closed, you see all 5 pictures. The whole package is about 2/3 the thickness of Ben-Hur or GWTW. Easily the handsomest packaging I've ever seen and it will get immediate display status on my shelves.

Wifey's got the popcorn ready. We're going to watch the silent version tonight. Later.

[baracine]

I just bought the new edition. I find the bitrate is the same as the first edition but the transfer is better and goes some way towards correcting a too-soft image in some scenes. I didn’t see any damage to the film. The matte and blue screen lines are still visible, as is to be expected. The colours are still incredibly brilliant to the point of being gaudy.

http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/DVDCompare11/a%20Cecil%20B.%20DeMille%20The%20Ten%20Commandments%20DVD%20Review%20Charlton%20Heston/a%20Cecil%20B.%20DeMille%20The%20Ten%20Commandments%20DVD%20Review%20Charlton%20Heston%20PDVD_005.jp g
(From the 2nd edition transfer, presumably the same as the 3rd edition)

The commentary: :editking:As I only owned the first DVD edition before, I had never been exposed to Ms. Katherine Orrison’s commentary, which was probably a good thing. The woman is an expert on C.B. DeMille who wrote several books on the subject. Unfortunately, you wouldn’t know this from her comments which show that she is profoundly ignorant of things such as Bible studies, film techniques and the expectations of her public. But she is energetic and her historical knowledge of the two films cannot be faulted.

So how does the woman fill the projection time? She’s very good at describing what goes on on screen and gushing about things she likes (e.g.: “Will you just look at that lampshade!” or “That dress is a knock-out!”). She also recognizes actors and actresses that time forgot when they happen to have had a long relationship with DeMille. She unfortunately ignores the actors and actresses you would really like to know about in greater detail. I think she could have provided more revealing anecdotes like Anne Baxter’s scrumptious stories about the film in her autobiography “Intermission”.

The silent version: It has a 50 minute prologue which tells the story of the exodus up to the breaking of the tablets, followed by a 90 minute modern story about two brothers who differ in their respect for the ten commandments. Comparisons with the 1956 version are fascinating. As was the case with Ben-Hur, the silent version was as technically impressive for the time as the modern version was for its time. The picture quality is very good (for 1923) and the special effects still "work". The acting in the modern part is more natural than a lot of films of the period.

The extras: The second disc has a 37 minute documentary on the making of the 1956 version which is just long enough to be tantalizing and reveal more than Ms. Orrison’s nearly six hours of commentary time. It is also disappointing. E.g.: It would have been nice to see the works of art, by Gustave Doré, Maxfield Parrish, which, according to Katherine Orrison, inspired the film's visual style.

:editking:The extras also include 15 minutes of "hand-tinted" bits from the 1923 version, covering the exodus (which is in 2-strip Technicolor, with a predominance of red and green) to the parting of the Red Sea. Only the exodus scenes are in colour, the rest being simply sepia-tinted. A lot of it looks like black and white or else the tinting has definitely faded beyond all recognition in some places. Except for: the red tinting of the pillar of fire, which looks more like a wall of fire in this version, and which may have been manually "hand tinted" in, as the fire is red and the rest of the picture is brownish.

All in all, it’s a good package which could have been improved by having Ms. Orrison’s comments augmented by interviews with other actors and artists who really have something to say about both films' technical merits.

[ShagMan]

Thanks for the review! It still sounds like if I don't really care about the silent film, there's zero reason to upgrade, aside from fancy packaging?

[Giles]

This is the 3rd release.

and the inevitable HiDef fourth release ;)

[baracine]

Thanks for the review! It still sounds like if I don't really care about the silent film, there's zero reason to upgrade, aside from fancy packaging?

According to DVD Savant's review of the second edition, the transfer on that one was also an improvement on the first edition as far as correcting the too-soft image of the first edition, a common problem for VistaVision and Todd-AO transfers apparently. So if you own the second edition, stick to it, unless you're really curious about the silent version, which can only add to your appreciation of a film you already like. I'd still be curious to see a frame-by-frame screen capture comparison of the three transfers. DVD Beaver anyone?

[Giles]

According to DVD Savant's review of the second edition, the transfer on that one was also an improvement on the first edition as far as correcting the too-soft image of the first edition, a common problem for VistaVision and Todd-AO transfers apparently.

is that why Fox botched the film to video transfer of Oklahoma! (ack, my eyes!)

technically how is this a problem - I would have thought that a 65mm transfers wouldn't be a problem like Warner's Around the World in 80 Days

[baracine]

is that why Fox botched the film to video transfer of Oklahoma! (ack, my eyes!)

technically how is this a problem - I would have thought that a 65mm transfers wouldn't be a problem like Warner's Around the World in 80 Days
Yes, the Todd-AO Oklahoma transfer was, inexplicably, not as good as the transfer of the CinemaScope version in the same package. That is a mystery to me. Maybe the added information would cause the picture to be too detailed and therefore show that old laserdisc bugaboo, aliasing. Or maybe the DVD authors just skipped on the bitrate because they wanted to cut costs. Another element of the puzzle is that the Oklahoma Todd-AO elements are 30 frames per second, which would theoretically mesh wonderfully with the 30 frames per second of the NTSC process. But, maybe then again that was a hindrance as the 30 frames of NTSC are more of the order of 29.98 frames per second. The subject is fascinating to me but is still a profound mystery. If I had to relive my life I would dedicate it to make decent DVD transfers!

By way of comparison, the latest edition of Hitchcock's Vertigo is from VistaVision elements (or maybe a VistaVision to 70 mm transfer) and it ain't bad and a marked improvement over the preceding edition, which after all the kerfuffle involved in restoring the film, was a non-anamorphic letterbox transfer.

Also mysteriously, there was never any problem in making a decent 24 frame per second Todd-AO transfer of The Sound Of Music on DVD.

[obscurelabel]

Also mysteriously, there was never any problem in making a decent 24 frame per second Todd-AO transfer of The Sound Of Music on DVD.

Todd-AO dropped 30fps after Around the World in 80 Days. The Sound of Music and all subsequent Todd-AO filmes were 24fps.

[baracine]

Todd-AO dropped 30fps after Around the World in 80 Days. The Sound of Music and all subsequent Todd-AO filmes were 24fps.

... which is why I mentioned, and I quote:

Also mysteriously, there was never any problem in making a decent 24 frame per second Todd-AO transfer of The Sound Of Music on DVD.
:)

[Giles]

Todd-AO dropped 30fps after Around the World in 80 Days. The Sound of Music and all subsequent Todd-AO filmes were 24fps.

so Hello, Dolly! Todd-AO was 24fps then (?).

Will 65mm be less problematic for conversion to HiDef DVD?

Fox needs to step up to the plate and deliver stellar film to video transfers like Warner Bros. does.

[baracine]

so Hello, Dolly! Todd-AO was 24fps then (?).

Yes. (But Ms. Streisand's hips swing so smoothly in that big dance number with the restaurant waiters - like butter! - you'd swear it was 30 frames per second.):)

Will 65mm be less problematic for conversion to HiDef DVD?

Theoretically, the more information (resolution) you have on the original film elements, the easier it would be to make a high-definition transfer. But as the Oklahoma Todd-AO to DVD transfer shows, something can always go wrong with the original film elements or the DVD authoring team overdosing on too much marijuana in the lab and pushing the wrong, large, shiny buttons.

[Giles]

Yes. (But Ms. Streisand's hips swing so smoothly in that big dance number with the restaurant waiters - like butter! - you'd swear it was 30 frames per second.):)



the 70mm presentation I recently saw was A-M-A-Z-I-N-G. Bright, colourful, almost three dimensional (notably during the march, and restaurant, sequence)

[baracine]

- almost three dimensional -

I got that impression from the recent DVD transfer of Ryan's Daughter (from a 70 mm element).

[Dai]

Bah....I saw this release yesterday and the Canadian version has everything bilingual...and it's all in foil lettering too!!!!

I was going to get it, but now I'll have to look for a US version..

They should have just stuck the bilingual sheet at the back like they do with other releases.

[baracine]

Bah....I saw this release yesterday and the Canadian version has everything bilingual...and it's all in foil lettering too!!!!

I was going to get it, but now I'll have to look for a US version..

They should have just stuck the bilingual sheet at the back like they do with other releases.

We have another English-Canadian sophisticate here who thinks a few words of French will kill him... Hmm...

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000CR8QPW.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

In other news, both Katherine Orrison and the IMDb state that the silent Ten Commandements (1923)' colour scenes were done in 2-strip Technicolor. I suppose these film elements have disappeared if the extras in this package only show "hand-painted" film elements, and very faded at that.

:editking:The packaging talks about "hand-tinted" footage (and not "hand-painted" as I've said) and after re-watching this footage in the silent film's extras, I am now convinced that the exodus scenes (just a few minutes) are actually 2-strip Technicolor, as the colours don't bleed at all and there is a predominance of red and greens typical of that process. The rest is just tinted sepia brownish, which makes the red sea look like reddish-brown Jello. I wouldn't boast about the fact that it's hand tinted, though. How labour-intensive can it be to dip a strip of film in some colour bath?

[Nicegreen]

Hand tinted usually meant painstaking, frame by frame application of color.

[baracine]

Hand tinted usually meant painstaking, frame by frame application of color.

This is another thing we can blame this package for: the lack of details on the extras. As I've said, the "hand tinted" scenes are in reality about two minutes of 2-strip Technicolor (processed by the Technicolor lab, see "Technical Specs" in the IMDb "Ten Commandments" 1923 entry - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0014532/technical ) showing the Hebrews in the desert during the Exodus and very short, isolated scenes of Pharaoh's chariots, plus about 13 minutes of sepia-brown scenes from the exodus to the parting of the Red Sea. Except for: the red tinting of the pillar of fire, which looks more like a wall of fire in this version, and which I grant you may have been "hand tinted" in, as the fire is red and the rest of the picture is brownish.

Any way you look at it, it is misleading to call "hand tinted", scenes that comprise three different processes, at least two of which are mechanical: (1) 2-strip Technicolor, (2) sepia tinting and (3) presumably "painstaking" frame-by-frame hand painting of the pillar of fire (less than one minute of screen time in all). For this reason, this extra feature should have been offered with an optional technical commentary.

It is also possible that all three processes could have been realized and duplicated by the Technicolor labs, which would have been responsible for the processing of those (approximately) two complete reels of film for inclusion in the rest of the finished film. This site also mentions the involvement of the Technicolor labs: http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/T/TenCommandments1923.html . Other sites command the film for its "pioneering use of Technicolor". I can imagine the effect on the viewing public in 1923 must have been magical and surprising and that DeMille kept his methods just as secret as the special effects behind the parting of the Red Sea.

P.S.: Every time I go back and look at this package, I keep modifying my previous review which is pretty definitive by now, except for the fact that, on reflexion, I would grant that Ms. Orrison's commentary is not as bad as I said. After all, without her, I wouldn't have been reminded that the two-strip Technicolor process was used for the silent version (althouth she mentions this during her 1956 version commentary). So she at least knows more on the subject than the people who put this package together. I am reminded here of the packaging of "The Robe" DVD (Fox) which proudly displays a still of Victor Mature from "The Egyptian" (also Fox) in full Egyptian general regalia on its back cover.

Note the use of red flames in the following 1923 poster:
http://www.moviegoods.com/Assets/product_images/1020/199426.1020.A.jpg

[gutwrencher]

I got that impression from the recent DVD transfer of Ryan's Daughter (from a 70 mm element).

Now thats a great dvd!

[baracine]

Now thats a great dvd!

DVD Beaver states about the Ryan's Daughter DVD ( http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/DVDReviews20/ryans_daughter_dvd_review.htm ):

It's early in the year but I definitely think this is the best transfer I have seen so far in 2006. It is advertised as from a 'New digital transfer of restored 65mm picture and audio elements' which may be accurate but hardly seems to give it full justice. Sharpness and detail are crystal clear, the image has wonderful depth and colors seem to jump off the screen. I suspect that it is one of the best DVD image transfer I have ever seen. The largely untested 5.1 soundtrack is likewise excellent. To further expand this theatrical presentation the overture, intermission, entre'acte and exit music are thankfully included. The commentary and extras offer some wonderfully illuminating moments in the creation of the film and director Lean himself.

The film is far from Lean's best work, in my opinion, but it has his 'epic' production fingerprints molding the powerful visuals and romantic vision. This is a David Lean film and Warner have risen to the occasion and given us a miraculous digital keepsake.

Gary W. Tooze

Excellent... Powerful... Miraculous... It sounds like a transfer Moses brought down with him from Mount Sinaï. But it really is all that!

http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/DVDReviews20/a%20David%20Lean%20Ryans%20Daughter%20Robert%20Mitchum%20Sarah%20Miles%20DVD/a%20David%20Lean%20Ryans%20Daughter%20Robert%20Mitchum%20Sarah%20Miles%20DVD%20PDVD_006.jpg
(Look in Trevor Howard's eyes. Close one eye and watch the picture come alive in 3-D!)

[ilymat]

For you members of Columbia House's DV2 club, you can get this DVD for just $10!

If you're not a member, you can join for $9.95 and get two free DVDs for joining. Here's the link, in case you're interested:

http://www.columbiahouse.com/sa/ch/homepage_ch_com.jsp

I've been a member since the start of it and have been able to get some good deals.

[gutwrencher]

Excellent... Powerful... Miraculous... It sounds like a transfer Moses brought down with him from Mount Sinaï. But it really is all that!



Agreed. And like was said, it may be early in 2006, but this is by far my fave release of the year so far, quality and presentation wise.

[Giles]

Agreed. And like was said, it may be early in 2006, but this is by far my fave release of the year so far, quality and presentation wise.

sold!

[eau]

I saw the 3-disc DVD in the store. It looks like a thin box from the outside. How are discs housed within?

[baracine]

I saw the 3-disc DVD in the store. It looks like a thin box from the outside. How are discs housed within?

Here's a view of the inside of the Mexican edition. But you get the idea... The three-disc fold-out folds right-to-left under the case to which it is attached on the left side, the total package being 7/8 of an inch thick. In this Region 4 edition, the slipcase is separate and therefore a little thicker (it has a backside and is open on the right). In the Region 1 package, the back of the case is really the back of the Disc 1 holder. The Region 1 case also has a solid right side, which enfolds the fold-out, which means it's not really a slipcase but rather a cover, I guess. Capice?

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y27/jeromero/10mint1.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y27/jeromero/10mint2.jpg

Other difference: in the Region 1 edition, the central disc (disc number 2) has a picture of Anne Baxter on the left and Yul Brynner on the right, instead of the tablets of the law. It's a cultural thing, I guess, although punching a hole in the middle of the tablets doesn't sound very respectful to me...

By the way, don't bother looking this title up on its official website, www.paramount.com/homeentertainment , they haven't heard of it and they're still busy pushing "My Little Pony" and the VHS version of the silent film (I kid you not). I have written to Paramount Home Entertainment for a picture of the inside packaging. We'll see what happens.

[baracine]

http://images5.pictiger.com/thumbs/95/f5ff839b820c3ea56625b451628c8795.th.gif (http://server5.pictiger.com/img/206842/picture-hosting/tc-1923--50th-dvd-3d-bs.php)The left panel is really the back of the box and is attached to it along its left edge (in the Canadian edition anyway). This image was provided by Ms. Kim Waldauer of Paramount.

(Please click image to resize.)

Thanks to PicTiger for providing Free Image Hosting (http://www.pictiger.com).

[Giles]

I watched the last hour of ABC's HiDef broadcast of 'The Ten Commandments' last Saturday night and I have to say - I was a bit underwhelmed. The image was all a tad soft. The colours were great, but for what should have been a stellar presentation of the film, was all rather a let down...