One of the highlights of every Easter is watching Cecil B. DeMille’s epic The Ten Commandments on TV. This year, if we have the stamina, we’ll get 20 commandments over 8+ hours, in six days! ABC has produced a Ten Commandments mini-series that will air tonight and tomorrow.
Will it be better than the 1956 original? Maybe more technically flashy (no Jell-O special effects in sight!), but they’ve gotta go a long way to beat Charlton Heston as Moses and Yul Brynner as Rameses! (Oh, and don’t forget Mr. DeMille himself as the Voice of God!)
Here, then, for your edification, are Ten Commandments for Watching The Ten Commandments.
*What Would Charlton Heston Do?