The Prince of Egypt
Also known as Prince of Egypt
1998 animated film directed by Brenda Chapman, Steve Hickner and Simon Wells
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"The Prince of Egypt" is a 1998 animated film directed by Brenda Chapman, Steve Hickner, and Simon Wells that tells the story of Moses and the exodus of the Hebrew people from Egypt. The film is notable for being a major studio animated feature that tackled a significant religious and historical narrative with sophisticated animation and production values.
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- Duration
- 99
- FilmAffinity ID
- 609019
- Official website
- www.dreamworks.com/movies/the-prince-of-egypt
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- publication date
- 1998-12-19
- title
- The Prince of Egypt
- capital cost
- 70000000
- box office
- 218600000
- Commons category
- The Prince of Egypt
- review score
- 7.2/10
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The Prince of Egypt is a 1998 American animated musical drama film directed by Brenda Chapman, Steve Hickner, and Simon Wells, and written by Philip LaZebnik. It is the first traditionally animated film from DreamWorks Animation, and the first to be animated entirely in-house at DWA Glendale after Amblimation was closed in 1997. The film is an adaptation of the Book of Exodus and follows the life of Moses from being a prince of Egypt to a prophet chosen by God to carry out his ultimate destiny of leading the Hebrews out of Egypt. It features songs written by Stephen Schwartz and a score composed by Hans Zimmer. The film stars the voices of Val Kilmer, Ralph Fiennes, Michelle Pfeiffer, Sandra Bullock, Jeff Goldblum, Danny Glover, Patrick Stewart, Helen Mirren, Steve Martin, and Martin Short.
DreamWorks co-founder and CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg had frequently suggested an animated adaptation of the 1956 film The Ten Commandments while working for The Walt Disney Company, and he decided to put the idea into production after leaving Disney and co-founding DreamWorks Pictures in 1994. To make the project, DreamWorks employed artists who had worked for Walt Disney Feature Animation and Amblimation, totaling a crew of 350 people from 34 countries. The film has a blend of traditional animation and computer-generated imagery, created using software from Toon Boom Technologies and Silicon Graphics.