Mister Caple (rayman0071)

Let's hope that it stays true to the original. I heard some of the cast members from the original series from the mid-1960's make cameo appearances here,one of them will be Jonathan Frid(aka the original Barnabas Collins from the mid-1960's TV show). Produced by Dan Curtis and Directed by Tim Burton? This I gotta see for myself. For those who weren't even around when "Dark Shadows" was the cult hit of the era(I was during my youth in the early 1970's when this show was in repeats weekday afternoons on ABC),the show was something to see. A daytime soap full of vampires, witches, the supernatural, zombies,and werewolves not to mention "voodoo" were the order of the day back in the mid-1960's when "Dark Shadows" became the surprise hit for ABC's Daytime Schedule from 1966 to 1971.

This was Cecil B.De Mille's last theatrical feature,with a running time of nearly four hours(basically the running time of 3 hours and 40 minutes which includes the opening overture,intermission, and exit music),this stunning and most extravagant blockbuster is full of absurdities and vulgarities,but in all aspects this star-studded widescreen Vista Vision and Technicolor spectacle is ravishing,and De Mille's form of showmanship,which includes his own narration,never falters. Charlton Heston might be said to achieve his apotheosis as Moses-unless one decides that it's Moses who's achieving his apotheosis as Heston-and most of the other in the star-studded epic which is based on the Holy Scriptures are comparably mythic. Simultaneously ludicrous and splendid,this epic is driven by the sort of personal conviction one almost never finds is subsequent Hollywood monoliths. The scenes with includes the parting of the Red Sea is one of the best special effects ever made. With its all-star cast that includes Yul Brenner(Rameses), Anne Baxter(Nefertiri), with Yvonne De Carlo(Sephora), Debra Paget(Lilia), John Derek(Joshua),
Edward G. Robinson(Dathan), Cedric Hardwicke(Sethi), Nina Foch(Bithiah),
Martha Scott(Yochabel). The film was nominated for an impressive Nine Oscars including Best Picture and Best Director(but lost the Best Picture Oscar to "Around The World in 80 Days"),and won the Oscar for Best Special Effects(John P. Fulton,with some of the effects coming from the Disney studios). If you want to see "The Ten Commandments",my advice is not to see this on television(since seeing it on TV around Easter time doesn't do any justice,or for that manner seeing it on DVD),but see this movie the way it was suppose to be seen.....in a movie theater equipped with full 70MM projection and experience it in full six-track stereophonic sound.