{"id":25669,"date":"2021-03-26T10:59:40","date_gmt":"2021-03-26T17:59:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/?p=25669"},"modified":"2021-03-26T11:09:01","modified_gmt":"2021-03-26T18:09:01","slug":"review-ten-commandments-4kuhd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/2021\/03\/review-ten-commandments-4kuhd\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ten Commandments (1956) 4K Ultra HD Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"small-image-border\" class=\"alignleft\" title=\"The Ten Commandments 4K Ultra HD Review\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/main\/logos\/paramount-sm.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><strong><em>The Ten Commandments<\/em><\/strong> from 1956, starring Charlton Heston, Yul Brenner and Anne Baxter, marks its 4K Ultra HD debut that includes the same bonus material from the 2020 digibook release.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"*\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/main\/bar_blue.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"3\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">The Ten Commandments<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">(1956)<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Genre(s): <\/strong>Drama, Adventure<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Paramount | G \u2013 231 min. \u2013 $25.99 | March 30, 2021<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\"><strong>Date Published:<\/strong> 03\/26\/2021 | <strong>Author:<\/strong> The Movieman<\/span><\/p>\n<table id=\"border-table-review\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td width=\"300px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"border: 2px solid #808080;\" title=\"The Ten Commandments\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/reviews\/2021\/tencommandments-4k.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"383\" \/><\/p>\n<table id=\"amazon\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" colspan=\"4\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0px;\" title=\"Buy the Following on Amazon.com\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/misc\/amazonlogo2.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/B08SXZBBZZ\/moviemsguidet-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"link aligncenter\" title=\"Buy from Amazon.com\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/misc\/4kuhd-on.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"60\" height=\"60\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"nolink aligncenter\" title=\"Not Available\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/misc\/3dbluray-off.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"60\" height=\"60\" \/><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/B083LRGDGT\/moviemsguidet-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"link aligncenter\" title=\"Buy from Amazon.com\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/misc\/bluray-on.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"60\" height=\"60\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"nolink aligncenter\" title=\"Not Available\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/misc\/dvd-off.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"60\" height=\"60\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<table id=\"review-info\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><u>MOVIE INFO:<br \/>\n<\/u><\/strong><strong>Directed by: <\/strong>Cecil B. DeMille<br \/>\n<strong>Writer(s): <\/strong>Aeneas Mackenzie, Jesse L. Lasky Jr., Jack Gariss, Frederic M. Frank (written for the screen)<br \/>\n<strong style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">Cast: <\/strong><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">Charlton Heston, Yul Bryner, Anne Baxter, Edward G. Robinson, Yvonne de Carlo, Debra Paget, Vincent Price, John Carradine<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><u>DISC INFO:<br \/>\n<\/u><\/strong><strong>Features: <\/strong>Commentaries, Featurette, Gallery<br \/>\n<strong>Slip Cover: <\/strong>Yes<br \/>\n<strong>Digital Copy: <\/strong>Yes<br \/>\n<strong>Formats Included: <\/strong>4K UHD, Blu-ray (x2)<br \/>\n<strong style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">Number of Discs: <\/strong><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">3<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Audio: <\/strong>English (DTS-HD MA 5.1), French (Dolby Digital 1.0)<br \/>\n<strong>Video: <\/strong>2160p\/Widescreen 1.78<br \/>\n<strong>Dynamic Range: <\/strong>HDR10, Dolby Vision<br \/>\n<strong>Subtitles: <\/strong>English SDH, French, German<br \/>\n<strong>Codecs: <\/strong>HEVC \/ H.265<br \/>\n<strong style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">Region(s): <\/strong><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">A, B, C<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt; color: #ff0000;\"><b>Blue Underground provided me with a free copy of the Blu-ray I reviewed in this Blog Post.<br \/>\nThe opinions I share are my own.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #3366ff;\"><strong>Note:<\/strong> The screen captures in this review were taken from the included Blu-ray disc<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #3366ff;\">and does not represent the quality of the 4K transfer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"*\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/main\/bar_blue.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"3\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d.img.vision\/moviemansguide\/tencommandments1956-00.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"border-screencapture aligncenter\" title=\"The Ten Commandments\" src=\"https:\/\/d.img.vision\/moviemansguide\/tencommandments1956-00.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<table id=\"review-content\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>PLOT SYNOPSIS<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td id=\"review-content2\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Enjoying a life of ease in the court of Egypt&#8217;s pharaoh, Moses (CHARLTON HESTON) discovers his Hebrew heritage and, later, God&#8217;s expectations of him. He dedicates himself to liberating his people from captivity and &#8212; with the aid of plagues and divine intervention &#8212; manages to lead them out of Egypt and across the Red Sea. A greater challenge comes in the form of the golden calf idol, however, and it takes an unforgettable visitation by God on Mount Sinai for Moses&#8217; mission to prevail.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"*\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/main\/bar_blue.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"3\" \/><\/p>\n<table id=\"review-content\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>SPECIAL FEATURES \u2013 4\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td id=\"review-content2\">This is a digibook release with behind-the-scenes photos and quotes from the movies. The 3-discs are the exact same ones previously released by Paramount, so doubtful there\u2019s a new transfer or features.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Audio Commentary with Author Katherine Orrison<\/li>\n<li>Newsreel: <em>The Ten Commandments<\/em> Premiere in New York (2:24)<\/li>\n<li>Theatrical Trailers: 1956 \u201cMaking of\u201d\/1969 Trailer\/1989 Trailer (12:40)<\/li>\n<li><em>The Ten Commandments<\/em>: Making Miracles (1:13:14)<\/li>\n<li>Photo Gallery<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"*\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/main\/bar_blue.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"3\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/d.img.vision\/moviemansguide\/tencommandments1956-02.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"border-screencapture aligncenter\" title=\"The Ten Commandments\" src=\"https:\/\/d.img.vision\/moviemansguide\/tencommandments1956-02.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<table id=\"review-content\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>VIDEO \u2013 4\u00bd\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td id=\"review-content2\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Paramount releases <strong><em>The Ten Commandments<\/em><\/strong>, nearly a year after the Blu-ray in 2020, onto 4K Ultra HD with 2160p high-definition transfers. Doing a comparison with the included Blu-ray (which is the same disc in the previous release), I really didn\u2019t see a significant improvement, though the Blu-ray picture was already quite good looking in its own right. As such, detail is relatively sharp and colors appear to be well balanced and in keeping with how the movie originally looked in theaters back in 1956. There were no obvious instances of dust marks, scratches or other damage to the film.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"*\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/main\/bar_blue.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"3\" \/><\/p>\n<table id=\"review-content\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>AUDIO \u2013 4\u00bc\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td id=\"review-content2\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The 1956 version includes a DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 track which sounds rather good, dialogue comes though with fine clarity and there is some okay depth with the front and rear channels as the adventure aspects ratcheted up. This is likely the same lossless track from the 2020 Blu-ray release.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"*\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/main\/bar_blue.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"3\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d.img.vision\/moviemansguide\/tencommandments1956-16.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"border-screencapture aligncenter\" title=\"The Ten Commandments\" src=\"https:\/\/d.img.vision\/moviemansguide\/tencommandments1956-16.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Check out some more 1080p screen caps by going to page 2. Please note, these do contain <strong>spoilers<\/strong>.<br \/>\n<!--nextpage-->These are only here to give an idea of the movie\u2019s video quality and may not be truly representative of it.<\/p>\n<table id=\"gallery\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 500px;\" colspan=\"4\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>The Ten Commandments (1956)<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 125px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/d.img.vision\/moviemansguide\/tencommandments1956-00.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"link aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/d.img.vision\/moviemansguide\/tencommandments1956-00.png\" width=\"125\" height=\"70\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 125px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/d.img.vision\/moviemansguide\/tencommandments1956-01.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"link aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/d.img.vision\/moviemansguide\/tencommandments1956-01.png\" width=\"125\" height=\"70\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 125px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/d.img.vision\/moviemansguide\/tencommandments1956-02.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"link aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/d.img.vision\/moviemansguide\/tencommandments1956-02.png\" width=\"125\" height=\"70\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 125px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/d.img.vision\/moviemansguide\/tencommandments1956-04.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"link aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/d.img.vision\/moviemansguide\/tencommandments1956-04.png\" width=\"125\" height=\"70\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 125px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/d.img.vision\/moviemansguide\/tencommandments1956-05.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"link aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/d.img.vision\/moviemansguide\/tencommandments1956-05.png\" width=\"125\" height=\"70\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 125px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/d.img.vision\/moviemansguide\/tencommandments1956-06.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"link aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/d.img.vision\/moviemansguide\/tencommandments1956-06.png\" width=\"125\" height=\"70\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 125px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/d.img.vision\/moviemansguide\/tencommandments1956-10.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"link aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/d.img.vision\/moviemansguide\/tencommandments1956-10.png\" width=\"125\" height=\"70\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 125px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/d.img.vision\/moviemansguide\/tencommandments1956-12.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"link aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/d.img.vision\/moviemansguide\/tencommandments1956-12.png\" width=\"125\" height=\"70\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 125px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/d.img.vision\/moviemansguide\/tencommandments1956-16.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"link aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/d.img.vision\/moviemansguide\/tencommandments1956-16.png\" width=\"125\" height=\"70\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 125px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/d.img.vision\/moviemansguide\/tencommandments1956-18.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"link aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/d.img.vision\/moviemansguide\/tencommandments1956-18.png\" width=\"125\" height=\"70\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 125px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/d.img.vision\/moviemansguide\/tencommandments1956-19.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"link aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/d.img.vision\/moviemansguide\/tencommandments1956-19.png\" width=\"125\" height=\"70\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 125px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/d.img.vision\/moviemansguide\/tencommandments1956-20.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"link aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/d.img.vision\/moviemansguide\/tencommandments1956-20.png\" width=\"125\" height=\"70\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ten Commandments from 1956, starring Charlton Heston, Yul Brenner and Anne Baxter, marks its 4K Ultra HD debut that includes the same bonus material from the 2020 digibook release. 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