Research Guru / Moderator
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Apr 18, 2008, 3:01 PM
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Holy Moses!
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Since Passover begins this year on Saturday night, and it's been nearly a couple of weeks since Charlton Heston (Moses in The Ten Commandments) died, let's look at some cartoons in which The Great Lawgiver appeared. Just about all were released in recent years:
Moses (The Greatest Adventure: Stories from the Bible; Hanna-Barbera Studios, 1993)
James Whitmore and James Earl Jones were in the voice cast. Wonder which one voiced Moses?
Moses (Nest Entertainment/Hanho Heung-Up Co. Ltd., 1993)
Produced by Richard Rich, this half-hour feature recounts the traumatic early years of Moses' life, from the privileged youth in Pharaoh's household to his dreary days tending sheep in the desert. Moses was voiced by Ray Porter.
The Ten Commandments (Michael Sporn Animation, Inc., 1996)
A direct-to-video release, with Joel Briel as you-know-who.
Josh And The Big Wall (Big Idea Productions, Inc., 1997)
Oh, boy! After 40 years of wandering in the desert, the children of Israel finally get to go to the Promised Land! Only one thing they've overlooked though... Jericho! Yep. Surrounded by huge walls and bristling with really annoying peas, no one gets to the Promised Land without going through Jericho first! But how? Joshua has God's directions, but they sound kind of... well, weird. To make matters worse, some of the Israelites are cooking up a plan of their own! In the end, they have to decide whether it's better to do things their way, or God's way! Moses co-stars in this half-hour video with Bob the Tomato (voiced by Phil Vischer) and Larry the Cucumber (voiced by Mike Nawrocki).
The Prince Of Egypt (DreamWorks Feature Films, 1998)
Production costs totaled $60 million, making it the most expensive animated film up to the time of its release. The film includes 1,192 special effects. It took an estimated 350,000 hours to complete just one of these: the miracle of the Red Sea, which, in the movie, lasts four minutes. Val Kilmer voiced both Moses and God; Amick Byram provided Moses' singing voice.
The Laws Of The Sun (Group Tac, 2000)
A strange Japanese feature film funded by the Institute for Research in Human Happiness, a religious cult. Based on a book by Ryuho Okawa (also known as "El Cantare"), the leader of the Institute for Research in Human Happiness. Okawa, who claimed to be the reincarnation of several famous figures in history, wrote some 400 books. The film did well at the Japanese box office, thanks to institute members who came to theaters en masse. It also had a very limited screening in the United States, mostly in California. Moses' co-stars included dinosaurs, big-game hunters, Satan, Incas, reptilian space invaders, Jesus, Confucius, Zoroaster, Buddha, Newton, Thoth, Archimedes and Hermes.
Ougon no Hou (IRH Press Co. Ltd., 2003)
You might guess that Ryuho Okawa was involved with this film. You would be right. Based on his book The Golden Laws, which is also this film's English title. Jesus and Buddha are back as Moses' co-stars. Also featured: Satoru, Alisa, Hermes, Aphrodite, Manjusri, T'ien-tai Chih-i and Prometheus.
Changes: The Big Prom: The Sex Romp: The Season Finale (Clone High; Nelvana Limited, 2003)
Moses was one of the many clones at the winter prom.
The Story Of Moses (BJ's Teddy Bear Club; Dennis Scott Productions/Mags Entertainment, 2006)
In this pre-school children's series, a teddy bear tells the story of how Moses delivered God's chosen people from Egypt, and took them on a journey through the wilderness for forty years. Broadcast on Smile of a Child TV, a division of the Trinity Broadcasting Network.
The Ten Commandments (Promenade Pictures, 2007)
A critical and commercial flop. In its debut weekend, it made $474,760 in 830 theaters for an average of $572 per venue. Christian Slater stood in for Moses; with nothing better to do, Elliot Gould played God.
"All who thirst for freedom may come with us. The shadow of death will pass over us tonight, and tomorrow we will see the light of freedom." -- Charlton Heston as Moses, The Ten Commandments (1956)
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"Oh boy." -- Allan Sherman
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Supervising Animator
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Apr 18, 2008, 5:49 PM
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There is also,
Passover (1995, Rugrats)- Boris gets locked in the attic with the babies and he tells them the story of Passover.
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Cartoon Aficionado / Contributor
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Apr 19, 2008, 3:48 PM
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There was also a Moses episode of the Japanese cartoon "Superbook."
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