Paramount Home Entertainment has revealed the full release details for Cecil B. DeMille's The Ten Commandments, which will come out on Blu-ray on March 29 in two editions: a two-disc Blu-ray edition and a six-disc, limited-edition Blu-ray/DVD combo gift set, the latter of which will prominently include the silent 1923 version of The Ten Commandments in high definition and more.
The Blu-ray/DVD Combo gift set comes packaged in a limited edition box featuring an image of the Red Sea that parts when the box is opened to reveal two tablets, which encase all six discs (three BDs, three DVDs) in the set. The set also includes a commemorative photo and archive book, a new 75-minute, in-depth documentary about the film and its impact, original costume sketches, the 1923 silent film The Ten Commandments (also available for the first time on Blu-ray), international premiere photos, production notes from Cecil B. DeMille, correspondence from Charlton Heston, feature commentary and more.
The movie will be split across two discs, both in the two-disc Blu-ray edition and in the gift set.
Special features include:
Two-disc Blu-ray edition
- Commentary by Katherine Orrison, author of Written in Stone: Making Cecil B. DeMille's Epic The Ten Commandments
- Newsreel: The Ten Commandments Premiere in New York
- Theatrical Trailers
Gift set
As above, plus:
- 1923 feature
- Commentary by Katherine Orrison
- Hand-tinted footage of the Exodus and parting of the Red Sea sequence (from 1923 feature)
- Photo Gallery—1923
- The Ten Commandments: Making Miracles—75-minute documentary
- Photo Gallery—1956
Bron: www.blu-ray.com.