The Prince of Egypt
An Egyptian prince learns of his identity as a Hebrew and, later his destiny to become the chosen deliverer of his people.
- Director:Brenda Chapman / Steve Hickner
- Genre:Animation / Drama / Family / Musical
- Runtime:95 minutes
Cast
Val Kilmer : Moses (voice)
Ralph Fiennes : Rameses (voice)
Michelle Pfeiffer: Tzipporah (voice)
Sandra Bullock : Miriam (voice)
Jeff Goldblum : Aaron (voice)
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The first song (“Deliver Us”) shows Hebrew slaves labor away while Jochebed (also spelled Yocheved) (Ofra Haza), sees her fellow mothers’ baby sons being taken away from them, as Pharaoh Seti I (Patrick Stewart) has ordered his guards to kill all the male Hebrew babies of Egypt to prevent any future rebellion led by Hebrew men. Yocheved thus places her own son in a basket and sets it afloat on the Nile to be preserved by fate, singing her final lullaby (“River Lullaby”, A recurring motif in the film) to the baby. Her daughter, Miriam, follows the basket and witnesses her baby brother being taken in by the Queen of Egypt (Helen Mirren) and named Moses.
The story cuts to 40 years later (according to the Bible), to show a grown Moses (Val Kilmer) and his foster-brother, Rameses II (Ralph Fiennes), racing their chariots through the Egyptian temples, destroying many statues. When they are lectured by their father, Seti I, later on for their misdeeds, Rameses is offended. Moses later remarks that Rameses wants the approval of his father, but lacks the opportunity. Moses goes to cheer his brother up, making joking predictions (“Statues crumbling and toppling, the Nile drying up; singlehandedly you will manage to bring the greatest kingdom on Earth to ruins!”). They then stumble in late to a banquet given by Seti, discovering that he has named Rameses as Prince Regent. In thanks, Rameses appoints Moses as Royal Chief Architect. As a tribute to Rameses, the high priests Hotep (Steve Martin) and Huy (Martin Short) offer Tzipporah (Michelle Pfeiffer), a Midian girl they kidnapped and a Camel, as a concubine for him, Rameses rejects the offer and gives Moses the sacrifice. She eventually escapes, with Moses’ help. Moses is led to a small spot in Goshen where he is reunited with Miriam (Sandra Bullock) and Aaron (Jeff Goldblum), his siblings. There, Miriam tells him the truth about his past. Moses at first is in denial (“All I Ever Wanted”), but a nightmare and talks with his adoptive parents help him realize the truth. Moses eventually kills an Egyptian guard, who was abusing an old slave, and runs away in exile.
Moses finds his way to Midian, where the Camel saves him and he saves Tzipporah’s sisters from bandits. He is welcomed warmly by Tzipporah’s father, Jethro (Danny Glover) the High Priest of Midian. Moses becomes a shepherd and eventually marries Tzipporah (“Through Heaven’s Eyes”). Moses soon comes into contact with the burning bush while chasing a stray lamb and is instructed by God (also Val Kilmer) to free the slaves from Egypt. God then imbues Moses’ shepherding staff with the power to do great wonders, the greatest being to shepherd his people to freedom. Tzipporah returns with him to find the slaves in even worse condition than before. He discovers that Rameses is now Pharaoh and has a wife and a young son. Moses tells Rameses to let his people go, demonstrating the power behind him by changing his shepherding staff into a snake. Hotep and Huy boastfully repeat this transformation (“Playing with the Big Boys Now”), invoking all of Egypt’s gods in the process; behind their backs, the snake created by Moses eats both of their snakes. Rather than being persuaded, Rameses is hardened and orders the slaves’ work to be doubled. Read more
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