Prince of Egypt, The (1998): DreamWorks Oscar Winning Animated Musical (“Sand and Sandals” Biblical Epic)l

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Kilmer is joined by Ralph Fiennes, Michelle Pfeiffer, Sandra Bullock, Jeff Goldblum, Danny Glover, Patrick Stewart, Steve Martin and Martin Short.

There’s memorable music, with songs written by Stephen Schwartz (“Enchanted,” “Wicked”) and score from the inimitable Hans Zimmer.

It spawned the hit single “When You Believe,” from Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston, which won the Best Original Song Oscar.

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The stunning visuals and first-rate voice cast define this effort to appeal to children as well as adult viewers.

Though lacking much joyous creativity, the movie combines elements of Hollywood biblical epic, Broadway musicals, and of course, magnificent computer-generated special effects.

It is almost an impossible challenge to make characters like Moses more immediately relatable and humanly knowable.

Here and there the movie slips into the level of Sunday School lesson, perhaps a result of the filmmakers to make an entertaining picture with biblical characters as dramatis persona for viewers that may not have been familiar with them.

A moderate commercial success, The Prince of Egypt earned $101 million in the U.S. and $117 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $218 million.

Prince of Egypt, The (1998): DreamWorks Oscar Winning Animated Musical (“Sand and Sandals” Biblical Epic)l

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