Commandments(1956): The Ten

: DeMille chose Heston because he closely resembled Michelangelo’s statue of Moses in Rome.

: The film won the Oscar for Best Visual Effects and was nominated for Best Picture. The Ten Commandments(1956)

: This single sequence took six months to film and required a 32-foot-high ramp on the Paramount lot and 360,000 gallons of water. : DeMille chose Heston because he closely resembled