{"id":1035,"date":"2008-02-13T15:45:00","date_gmt":"2008-02-13T15:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2008\/02\/what-horrors-hath-cecil-b-demille-wrought\/"},"modified":"2008-02-13T15:45:00","modified_gmt":"2008-02-13T15:45:00","slug":"what-horrors-hath-cecil-b-demille-wrought","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2008\/02\/what-horrors-hath-cecil-b-demille-wrought.html","title":{"rendered":"What horrors hath Cecil B. DeMille wrought?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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Nine years ago, I wrote a short article for Bible Review<\/a><\/i> on Peter Brosnan, a filmmaker who, together with archaeologist John Parker, has spent the past quarter-century looking for Egyptian ruins in the sand dunes of California. Of course, they\u2019re not looking for real<\/i> Egyptian ruins; instead, they\u2019re looking for the fake<\/i> Egyptian sets and props that were built by Cecil B. DeMille for the original silent version of The Ten Commandments<\/a><\/i> (1923).<\/span><\/p>\n

So I could not help but be amused when I got a press release today for a DVD that has nothing to do with Brosnan or Parker, but has everything to do with the subject they\u2019ve been working on:<\/p>\n

Based on true events\u2026
ANCHOR BAY ENTERTAINMENT EXCAVATES SANDS OF OBLIVION FOR DVD
The Ultimate Evil Will Rise March 11th<\/p>\n

TORONTO, ON \u2014 In 1923, legendary film director Cecil B. DeMille constructed a replica of ancient Egypt in the California desert for his epic movie The Ten Commandments. After filming was completed, he ordered the entire set buried. For the last 85 years, the unanswered question remains: Why? Solve the mystery of what lurks beneath the scorching wasteland when Anchor Bay Entertainment releases Sands of Oblivion on DVD March 11, 2008.<\/p>\n

Directed by David Flores and written & produced by Kevin VanHook (Voodoo Moon, Death Row), Sands of Oblivion<\/a> stars Adam Baldwin (\u201cChuck,\u201d Serenity, Independence Day), Morena Baccarin(\u201cStargate SG-1,\u201d Serenity), Academy Award(R) winner George Kennedy (Cool Hand Luke, the Naked Gun films) and Dan Castellaneta (\u201cThe Simpsons\u201d) as Cecil B. DeMille. First broadcast on the SCI-FI Channel, Sands of Oblivion will be presented in a special \u201cDirector\u2019s Cut\u201d edition, featuring additional footage not seen in the original airing.<\/p>\n

A modern day excavation crew lead by soon-to-be divorced archaeologist couple Jesse and Alice Carter (Baldwin and Baccarin) have uncovered the secret that DeMille tried in vain to bury: the set holds the spirit of a vengeful Egyptian god, trapped in a smuggled artifact amongst the movie props. Unleashing an ancient centuries-old horror, it will be up to Jesse and Alice, along with an Iraq War combat veteran (Victor Webster, \u201cCharmed\u201d) to recapture the vile fury of ages past. DreadCentral praised Sands of Oblivion with \u201cone of the most unique story ideas for any movie the SCI-FI Channel has ever produced!\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Sounds like this film will sort of do for The Ten Commandments<\/i> what Shadow of the Vampire<\/a><\/i> (2000) did for Nosferatu<\/a><\/i> (1922), by supposing that real-life supernatural shenanigans were taking place amidst a movie set\u2019s simulation<\/i> of the supernatural.<\/span><\/p>\n

And hey, what\u2019s this, Dan \u201cHomer Simpson\u201d Castellaneta is playing Cecil B. DeMille? Okay, now I really<\/i> have to see this film.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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