{"id":52861,"date":"2016-09-26T22:19:23","date_gmt":"2016-09-27T05:19:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/?p=52861"},"modified":"2016-09-27T09:13:39","modified_gmt":"2016-09-27T16:13:39","slug":"the-ten-commandments-celebrates-its-60th-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2016\/09\/the-ten-commandments-celebrates-its-60th-anniversary.html","title":{"rendered":"The Ten Commandments<\/i> celebrates its 60th anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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This is a year for Bible-movie anniversaries. Intolerance<\/a><\/i> turned 100 last month, The Bible: In the Beginning\u2026<\/a><\/i> turns 50 on Wednesday, and The Nativity Story<\/a><\/i> turns 10 in December. But the most significant Bible movie celebrating the end of yet another decade on our screens would have to be the second and most famous version of The Ten Commandments<\/a><\/i>, which premiered 60 years ago in the fall of 1956.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m not sure about the film\u2019s exact<\/i> release date right now because the film\u2019s Wikipedia page<\/a> gives both October 5 and November 8 as the premiere dates. (The IMDb<\/a> goes with October 5.) Either way, the actual anniversary is coming up soon, and I figured I should note it here, partly because of two items that recently came my way.<\/p>\n

First, Intrada<\/a> has a massive new six-disc soundtrack collection that includes:<\/p>\n