Moses (film)

Moses
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Production company	Hanna-Barbera
Distributor	Sparrow-Star Song
Release date	October 1985
Run time	26:35
Starring	Terry McGovern; Darleen Carr; Rob Paulsen; James Whitmore; James Earl Jones
Executive producer(s)	William Hanna; Joseph Barbera
Producer(s)	Kay Wright; Lew Saw
Music composed by	Hoyt Curtin
Screenplay by	Harvey Bullock
Director(s)	Gordon Hunt (voices)
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This article is about the short film. For other uses, see Moses.

Moses is an American animated Christian-themed drama direct-to-video short film, and the first installment of The Greatest Adventure: Stories from the Bible direct-to-video series. It was released by Sparrow-Star Song in October 1985. It was written by Harvey Bullock, and voice directed by Gordon Hunt.

The young archaeologists witness the ten plagues of Egypt and the parting of the Red Sea as Moses frees the Israelites from the Pharoah's slavery.

Detailed summary

Memorable quotes

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Derek	Terry McGovern
Margo	Darleen Carr
Moki	Rob Paulsen
Moses	James Whitmore
Aaron	Unavailable
God
Pharaoh	James Earl Jones
Abraham
Isaac
Jacob

Locations

Earth
- Africa
  - Egypt
    - Palace
    - Mount Sinai
    - Temple of Abu Simbel
    - Red Sea

Objects

Nothing of importance

Vehicles

None

Production

Development

Filming

Music

The music was composed and conducted by Hoyt Curtin, with musical supervision from Paul DeKorte. The music was edited by Cecil Broughton and Terry Moore.

Crew credits

Executive producers: William Hanna, Joseph Barbera
Producer: Jay Wright
Associate producer: Lew Saw
Creative supervisor: Joe Taritero
Executive story editor: Bruce D. Johnson
Supervising director: Ray Patterson
Creative designer: Iwao Takamoto
Story director: Ric Estrada
Animation casting director: Andrea Romano
Graphics and titles artists: Iraj Paran, Tom Wogatzke
Character designers: Ric Estrada, Andre Le Blanc
Layout supervisor: Marija Miletic Dail
Layout artists: Grigor Boyadjiev, Frank Brunner, Tim Burgard, Leo Duranona, Ray Jacobs, Mel Keefer, Walt Peregoy, Linda Rowley, John Perry, Tony Sgroi
Animation supervisor: Jay Sarbry
Animators: Robert Alvarez, Frank Andrina, Miguel Arellano, Brenda Banks, Bob Bemiller, Michael Bennett, David Burgess, Oliver Callahan, Rudy Cataldi, Richard Coleman, Jesse Cosio, Daniel De La Vega, Joan Drake, Hugh Fraser, Bill Hutten, Hicks Lokey, Ernesto Lopez, Ed Love, Ron Myrick, Robert Neslar, Kevin Petrilak, Joanna G. Romersa, Ken Southworth, Mike Stribling, Bonita Versh, James T. Walker, Allen Wilzbach
Special effects animators: Maurice Hunt, Clayton Stang, Esther Barr
Assistant animation supervisor: Joanna G. Romersa
Background supervisor: Al Gmuer
Background artists: Fernando Arce, Jonathon Goley, Bonnie Goodknight, Eric Heschong, Mike Humphries, Phil Lewis, Andrew Phillipson, Bill Proctor, Patricia Palmer, Jeff Riche, Jeff Richards, Marzette Quilty, Gloria Wood, Lorraine Andrina Marue
Checker and scene planner: Paul B. Strickland
Xerographists: Star Wirth
Ink and paint supervisor: Alison Leopold
Sound directors: Alvy Dorman, Phil Flad
Technical supervisor: Jerry Mills
Camera operators: Steve Altman, Daniel Bunn, Curt Hall, Steve Hale, Glenn Higa, Brandy Hill, Ralph Migliori, Robert Mills, Kieran Mulgrew, David Valentine
Supervising film editor: Larry C. Cowan
Dubbing supervisor: Pat Foley
Effects editors: David M. Cowan, Tim Iverson, Carol Lewis, Jerry Winicki
Show editor: Gil Iverson
Negative consultant: William DeBoer
Post production supervisor: Joed Eaton
Board of advisors: Reverend Fulton Lytle, Reverend Terrance Sweeney, S.J., Rabbi Jerry Culter
Taft Entertainment Home Video Executive coordinator: Richard Klinger
Executives in charge of production: Jayne Barbera, Jan MacCurdy

Release

Dates are in order of release:

United States: October 1985 on VHS

Behind the scenes

Errors

Critical reception

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

In the United States:
- October 1985: Sparrow-Star Song releases Moses on VHS.
- March 6, 2006: Warner Home Video releases Moses on DVD.
In the United Kindgom and Ireland:

References