Moses (film)

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This article is about the short film. For other uses, see Moses.
Moses
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Production company Hanna-Barbera
Distributor Worldvision Home Video
Release date April 1986
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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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 Worldvision Home Video in April 1986. 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

Objects

  • Nothing of importance

Vehicles

  • None

Production

Development

An alternate title that was still being used in newspapers was Moses: Let My People Go.[1][2]

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

Release

Dates are in order of release:

  • United States: April 1986 on VHS[3]

Behind the scenes

Errors

Marketing and promotion

In October 1985, Abingdon Press published a children's book adaptation of the same name.[1]

Critical reception

In other languages

Language Name Meaning

Home availability

References

  1. ^ a b Staff (August 1, 1985). "Abingdon Press Sets Stories From Bible". The Tennessean. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
  2. ^ Buck, Jerry (July 12, 1986). "Barbera producing animated Bible stories on videocassette", page 5. Rapid City Journal. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
  3. ^ Robinson, Henry (April 18, 1986). "Animated Biblical Episodes Offered for Home-Video," page 46. The Asheville Times. Retrieved August 7, 2024.