The Prince of Egypt

The Prince of Egypt
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Country	United States
Language	English
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Release	December 18, 1998

The Prince of Egypt is a 1998 American animated musical drama film produced by DreamWorks Animation and released by DreamWorks Pictures. The first feature film from DreamWorks to be traditionally animated, it is an adaptation of the Book of Exodus and follows the life of Moses from being a prince of Egypt to a Prophet of The Lord, chosen by God to carry out his ultimate destiny of leading the Jews out of Egypt. The film was directed by Brenda Chapman, Steve Hickner, and Simon Wells (in Chapman and Hickner's feature directorial debuts) with a screenplay written by Philip LaZebnik. It features songs written by Stephen Schwartz and a score composed by Hans Zimmer. The voice cast consists of Val Kilmer in a dual role, Ralph Fiennes, Michelle Pfeiffer, Sandra Bullock, Jeff Goldblum, Danny Glover, Patrick Stewart, Helen Mirren, Steve Martin, and Martin Short.

Jeffrey Katzenberg had frequently suggested an animated adaptation of the 1956 film The Ten Commandments while working for The Walt Disney Company, and he decided to put the idea into production after co-founding DreamWorks Pictures in 1994. To make this inaugural project, DreamWorks employed artists who had worked for Walt Disney Feature Animation and Amblimation, totaling a crew of 350 people from 34 countries. The film has a blend of traditional animation and computer-generated imagery, created using software from Toon Boom Animation and Silicon Graphics.

The film was released in theaters on December 18, 1998, and on home video on September 14, 1999. Reviews were generally positive; critics particularly praised the visuals, songs, and voice acting. The film grossed $218 million worldwide in theaters, which made it the most successful non-Disney animated feature at the time. The film's success led to the direct-to-video prequel and spin-off Joseph: King of Dreams, and a stage musical adaptation which opened in London's West End in 2020. The song "When You Believe" became a commercially successful single in a pop version performed by Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey, and went on to win Best Original Song at the 71st Academy Awards, making it the first animated film independently outside of Walt Disney Animation Studios and Pixar films, as well as the first DreamWorks Animation film to receive two nominations and win one at the Academy Awards, succeeded by Shrek and Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit.

Cast

Character		Actor
	Moses	Val Kilmer
		Amick Byram (singing)
	Ramesses II	Ralph Fiennes
	Tzipporah	Michelle Pfeiffer
	Miriam	Sandra Bullock
		Sally Dworsky (singing)
		Eden Riegel (younger)
	Aaron	Jeff Goldblum
	Jethro	Danny Glover
		Brian Stokes Mitchell (singing)
	Seti I	Patrick Stewart
	Queen Tuya	Helen Mirren
		Linda Dee Shayne (singing)
File:Hotep (The Prince of Egypt).png	Hotep	Steve Martin
File:Huy (The Prince of Egypt).png	Huy	Martin Short
File:Yocheved (The Prince of Egypt).png	Yocheved	Ofra Haza
File:God (The Prince of Egypt).png	God	Val Kilmer
File:Amun-her-khepeshef (The Prince of Egypt).png	Amun-her-khepeshef	Bobby Motown

International versions

• Dubs
• Voice-overs
• Subtitled versions

	Language	Title
	Albanian (1st dub)	Princi i Egjiptit
	Albanian (2nd dub, "Jess" Discographic)	Princi i Egjiptit
	Basque	Egiptoko Printzea
	Bulgarian	Принцът на Египет
	Cantonese	埃及王子
	Catalan	El Príncep d'Egipte
	Croatian	Princ od Egipta
	Czech	Princ egyptský
	Danish	Prinsen af Egypten
	Dutch (Belgium)	De prins van Egypte
	Dutch (Netherlands)	De prins van Egypte
	Filipino	The Prince of Egypt
	Finnish	Egyptin prinssi
	French	Le Prince d'Égypte
	German	Der Prinz von Ägypten
	Greek	Ο Πρίγκιπας της Αιγύπτου
	Greek (ANT1)	Ο Πρίγκιπας της Αιγύπτου
	Hebrew	נסיך מצרים
	Hindi	द प्रिंस ऑफ़ इजिप्ट
	Hungarian	Egyiptom hercege
	Icelandic	Egypski prinsinn
	Italian	Il principe d'Egitto
	Japanese	プリンス・オブ・エジプト
	Korean	이집트 왕자
	Mandarin (China)	埃及王子
	Mandarin (Taiwan)	埃及王子
	Mizo	The Prince of Egypt
	Norwegian	Prinsen av Egypt
	Persian	شاهزاده مصر
	Polish	Książę Egiptu
	Portuguese (Brazil)	O Príncipe do Egito
	Portuguese (Portugal)	O Príncipe do Egipto
	Russian (2001)	Принц Египта
	Russian (2011)	Принц Египта
	Slovak	Princ egyptský
	Spanish (Latin America)	El príncipe de Egipto
	Spanish (Spain)	El príncipe de Egipto
	Swedish	Prinsen av Egypten
	Tamil	The Prince of Egypt
	Thai	เดอะพริ้นซ์ออฟอียิปต์
	Thai (True4U)	เดอะพริ้นซ์ออฟอียิปต์
	Turkish (Senkron Stüdyoları)	Mısır Prensi
	Turkish (Seshane Stüdyoları)	Mısır Prensi
	Ukrainian	Принц Єгипту
	Uyghur	مىسىر شاھزادىسى

	Language	Title
	Estonian	Egiptuse prints
	Georgian	ეგვიპტის პრინცი
	Lithuanian	Egipto Princas
	Mongolian	Египетийн хунтайж
	Ukrainian	Принц Єгипту
	Vietnamese (Fptplay)	Hoàng Tử Ai Cập
	Vietnamese (VTV1 (over Russian dub))	Hoàng Tử Ai Cập

	Language	Title
	Arabic	أمير مصر
	Romanian	Prințul Egiptului

Censorship

The film was banned in the Muslim-majority countries of Egypt (despite being set in the country), Malaysia and the Maldives on the grounds that Islamic prophets (including Moses) are not to be visually depicted, despite this taboo not being mentioned in the Quran. It was also banned in Indonesia, but later released on VCD.

Trivia

• Israeli singer Ofra Haza sang the lines of "Deliver Us" in 18 different languages, despite not being fluent in the majority of those languages, with her having to learn how to sing half of them phonetically.

References

v - e - d Dubs Albanian (1st dub • 2nd dub) • Basque • Bulgarian • Cantonese • Catalan • Croatian • Czech • Danish • Dutch (Belgium • Netherlands) • Filipino • Finnish • French • German • Greek (Original • ANT1) • Hebrew • Hungarian • Icelandic • Italian • Japanese • Korean • Mandarin • Norwegian • Persian • Polish • Portuguese (Brazil • Portugal) • Russian (2001 • 2011) • Slovak • Spanish (Latin America • Spain) • Swedish • Tamil • Thai (Original • True4U) • Turkish (Senkron • Seshane) • Ukrainian • Uyghur Voice-overs Estonian • Georgian • Lithuanian • Mongolian • Ukrainian • Vietnamese (FPT Play • VTV1) Voice-overs Deliver Us

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