This film has none of the charm, cleverness, nor sense of humor that life of brian has and it is painfully obvious to see that missing in this film. Starring dudley moore, laraine newman, james coco, paul sand. The biggest problem that wholly moses has is that it is outshone greatly by much better films in a similar vein, particularly monty pythons life of brian. The film also stars laraine newman, james coco, paul sand, jack gilford, dom deluise, john houseman, madeline kahn, david. The movie depends for its effect on the kind of shock value the tv show has, and it seems to he under the impression that thats enough. Gioachino antonio rossini 29 february 1792 november 1868 was an italian composer who gained fame for his 39 operas, although he also wrote many songs, some chamber music and piano pieces, and some sacred music. Dudley moore plays old testamentera idol maker herschel, whose life and adventures seem to parallel that of the more famous moses, all the while being misled to think he is the prophet of god. Wholly moses is a religious spoof that asks the question, did god choose moses to be his messenger, or was it another boy set down in the river on that day.
Centuries later a pair of tourists in the middle east, harvey. John houseman celebrity profile check out the latest john houseman photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes. To be completed by journalists, photographers and film producers when requesting to visit the moses mabhida stadium or interview a stadium. A list of american films released in 1980 ordinary people won the academy award for best picture. Wholly moses is about mosess brother, hershel an invention and is set during biblical times. William hooker gillette july 24, 1853 april 29, 1937 was an american actormanager, playwright, and stagemanager in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. David and goliath full official movie great quality film bible movies. The september 14, 1956 issue of colliers featured a number of brynners snapshots taken during filming of the ten commandments. Anthony balducci hollywood studios were once eager to bring standup comedy king richard pryors humor to the big screenstudio executives gave him access to resources and control to develop his own projects. Get the best deals on comedy maude vhs tapes when you shop the largest online selection at. Proof of this is a very bad new comedy named wholly moses. Director gary weis a solid cast is wasted in a biblical comedy starring dudley moore as. With dudley moore, laraine newman, james coco, paul sand. Mel brookes history of the world last supper duration.
Total ratings 3, fred olen ray s cyclone 1987 original movie poster heather thomas sci fi. A broadly farcical comedy that attempts to ape the wickedly funny, biblespoofing humor of the previous years monty pythons life of brian 1979, this allstar ribtickler toplines dudley moore. He set new standards for both comic and serious opera before retiring from largescale composition while still in his thirties, at the height of his. Herschel receives the command from god to free his people from slavery, but moses keeps. The recommendation service has sorted out serious, exciting, epic, entertaining, biblical and stylized films and tv shows about with pharaoh, ancient egypt, escapades, adventure, destiny, desert, betrayal, chase, mentor and family plots mostly in adventure, drama and fantasy genres shot. He is best remembered for portraying sherlock holmes on stage and in a 1916 silent film thought to be lost until it was rediscovered in 2014. Tourists dudley moore, laraine newman in israel find an old scroll, the book of herschel, about a false savior upstaged by moses. Moses is a 1995 internationally produced biblical drama tv movie. The moses code was first used to create some of the greatest miracles in the history of the world, but then it was hidden away, and only the highest initiates were allowed to practice it. Posters, movie memorabilia, entertainment memorabilia. Harvey and zoey, two tourists in israel, discover an ancient scroll about herschel, the man who was almost moses.
Watch wholly moses full movie in hd visit movie 33076 harvey and zoey, two tourists in israel, discover an ancient scroll about. While sometimes they do cross paths, they never run completely parallel. In films he parodied sydney greenstreet in the neil simon film the cheap detective 1978 and was in old boyfriends 1980, john carpenters the fog 1980, wholly moses. Dudley moore is herschel, a charlatan prophet back in the days of the old testament who hears moses and is inspired by gods words. Classic harold and maude vhs 1972 1994 release rare performances cult film. The highestgrossing film of 1980 was the empire strikes back. Gods and kings in theaters december 12 isnt this years first bigscreen bible film, but it may well be a throwback to a type of hollywood bible spectacle we havent seen since well, since cecil b. Retired auto worker, ham radio advanced class, ghost boxer, couch potato, beard grower extraordinaire, christian faith. Movie memorabilia original us posters 19801989 for sale. Houseman briefly returned to producing with the tv movie gideons trumpet 1980, which he also appeared in and choices of the heart 1983. Wholly moses 1980 costars several other recognizable actors in supporting roles, including john houseman, madeline kahn, and jack gilford. More generally ive given a number of talks led through groups on jesus in film and was a consultant for the channel 4. This is a list of movies including television movies based on the bible old testament and new testament, depicting characters or figures from the bible, or broadly derived from the revelations or interpretations therein.
Twyman reveals the code for the first time, is it possible that nearly 3,500 years ago, moses was given the secret for attracting. Can t buy me love 1987 original movie poster patrick dempsey amanda peterson. Harvey and zoey, two tourists travelling through israel, discover an ancient scroll describing the life of herschel, the man who was almost moses. Dudley moore dudley moore, who has died aged 66, began his showbusiness career in 1960 as the pianist in the revue beyond the fringe. The bible clearly states he took his wife and 2 sons. Wholly moses 1980 061980 us comedy 1h 43m user score. Wholly moses 1980 full movie download full hd youtube.
Dudley moore, between starmaking performances in 10 and arthur, plays old testamentera idol maker herschel, whose life parallels that of the more famous moses in many ways. Video, music, photos, movies, websites for book of exodus. The film also stars laraine newman, james coco, paul sand, jack gilford, dom deluise, john houseman. Secondly it showed him leaving his wife and children behind when he returned to egypt. The bronx has a land area of 42 square miles 109 km 2 and a. The best deals on originalsinternational, originalsunited states, reproductions. While i absolutely love hotw1, i still enjoy watching hershel dork his way. Watch moses movie trailers, exclusive videos, interviews from the cast, movie clips and more at.
Exploring the historical jesus and his times via monty pythons life of brian, london, bloomsbury academic, 2015, pp4354, david shepherd book chapter, 2015. Life of brian 1979, wholly moses 1980 and the failure of biblical parody in, editorsjoan taylor, jesus and brian. Moses was filmed in morocco and was aired in the united states on the tnt network and internationally on the trinity broadcasting network. Moses at the movies the most cinemaready story in sacred scripture sdg original source. This biblical spoof was protested by orthodox jews for mocking their faith, while critics ripped it apart for ineptly following in the footsteps of life of brian. First it showed moses as a child when he was not heard of from the time he was put on the nile until he was about 30. The list contains the best, new and most relevant pharaoh movies ordered by relevance.
Sure, wholly moses has its moments, but it is more off than on in terms of humor, and it. Herschel receives the command from god to free his people from egyptian slavery, but moses keeps blundering by and taking all the credit. I have also written for rejesus and open heaven amongst others. Wholly moses 1980 is a comedy, fantasy movie starring dudley moore and laraine newman. Forced into the role of seer for egypts pharaoh, herschel. It was directed by roger young, written by lionel chetwynd and starred ben kingsley, frank langella and christopher lee. Staring john ritter, dudley moore, richard pryor and paul sand. Moses sent them back to jethro, her father when on the trip to egypt.
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