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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Sony
EAN: 9781404952324
Format: Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC
ISBN: 1404952322
Label: Sony Pictures
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Region Code: 99
Release Date: July 06, 2004
Running Time: 104 minutes
Sales Rank: 29654
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: June 13, 1980
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
Discovered in a desert cave is an ancient document which casts new light on an old story. The infant Moses as the story goes was dispatched down the Nile and rescued by the Pharaoh's daughter. But on the same morning another child - Herschel - was also set afloat. Herschel just happened to sail past the Princess with a helpful nudge from Moses. So the question is who was truly God's Chosen? Moses or Herschel? Dudley Moore stars as the adult Herschel trying to find his place in the scheme of things. Also starring are Laraine Newman as Herschel's lusty bride James Coco as his father and Richard Pryor as the wildly idiosyncratic Pharaoh.System Requirements:Running Time: 103 Min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY Rating: PG UPC: 043396042056 Manufacturer No: 04205
Amazon.com:
Wholly Moses! is a clever, 1980 Biblical farce that has much in common with Monty Python's Life of Brian. Dudley Moore, between star-making performances in 10 and Arthur, plays Old Testament-era idol maker Herschel, whose life parallels that of the more famous Moses in many ways. Forced into the role of seer for Egypt's pharaoh, Herschel becomes convinced he has divine powers, until destiny proves otherwise and his subsequent misadventures as a slave, fake eunuch, and betrayed husband (Laraine Newman plays Herschel's unfaithful spouse) lead him to question the necessity of believing in any god at all. Wholly Moses! is directed by Gary Weis, perhaps still best known for his short works on the early Saturday Night Live, and the film plays like a succession of sketchy ideas. It does have powerful and inspired moments, however, including Herschel's dialogue with the devil (John Ritter) and the sight of James Coco sweeping small frogs. --Tom Keogh
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Love this movie
Ah...Dudley Moore at his best! To this day, my family still blurts out quotes from this movie from time to time (real funny movie)!
Rating:  - boring
I thought with names likes Richard Pryor, Dudley Moore, John Ritter, it would be a good satire on the bible. Turned out to be a Dudley Moore ripoff. The script is sub-standard. Does anyone want to buy my copy?
Rating:  - As silly as I remembered
I had not seen this movie since it came out in 1980. It was as slapstick hilarious as I remembered. What I had forgotten was the outstanding cast of actors: Richard Pryor, John Ritter, etc.
Better story line than 'Blazing Saddles'.
Rating: - Plausible history
While touring the Middle East Harvey and Zoey get off the buss and finds some scrolls in a cave. They chronicle the life of Herschel; as Harvey starts reading we are carried back to the actually time and given a first hand look at what really took place with Herschel and Moses. Several times God speaks to Moses and Herschel is in earshot and thinks it is he being addressed.
My favorite scene is when they are both in baskets floating down the Nile and Moses give Herschel's basket a push off ... Read More
Rating: - The story of Herschel and Zerelda
The late Dudley Moore's film career was starting to strengthen in the late 1970's,starting with a supporting role in 1978's FOUL PLAY,then co-starring with Bo Derek in "10" the following year. However,this film was a box office disappointment despite the all-star cast. Moore is Harvey Orkin,a language professor at a New York college. Harvey is taking a trip to Jerusalem's Holy Land to recover from the break-up with his live-in girlfriend. Sitting next to Harvey on the bus is Zoey(Laraine Newman,late ... Read More
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