In the scene were charlton heston has just said goodbye to sophia loren and is about to ride off with his followers. See more ideas about movie stars, actor and charleton heston. In reallife, hordern was only 12 years older than heston. Lovely sophia loren plays the love of his life although both heston and loren were daggers drawn throughout the shoot. Conversely, he speculates that benhur 1959 may have been more effective with mann, not wyler, helming it. Charlton heston always bemoaned the fact that he aged dramatically during the movie, while sophia loren remains effortlessly beautiful throughout. Michael hordern plays charlton hestons father in the movie. Charlton heston, original name john charles carter, born october 4, 1923, evanston, illinois, u. He has created many indelible film characterizatons over his long and distinguished career. Charlton hestons son says ten commandments deepened the. This dazzling spectacle, with a cast of thousands, fills the screen with action and romance from knights in armor jousting on horseback to massive battles on sea and land, where columns of warriors stretch across the horizon. Charlton heston has been described as a man from a different era, not of the present.
Met charlton heston, sophia loren en genevieve page. Technically ambitious but artistically underwhelming, this 1961 epic by anthony mann man of the west stars charlton heston as an 11thcentury hero who drives the moors from spain. Fraser heston, son of the ten commandments star charlton heston, opens up about playing baby moses in the movie and his dads faith and legacy. This, surely, was the film made for charlton heston as. Charlton heston was made to play these larger than life heroes on the silver screen and he rises up to the challenge as 10th century spains hero rodrigo diaz who defeated hordes of moors. The death of charlton heston april, 2008 part 1 of 2 duration.
Charlton heston, sophia loren, hurd hatfield, genevieve page en raf vallone. With features chiseled in stone, and renowned for playing a long list of historical figures, particularly in biblical epics, the tall, well built and ruggedly handsome charlton heston was one of hollywoods greatest leading men and remained active in front of movie cameras for over sixty years. October 4, 1923 april 5, 2008 was an american actor and political activist. Perhaps somewhat surprisingly, charlton heston himself was not overly impressed by the finished movie, suggesting in his 1995 autobiography in the arena that this movie might have been better if william wyler had directed it instead of anthony mann. However, hestons performances have been consistently excellent, whether portraits of the past or the future. He knows a divided spain cannot stand and implores his countrymen to unify in. He delivered a jab at thenpresident clinton, saying.
Starring charlton heston and sophia loren at their prime, anthony manns grand historical epic is still much admired by viewers and directors. As a hollywood star, he appeared in 100 films over. Hestons star burned at its brightest when demille cast him as the stern moses in the lavish the ten commandments 1956. The film quite deliberately sets out to depict him as a semimythical hero of spain, the man who liberated spain a nation which didnt actually exist at the time. See more ideas about epic film, movie stars and charlton heston movies. The film has been described as glum, and that is indeed apt for a story that focuses so much on its central characters losses in the face of his simultaneous, mythic approbation.
The film stars charlton heston in the title role and sophia loren as dona ximena. The emirs return to spain with orders to resume hostilities with the christians while ibn yusuf readies his army for a fullscale invasion. With charlton heston, sophia loren, raf vallone, genevieve page. As a hollywood star, he appeared in almost 100 films over the course of 60 years. He played moses in the epic film the ten commandments 1956, for which he received his first nomination for the golden globe award for best actor motion picture drama. Charlton heston biography, movie highlights and photos. This movie has been premiered in australian hd theatres in 1961 movies 1961. Hestons list of film credits support this observation.
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