Tag Archives: Charlton Heston

True Lies (1994)

June 3, 2012 Leave a comment

Directed by James Cameron, Harry Tasker is a secret agent for the United States Government. For years, he has kept his job from his wife, but  Special agent Harry is a top spy in the ultra-secret Omega Sector — but his wife thinks he’s just a boring computer salesman. When Harry’s identities collide, the Taskers find themselves in the clutches of international terrorists, fighting to save their marriage and their lives to stop nuclear terrorists when he and his wife are kidnapped by the terrorists.

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The Ten Commandments (1956)

September 6, 2011 Leave a comment

Directed by Cecil B. DeMille, During the rule of Rameses I in Ancient Egypt, the pharaoh is informed that the Hebrew slaves believe that a recently seen star portends the arrival of a deliverer who will free them. Wanting to subvert the deliverer, yet unwilling to kill all the Hebrew slaves, Rameses I theorizes that the deliverer must be newly born and so orders the death of every male, Hebrew infant. To escape the edict of Egypt’s Pharoah, Rameses I, condemning all newborn Hebrew males, the infant Moses is set adrift on the Nile in a reed basket. Saved by the pharaoh’s daughter Bithiah, he is adopted by her and brought up in the court of her brother, Pharaoh Seti. Moses gains Seti’s favor and the love of the throne princess Nefertiri, as well as the hatred of Seti’s son, Rameses. When his Hebrew heritage is revealed, Moses is cast out of Egypt, Moses, learns of his true heritage as a Hebrew and his divine mission as the deliverer of his people.

Ben-Hur (1959)

July 24, 2011 Leave a comment

Directed by William Wyler, Judah Ben-Hur lives as a rich Jewish prince and merchant in Jerusalem at the beginning of the 1st century. Together with the new governor his old friend Messala arrives as commanding officer of the Roman legions. At first they are happy to meet after a long time but their different politic views separate them. During the welcome parade a roof tile falls down from Judah’s house and injures the governor. Although Messala knows they are not guilty, he sends Judah to the galleys and throws his mother and sister into prison.

The Big Country (1958)

July 1, 2011 Leave a comment

Directed by William Wyler,  A New Englander arrives in the Old West, where he becomes embroiled in a feud between two families over a valuable patch of land. Retired, wealthy sea Captain Jame McKay arrives in the vast expanse of the West to marry fiancée Pat Terrill. McKay is a man whose values and approach to life are a mystery to the ranchers and ranch foreman Steve Leech takes an immediate dislike to him. Pat is spoiled, selfish and controlled by her wealthy father, Major Henry Terrill. The Major is involved in a ruthless civil war, over watering rights for cattle, with a rough hewn clan led by Rufus Hannassey.

Planet of the Apes (1968)

June 9, 2011 1 Comment

Directed by Franklin J. Schaffner, Taylor and two other astronauts come out of deep hibernation to find that their ship has crashed. Escaping with little more than clothes they find that they have landed on a planet where men are pre-lingual and uncivilized while apes have learned speech and technology. Taylor is captured and taken to the city of the apes after damaging his throat so that he is silent and cannot communicate with the apes.

Tombstone (1993)

January 20, 2011 Leave a comment

Directed by George P. Cosmatos and Kurt Russell, After success cleaning up Dodge City, Wyatt Earp moves to Tombstone, Arizona, and wishes to get rich in obscurity. He meets his brothers there, as well as his old friend Doc Holliday. A band of outlaws that call themselves The Cowboys are causing problems in the region with various acts of random violence, and inevitably come into confrontation with Holliday and the Earps, which leads to a shoot-out at the OK Corral.

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