"Oh, Moses, Moses. You stubborn, splendid, adorable fool."
Saturday, November 27, 2021 at 8:00AM
NATHANIEL R in Biblical Epics, Charlton Heston, Golden Globes, Oscar Trivia, The Prince of Egypt, The Ten Commandments

by Nathaniel R

It's 120 days until the Oscars. So for today's random number celebration let's talk Moses! According to the Bible he lived to be 120 years old. The most famous Moses film is inarguably The Ten Commandments (1956). We always forget that Charlton Heston wasn't actually Oscar-nominated for playing Moses in that now camp classic despite the film receiving seven Oscar nods including a Best Picture citation. Curiously and conversely, the film's only Golden Globe nomination was in Best Actor, Drama for Charlton Heston. How about that?

More Moses movie trivia after the jump...

 

Nobody has ever been Oscar-nominated OR Emmy nominated for playing Moses, unless you count nicknames and then we've got one: Cynthia Erivo as Harriet Tubman in Harriet (2019), the formerly enslaved hero and Underground Railroad icon who was nicknamed "Moses" for leading so many out of slavery. 

 

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