Exodus: Gods and Kings

film by Scott [2014]

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Exodus: Gods and Kings is a 2014 film directed by Ridley Scott, known for his visually distinctive style. The movie dramatizes the biblical story of Moses and the Exodus, detailing the liberation of the Israelites from slavery in Egypt under the pharaoh Ramses II. The narrative follows Moses's confrontation with the pharaoh, the ten plagues, and the Israelites' journey to Mount Sinai. The film's historical setting is generally placed around the 13th century BCE, though scholarly debate exists regarding the precise dating of these events.123

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Christian Bale
… in Ridley Scott’s biblical epic Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014) and then portrayed an eccentric money manager in the black comedy The Big Short (2015), about the 2008 financial crisis. His work in the latter film earned Bale his third Oscar nomination. In director Terrence Malick’s Knight of Cups (2015),…
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… in Ridley Scott’s biblical epic Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014) and then portrayed an eccentric money manager in the black comedy The Big Short (2015), about the 2008 financial crisis. His work in the latter film earned Bale his third Oscar nomination. In director Terrence Malick’s Knight of Cups (2015),…
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Ridley Scott
…the Jews from Egypt in Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014) before returning to space with the tautly plotted The Martian (2015), about an astronaut (Matt Damon) who must survive alone on Mars. The latter film received seven Oscar nominations, including for best picture. Scott’s films from 2017 include Alien: Covenant…
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…the Jews from Egypt in Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014) before returning to space with the tautly plotted The Martian (2015), about an astronaut (Matt Damon) who must survive alone on Mars. The latter film received seven Oscar nominations, including for best picture. Scott’s films from 2017 include Alien: Covenant…
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Ben Kingsley
Later works
…of Ridley Scott’s biblical epic Exodus: Gods and Kings as the Jewish elder Nun. In director Robert Zemeckis’s The Walk (2015), he played the mentor of high-wire artist Philippe Petit, who in 1974 traversed the space between the towers of the World Trade Center on a cable.
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…of Ridley Scott’s biblical epic Exodus: Gods and Kings as the Jewish elder Nun. In director Robert Zemeckis’s The Walk (2015), he played the mentor of high-wire artist Philippe Petit, who in 1974 traversed the space between the towers of the World Trade Center on a cable.
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