That is part of the story. The story of Moses is the only one that is part of Hebrew, Muslim and Christian tradition. It has a lot of meaning, especially today with what is happening in the Middle East.

This version is more realistic, has more depth, and Moses is presented as a more complex figure. Heston was a big Hollywood star, and that got in the way.

My actors and crew were miserable working in that desert.

You don't want to throw them into a 120-degree oven getting off the airplane.

Every major story . . . needs to be redone every 35, 40 years.

And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of which the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah: / And he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the stools; if it be a son, then ye shall kill him: but if it be a daughter, then she shall live.