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Will Smith to play the Nubian Pharaoh Taharqa in THE LAST PHARAOH written by Randall Wallace!
Hey folks, Harry here... Michael Fleming over at Variety is reporting that Randall Wallace (BRAVEHEART guy) is writing a script for Will Smith and Columbia called THE LAST PHARAOH based upon Taharqa's life as pharaoh of Egypt from 690 BC to 664 BC. His father was a Nubian king that conquered Egypt.
According to Fleming the film is focussing on the battles with Esarhaddon, who ruled the Assyrians at the time. It'll be interesting to see how the film is played out, as historically - Taharqa did defeat the Assyrians on their first battle 677, but just a few years later the Assyrians defeated and conquered Egypt causing Taharqa to flee into lower Egypt, where he caused trouble before ultimately being defeated by Esarhaddon's son Assurbanipal before again fleeing and ultimately dying in his homeland of Nubia. The basic structure is there for a BRAVEHEART style story, but this will be a very challenging role for Will Smith - who will need to shed his very modern feel. But this is exactly the sort of project that I'd like to see him stretch to do! Very interesting project!
For more info on Taharqa - check this page out!
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He fucking wrote Pearl Harbor.
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And I got no idea in what movie he said that. Maybe it's a "Beam Me up, Scotty"-thing.
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File it alongside The Last Crusade, The Last of the Mohicans, The Last Emperor, The Last Temptation of Christ, The Last Mimzy, The Last Samurai, The Last Boy Scout, The Last Man on Earth, etc.
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uh i mean egypt
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I'd say it was under 10 minutes, DerLanghaarige
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looks like 5 minutes.
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Being its called "The Last Pharoah", keyword being last. And Smith was pretty pimp in Pursuit of Happyness, he's getting older and mayhap a little wiser with the acting chops. In fact, I was with him when he happened to glance at an Oscar and he said "I GOTS TO GET ME ONE OF THESE."
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Sep 08, 2008 2:26:17 AM CDT
Forrestal that's good point about all those last films...maybe t
by crazybubba
maybe being last gets you more attention. How to other people feel about Will Smith movies? He's a likable guy, but his movies suck.
Independence Day-garbage
I am Legend--garbage
Ali--looks like garbage
Hancock--looks like garbage
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Hmm, if you try real hard, then you could rhyme Midget. I'm just throwing that out there. Somebody may want to put a midget in the script to give Will something to work with...
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"Means I'll knock your punk-ass down!"
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Aw HELL naw! I AM LEGEND is a good fucking movie. Gets a little shaky in the third act with SHREK, Bob Marley and Redbelt's wife, but the (original) ending is excellent. It's not perfect, but it's a lot better than we all thought it'd be.
And it features Will Smith's best performance to date (yes, better than PURSUIT O' HAPPYNESS). -
That movie is beyond forgettable.
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only he never wins in the end.
I would have thought a bleak ending where he dies, would be impossible for Will Smith. But he snuffed it in I am Legend. At least he doesn't seem to have Tom Cruise's ego in that regard. -
thought there would be more action. Didnt like the special effects either. looked too fake. Amazing G should do a comedy act where he only repeats Big Willy one liners. NaNaNaNaNaNa The good guys dress in black remember that
Just in case we ever face to face and make contact
Its the M.I.B. ya'll
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would someone defend Pearl Harbor so passionately. Like Don King says only in america.nah nah nah nah nah nah. Its the M.I.B. ya'll
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Or should that be heeeeeeeeelllll Pharoah Xenu? Either way, ain't gonna pay to see another celebritologist.
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I think Will is up to it, we should know that by now. The challenge will be whether or not the audience will watche Will in a non modern role.
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is that like a fake archaeolost? seriously i'm curious to what u mean.
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Damn You Michael Bay
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but he has willy's ears.
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That's a pass for me.
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No wha am saying.
Of all the fuckin films they could make about Egypt why pick this one shitty period and of all the shitty scientology actors why...go for Fresh prince? Paint Tom Cruise black and I will see this. -
Sep 08, 2008 4:26:45 AM CDT
I'm just trying to picture a Pharaoh saying "Oh snap!"
by throwmetheidol
Really, it sounds like a bomb. I guess it will get Will Smithized before it's finished but I can't imagine what they were thinking.
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...swing that pointy shit at me!"
I keed, I keed. I have no problem with Will Smith, actually. -
Smith can too
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And I was like, "naw."
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is terrible.
His position at the box office means he has the ability to get practically anything made that he wants...and he wants to make bad movies.
I AM LEGEND was about it for me with Will Smith; cheesy dialogue, terrible effects, no balls.
I never bothered with Hancock, the trailer made it look dim.
The man's got acting chops (Ali, Six Degrees of Separation) but seems to want to hang around making dull sci-fi and actioners.
This film looks like an attempt to find a Brave Heart style film for him. Looks like they struggled to find the right material too.
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Some of the worst CG i've ever seen. They took a great story and diluted it into a Will Smith vehicle. Unforgivable.
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may be the last watchable Will Smith movie.
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thanks for the great laugh. What are you doing out here Fred? I liked I am Legend but also hated the third act. I have yet to see the alternate ending that I hear is pretty darn god.
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good
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A big fucking beard. A moustache would be OK if it was a big bushy one but I do not believe Pharoah would stcik to just a hairy lip.
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What about a Star Trek article? The series began 42 years ago today...
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Whachoo lookinat, ASSYRIAN-boy?!?!
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movies have not been perfect... infact they have been average, but the problem doesnt lie with smith.
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...you and me Alexander? I make this look good."
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WE HAVE LOTSA THAT UHHHHHH!
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Again I think there are some third act problems, but I'd say the film is mostly solid. And Smith is fucking good in it. Still bitching about the CGI? After all the bad things I'd heard I was pleasantly surprised that it wasn't too shabby.
Fuck you very much. -
Like Adam Sandler, David Spade, and a few other actors who were cool in the '90's, they are getting too old to play the kind of roles they used to.
Will smith has done a better job than most at making the transition. as long as he does not rap the theme song.
In west Nubia, born and raised... -
Sep 08, 2008 6:58:19 AM CDT
Did everyone forget that Will Smith is actually a good actor.
by rbatty024
Just because he has a certain persona doesn't mean he hasn't stretched his acting on occasion. Remember Ali? He was also the best part of I Am Legend. If you put anyone else in that role then that film would have not only sucked but probably bomb at the box office.
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Sep 08, 2008 7:07:42 AM CDT
Yeah really, Smith has chops. He's not a fatty, like all of you
by dr sauch
The people on this site are such douchebags. I mean, come on, think of some of the best movies out there, and then think of them described in one paragraph blurbs. They sound ridiculous!! You can't write this off when it's just an idea. And you know Smith can act. Come on, being a spiteful fatty won't make Harry think you're cool.
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Sep 08, 2008 7:08:35 AM CDT
Now give me all of Egypt to rule and a packet of skittles...
by the grug
Will's gonna have to get a lot blacker if he wants to play a Nubian.
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I am Legend was great. Two thirds of the movie the only thing carrying it is Will Smith because he's by himself. Comparisons to the book/Last Man on Earth/Omega Man aside it was great.
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No... they will all speak American.
But lest we forget, Ali, Pursuit Of Happyness... Old Willard is a darned fine actor and we all have witnessed him do whatever it takes to make his role authentic. He IS legend. -
Shit, has someone said that already?
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I didn't know they got jiggy wit it back in ye pharaoh days. True dat.
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...the problem with this project -- it's Wallace. Have you people seen We Were Soldiers? Holy shit, one of the worst movies I've ever seen.
"*choke*... well... at least I got to die... for my country... *choke*..."
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BEST. CHARACTER. EVER.
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I have it on good authority that Smith's Pharaoh will worship the little known deity Aw-Hell-No.
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willing to buy a ticket to see this
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Probably be just like I am Legend: Smith will be good, but then the movie will fall apart at some point.
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I'm glad to Randall Wallace is getting back to writing. DocPaz is right, in that "We Were Soldiers" wasn't as great as "Braveheart, but "Braveheart"... what a damn well-written epic. Some of the lines in that film are so quotable they've made their way into the flow of everyday culture.
"A lordship and titles, gold. That I should become Judas?" "Peace is made in such ways." "Slaves are made in such ways!"
"It's all for nothing if you don't have freedom."
"Are you ready for a war?" (thunderous response)
"I know ye can fight. But it's our wits that make us men."
"The Almighty says this must be a fashionable fight. It's drawn the finest people."
"Lower your flags and march straight back to England, stopping at every home you pass by to beg forgiveness for a hundred years of theft, rape, and murder. Do that and your men shall live. Do it not, and every one of you will die today."
"Aye, fight and you may die. Run, and you'll live... at least a while. And dying in your beds, many years from now, would you be willin' to trade ALL the days, from this day to that, for one chance, just one chance, to come back here and tell our enemies that they may take our lives, but they'll never take... OUR FREEDOM!" (Scottish army cheers).
If Wallace composes a strong script with equally rousing and funny dialogue, I can see Will Smith abandoning the "hell naw!" persona and donning a compelling Egyptian glare. I'd love to see this, actually. What a change of pace for Smith. Who would've thought?
I noticed this movie will be written by Wallace, not directed by him, which seems a good path to take. This could be an intense film. -
...did fall apart. It was really good until they showed the first "dark seeker" in its awful CGI glory. At that point it began to go downhill, and after Neville was snared it completely went to shit.
The dog/sundown scene was a high point, though. -
...even though it's about as historically accurate as The Flintstones. I just view it as a fantasy movie as to not get too aggravated by it.
"You have bled with Wallace... Now bleed with me!"
We Were Soldiers, however, is an epic shitburger. -
Sure, Braveheart was a good film and all, but Randall Wallace's track record with historical accuracy has a batting average below Eric von Daniken, and I think at least von Daniken is a lot more entertaining.
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First off, the Egyptian King was not known as "Pharaoh"; that was a corrupted term by the Hebrews who didn't apparently understand that the term was a bastardization of the term "Pharaos" which was the King's palace. Once again, we have this retard term popularized. Second, the Egyptian King as an institution survived not only this but Alexander's Greek/Macedonian conquest whose dynasty lasted until Octavian and his Roman forces took control and Cleopatra killed herself. So this title already blows.
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It's a real shame the way the movie ended up going. I fucking hate the massive CGI army invasion of his home. Fucking ridiculous. Bah...might as well have made them all blurry burnt crispy people like another movie I know that took a sudden turn for the worse.I love Braveheart. Accuracy does not concern me when it entertains me. Plus I love Sophie Marceau.
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...you possess the power of the glow.
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Wiggidy Wiggidy Wack. I wonder if he'll wear his Pharaoh skirt half way down his ass? His headdress tilted to the side. Ain't nothin' but a P thang.
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I loved We Were Soldiers! Oh, well, I guess you can't get them, all right Doc! Hah!
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Thats all I have to say. This is the funniest thing I've heard all week.
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Say it ain't so!
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I figured I'd just throw that one into the ring.
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Might as well, while they have all the sets and stuff. I don't think Charlize is busy. She was at my place last night, but she should be free to film after this weekend.
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That is all!
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Since she was cleaning up my place this morning after our long Sunday night (again). I told her she can come over anytime (the wife is suprisingly understanding) but she better clean up.
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She loves ME. I have her on tape saying she loves ME. Its alittle hard to hear, because she's wearing the gimp mask, but there's a part in the tape where the soldering iron gets quiet, and yeah, you can totally tell she likes ME.
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Now, this is a story all about how
My life got flipped-turned upside down
And I liked to take a minute
Just listen to me-a
I'll tell you how I became pharoah of a town called Nubia
In west ethiopia born and raised
On the pyramid was where I spent most of my days
Chillin' out maxin' relaxin' all cool
And all whippin some jews outside of the school
When a couple of guys
Who were up to no good
Startin making trouble in my neighborhood
I got in one little fight and my mom got scared
She said 'You're movin' with your auntie and uncle in ziare'
I whistled for a chariot and when it came near
The license plate said fresh and it had dice on the mare
If anything I can say this chariot is rare
But I thought 'Now forget it' - 'Yo horse to niger'
I pulled up to the house about 7 or 8
And I yelled to the horses 'Yo homes smell ya later'
I looked at my kingdom
It was groovy-a
To sit on my throne as the Pharoah of nubia!
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She can have your love. Marissa Tomei is coming over tonight. We are re-enacting some scenes from "Before the Devil knows your dead". As many times as necessary.
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It was a decontextualized mess that oversimplified and incredibly complex war. It was also incredibly sappy. The subplot with the army wives was when the film really went to shit. The filmmaker should have realized that the situation itself spoke volumes and didn't need to crank up the cheese-o-meter to a thousand. Although, I will give you that Sam Elliott was great. That character needed to be in a better movie.
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Niiiiice reference. Sho' nuff.
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I'll admit i liked "I Am Legend" despite the CGI looking like shit....but this "The Last Pharoah" will be the "10,000 B.C." of Will Smith movies....it will come, look flashy, but get prematurely flushed down the toilet....AND suck at the same time
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straight forward war film. I could have done without all the bits with the wives though. You can't deny Sam Elliot was the very definition of a badass Sergeant Major in that. Oh and Pearl Harbor sucked. Bad.
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and Martin Lawrence to cameo as Lawrence of Arabia Street.
Their horses will have chromed out hoofs and a Ferrari logo branded on them. -
Sep 08, 2008 1:37:23 PM CDT
1. No more "LAST" movies! 2. He was NOT THE LAST PHARAOH!
by drmanhattansunit
obviously! Give it a rest!
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He hasn't exactly been going out on a limb lately, which has worked out great at the box office, but I think he does have the ability to do greater things.
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or maybe Fresh Prince will re-do King Tut as a rap
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Sep 08, 2008 1:55:11 PM CDT
From the Braveheart guy! Yes get ready for realism and historica
by damien chowder
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Or, more accurately, every generation perceives that their's is the more 'inocent' time. It never is. Just perception's change. Still, I liked We were soldiers. But I also liked Platoon and and other movies that presented a more well rounded view of the men fighting in viet-nam. Viet-nam was a transition in both the culture of the United States and the military. But the military has always been far less 'innocent' and clean-cut than most have been led to believe. Take the Mauldin cartoon's of the 40's for example, they were beloved by Marines and soldiers because they accurately depicted the real conditions, not the propaganda that the likes of Patton or MacArthur wanted. In short, We Were Soldiers and Platoon stand side by side. Neither is the entire picture, but both present accurate depictions.
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Heh.Anyway, BRAVEHEART still rocks. Despite its historical liberties, it's one of the greatest films ever made."Excellent idea, sire.""Is it?"
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I would think someone who doesn't have the acting skills to be in an Egyptian period piece...
Doesn't have the CHEOPS!
(I know it's another historically inaccurate term, but 'Khufu' has no potential for a pun.)
Personally, I'm willing to give Smith a shot, if he does end up doing this.
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Not so much historically inaccurate as almost completely made up.
But there you go, that's Mel. You get the feeling that the British fall one space just above the Jews on Mel's love list. -
One of the most overrated crappy movies of the last couple of decades...this guy is about as good of a writer as Paul Haggis.
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WRONG!
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Future movie club pick?
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but smith as a Pharoh or teh rumored Capt America? Aww hell naw.
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*That's* what you get! Ha Ha! Look at you! Ya Chariots all banged up!
Who's the man? Huh? Who's the man? Wait till I get another Chariot! I'm a line ya friends up right beside you! Where ya at, huh? Where ya at? Welcome to Egypt.
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We are mostly in agreement about this. But you really should be careful about the sweeping generalizations of any time period. I was a Marine in the 80's, and let me tell you, Patriotism was no different then or now. The 80's, like every generation, produced some unique circumstances, but it was mostly in the form of excess, and even that was limited to those that could afford to be excessive. The fifties had plenty of depressing things about it. When I was a child, I loved the Tv show Happy days. I would tell my mother that I wish I could have lived back then. Everyone seemed - well, happy! The Fonz and white picket fences etc. etc. She just smiled at me, never tried to disabuse me of childhood ignorance. But as I grew up, I learned, that life aint a TV show. The dissent of sixties did not just spontaneously erupt. The teens of the sixties were kids of the fifties. The twentysomethings in the sixtsies were teens in the fifties. The radical ideas did not start with the Beatles letting their hair grow long. It did not start with Jack Kerouac either. But like most things the seeds were planted by an earlier generation and harvested by later ones.
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Really, it is good source material, if it were done with attention to detail and with respect. Ya know...period correct language, historical accuracy, etc...But Will Smith? I got a smart ass quip for every situation Will Smith? Hell No! I see this being nothing but an historically inaccurate vanity piece at best...a horrid action movie at worst.
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good.A leader, unable to both live up to prior glories and maintain the greatness that was, while losing an empire, is very interesting story IMHO.
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Sep 09, 2008 2:12:39 AM CDT
Who cares when AVATAR is fucking our eyeballs in 2009?
by motoko kusanagi
nofuckingbody
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if I can find it on the net. sho-NUFF!
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not so much the well made and entertaining part.Damn animal cracker.
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did. My bad.
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that was well made. *shudder*
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Now this is a story all about how, my life got flipped turned upside down, and I like to take a minute and sit right there and tell you how I became the pharaoh of Egypt...
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it's as about as ridiculous as the numerous movies depicting Egyptians as Anglos, eh? You're a moron. It's a historical fact that Egypt was ruled by Africans (it is in North Africa, buddy). Take a look at original Egyptian statues and art (non-Anglo reproductions) and check out the obvious. You probably think Moroccans aren't African, either.
Will Smith as a Pharaoh is 1000% more believable than Charleston Heston as Moses (which makes me want to burst into laughter every time I see The Ten Commandments).
Brace yourself---Jesus wasn't an Anglo, either. Lol.
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A pint? That's very nearly an arm full!
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who wrote this script the vatican????
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this maybe the movie of the century????
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last means only 1 left will plays the leader of the first and last true nubian dynasty
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