Actor CHARLETON HESTON. A consistent lead in the biblical epics of the 1950's and 1960's, HESTON had starring roles in "The Greatest Story Ever Told" and "The Ten Commandments"; HESTON also covered the Roman era in epics like "Ben Hur," "Julius Caesar," "Antony & Cleopatra," and medieval Spain, in "El Cid." "The Ten Commandments" is being shown on ABC on Sunday. (REBROADCAST FROM 11/30/90). Composer ELMER BERNSTEIN. He's composed the scores for almost 80 films, including "The Man With the Golden Arm," "The Magnificent Seven," and "The Ten Commandments". Lately he's done the scores for "The Field" and "The Grifters." (REBROADCAST FROM 1/10/91)Film Director MARTIN SCORCESE. He directed "The Last Temptation of Christ" in 1988. His other films include "Taxi Driver," "Goodfellas," and "Age of Innocence." In 1993, as part of a retrospective of his work by the Film Society of Lincoln Center, the Department of Cinema Studies at NYU presented "An Evening With Martin Scorcese" - a wide ranging question and answer session taped live before an audience at New York University. In this excerpt from that talk, Scorcese explores some of the special difficulties involved in shooting a biblical epic in the desert with very little money. (REBROADCAST FROM 6/11/93)REV 1: Rock critic ED WARD. Subject TBA.
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