Dec 18, 2023

The 25th anniversary of "Prince of Egypt": the directors talk about the production of the film.

DreamWorks Animation's "Prince of Egypt" was released on December 18, 1998. To celebrate the film's 25th anniversary, DreamWorks has released a series of making-of videos featuring anecdotes from the film's directors and a remastered music video for the original Oscar-winning song "When You Believe."

Directed by Brenda Chapman, Steve Hickner, and Simon Wells, "Prince of Egypt" was DreamWorks' second animated feature film to gross $218.6 million worldwide. The film was well received by critics and audiences at the time and holds up well today. Many consider it a modern classic and one of DreamWorks' best films.

Written by Philip Razevnik ("Pocahontas," "The Road to El Dorado"), the film was adapted from the first 14 chapters of the biblical book of Exodus. It tells the story of Moses, an Egyptian prince, who learns his identity as a Hebrew and his destiny to be the redeemer of a chosen people.

In a behind-the-scenes video, you can hear Chapman, Hickner, and Wells discuss the process of animating the film's three most memorable musical scenes.

The original English version of the film features Sally Dworsky, Michelle Pfeiffer, and children's choir soloist Andrew Bryan singing the song. In the remastered version, the song is sung by artists in 25 different languages.

In addition to the Oscar-winning original song, the radio-friendly version of "When You Believe" was recorded by pop legends Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey and produced by Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds. The song reached number 15 on the Billboard Hot 100.