![]() When famine strikes the land, Joseph’s brothers come to Egypt to get food, which Joseph wisely stored up during the years of plenty. Joseph answers, “God and God alone.” Pharaoh makes Joseph steward over Egypt. Joseph is brought from prison and correctly interprets the Pharaoh’s dreams. When Pharaoh is disturbed by nightmares, the wine steward tells him that Joseph can interpret them. He interprets their dreams, saying that the baker will be beheaded and the wine steward will go back to serving the Pharaoh. Joseph ends up in prison, where a cook and a wine steward are also in prison. This success is broken when Potipher’s wife makes a pass at Joseph, and then claims that he tried to defile her. ![]() Blessed by God in everything he does, he quickly rises to be the steward of all that Potipher holds. He ends up being sold to Potipher, the second most powerful man in Egypt, after the Pharaoh. When he is lifted out, his brothers sell him to some passing slave traders. A scuffle ensues, and Joseph falls into a well. Thus, his older brothers are even more disturbed when he dreams a dream that clearly implies they will bow down to him. When Joseph grows into young manhood, he starts having God-given prophetic dreams, which tend to come true. Jacob is so taken with Joseph that his older brothers, half-brothers, are resentful. Jacob sings a long song of praise to God for blessing him with this spiritual child. The movie opens with the birth of this baby, whom his father Jacob says is a miracle child, because previously Jacob’s wife Rachel was not able to have children. JOSEPH: KING OF DREAMS tells Joseph’s story in a powerful, feature animated film for video and DVD. One only wishes that it had first gone to big screen before being released on video Content:īefore THE PRINCE OF EGYPT, DreamWorks reminds us, there was Joseph. In all, JOSEPH is a powerful feature film. There are a few frightening sequences where Joseph dreams of wolves, and it happens, but these are much more tame than similar animated movies. The music also is superb, with deep, spiritual significance. The dream sequences have a great, beautiful, Van Gogh quality. However, most of the movie is true to the biblical account, and the movie does honor and lift up God, which is the whole point. Most of these are innocuous, but many will complain that a few points do not follow the biblical account. ![]() As with THE PRINCE OF EGYPT, there are certain changes made for dramatic purposes. The theme is that God knows better than we do because it is God who is at work in our history, thus it is His story, not ours. God is given the credit, and even the songs witness to him. JOSEPH: KING OF DREAMS focuses clearly on God. JOSEPH: KING OF DREAMS tells the biblical story of Joseph in a powerful, feature animated film for video and DVD.
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