THE LOST CITY OF CECIL B. DEMILLE Conversations

In 1923 Cecile B. DeMille made his first version of The Ten Commandments. He built a huge City of the Pharaoh set. When he was done, it vanished. 30 years ago Peter Brosnan heard this story in a bar and decided to hunt for it. After wandering in the California dunes for years, he found it and now he wants to dig it up.This film tells the story of two stubborn men, C.B. DeMille and Peter Brosnan. DeMille’s career was book-ended by the biblical story of ‘The Ten Commandments.’ Peter Brosnan spent 30 years trying to find and dig up the remains of the City of Pharaoh set from the 1923 version of ‘The Ten Commandments.’Part detective story, part ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark’, and part ‘Mr. Smith Goes to Washington’ Peter Brosnan had to navigate the treacherous waters of archaeology, county politics, disappearing cinema history and angry Native Americans.What they found in the California dessert will blow your mind.