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Joseph: King of Dreams is a DreamWorks direct-to-video animated film based on the story of Joseph in chapters 37-50 of the Book of Genesis in the Bible.

Plot

The movie tells of the events shared in the book of Genesis and before the book of Exodus and the story of Moses, after Jacob's story was ended. The book is about the next to youngest of twelve sons, a boy with an extraordinary gift of seeing visions of the future while sleeping. Joseph is the favorite of his father, Jacob, inciting his brothers' jealousy and hatred.

When he receives a beautiful coat from his father, his brothers hate him even more and are driven to sell him to desert merchants who take him to Egypt. There he is made the servant of a wealthy Egyptian Potiphar, whose wife likes Joseph. After she tries unsuccessfully to seduce him, she lies and tells Potiphar that he raped her and Potiphar has him thrown into prison. He shows his gift by interpreting the dreams of the cup-bearer and baker who are also prisoners there. Eventually, the Pharaoh begins to be plagued by dreams and is told by his cupbearer that Joseph can interpret dreams. He sends for Joseph, who interprets them and saves Egypt in the process.

He is made second in command to Pharaoh,and is named Zaphenapt-Paneah, and has most of Egypt's grain stored. Eventually his brothers arrive in Egypt to buy food because of the seven year famine that struck Egypt and Canaan and he must forgive them for selling him into slavery. We then see that the dreams that had angered his brothers were prophecies that had come from God.

Joseph: King of Dreams is directed by Rob LaDuca and by Robert C. Ramirez. It is a prequel of sorts, to The Prince of Egypt, also by DreamWorks. Jeffrey Katzenberg is executive producer, as he was for The Prince of Egypt.

Main cast

• Ben Affleck - Joseph
• David Campbell - Joseph (singing voice)
• Mark Hamill - Judah
• Richard Herd - Jacob
• Russell Buchanan - Jacob (singing voice)
• Maureen McGovern - Rachel
• Jodi Benson - Asenath
• Judith Light - Zuleika
• James Eckhouse - Potiphar
• Richard McGonagle - Pharaoh
• Dan Castellaneta - Auctioneer, Horse Trader
• René Auberjonois - Butler
• Ken Campbell - Baker
• Steven Weber - Simeon, Slave Trader
• Piera Coppola - Zuleika's servant, Additional Voices
• Matt Levin - Benjamin

Awards for Joseph: King of Dreams (2000)

• 2001: Nominated for Silver Angel for Feature Film
• 2001: Nominated for Annie Award - Outstanding Achievement in an Animated Home Video Production

• DVD Exclusive Awards 2001 - Awards Won
  • Video Premiere Award for Best Animated Video Premiere: Penney Finkelman Cox (executive producer), Steve Hickner (executive producer), Jeffrey Katzenberg (executive producer), Ken Tsumura (producer)
  • Best Screenplay: Eugenia Bostwick-Singer, Marshall Goldberg, Raymond Singer, Joe Stillman

• DVD Exclusive Awards 2001 - Awards Nominated
  • Video Premiere Award for Best Animated Character Performance: Ben Affleck (voice), Luc Chamberland (animation director: Joseph)
  • Best Directing: Rob LaDuca and Robert C. Ramirez
  • Best Original Score: Daniel Pelfrey

Songs

Produced and arranged by Danny Pelfrey

• Miracle Child (Maureen McGovern, Russell Buchanan, David Campbell )
• Bloom (Maureen McGovern)
• Marketplace (Ensemble Cast)
• Whatever Road's At Your Feet (David Campbell)
• Better Than I (David Campbell)
• Bloom (Reprise) (Jodi Benson)
• More than You Take (David Campbell & Jodi Benson)

External links

• Joseph: King of Dreams at the Big Cartoon DataBase
• Joseph: King of Dreams at the Internet Movie Database