Joseph: King of Dreams

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'''''Joseph: King of Dreams''''' is a 2000 American [[direct-to-video]] [[Animated film|animated]] [[The Bible in film|biblical]] [[Musical film|musical]] [[Drama (film and television)|drama film]]. The second film adaptation of the [[Bible]] from [[DreamWorks Animation]] and, to date, the only direct-to-video production they released, the film is an adaptation of the story of [[Joseph (Genesis)|Joseph]] from the [[Book of Genesis]] in the Bible and serves as a [[prequel]] to the 1998 film ''[[The Prince of Egypt]]'' (as the biblical narrative of Joseph happens before that of [[Moses]]). Composer Daniel Pelfrey stated that the film was designed as a [[companion piece]] to ''The Prince of Egypt'', noting that though "''Joseph'' turned out to be very different than ''The Prince of Egypt'', it was very challenging and rewarding".<ref name="hans-zimmer1">{{cite web |url=http://www.hans-zimmer.ch/interviews/danny_pelfrey.php |title=Interview with Danny Pelfrey |publisher=Hans Zimmer Fansite |date=2010-04-27 |access-date=2014-06-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140601165500/http://www.hans-zimmer.ch/interviews/danny_pelfrey.php |archive-date=2014-06-01}}</ref><ref name="Danny Pelfrey">{{cite web |url=https://dannypelfrey.com/dp/about |title=Original Music Composer and Film Scorer |publisher=Danny Pelfrey |access-date=2014-06-01 |archive-date=January 10, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170110194712/http://dannypelfrey.com/about.dp |url-status=live}}</ref>

'''''Joseph: King of Dreams''''' is a 2000 American [[direct-to-video]] [[Animated film|animated]] [[The Bible in film|biblical]] [[Musical film|musical]] [[Drama (film and television)|drama film]]. The second film adaptation of the [[Bible]] from [[DreamWorks Animation]] and, to date, the only [[direct-to-video]] production they released, the film is an adaptation of the story of [[Joseph (Genesis)|Joseph]] from the [[Book of Genesis]] in the Bible and serves as a [[prequel]] to the 1998 film ''[[The Prince of Egypt]]'' (as the biblical narrative of Joseph happens before that of [[Moses]]). Composer Daniel Pelfrey stated that the film was designed as a [[companion piece]] to ''The Prince of Egypt'', noting that though "''Joseph'' turned out to be very different than ''The Prince of Egypt'', it was very challenging and rewarding".<ref name="hans-zimmer1">{{cite web |url=http://www.hans-zimmer.ch/interviews/danny_pelfrey.php |title=Interview with Danny Pelfrey |publisher=Hans Zimmer Fansite |date=2010-04-27 |access-date=2014-06-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140601165500/http://www.hans-zimmer.ch/interviews/danny_pelfrey.php |archive-date=2014-06-01}}</ref><ref name="Danny Pelfrey">{{cite web |url=https://dannypelfrey.com/dp/about |title=Original Music Composer and Film Scorer |publisher=Danny Pelfrey |access-date=2014-06-01 |archive-date=January 10, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170110194712/http://dannypelfrey.com/about.dp |url-status=live}}</ref>

Co-director Robert Ramirez has said that whilst the reviews for the film had "generally been very good" there was a period "when the film was not working very well, when the storytelling was heavy-handed" and "klunky".<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web |last=Ramirez |first=Robert |url=https://www.awn.com/animationworld/out-character-making-joseph |title=Out of Character: The Making of Joseph |website=[[Animation World Network]] |date=2000-11-07 |access-date=2014-05-30 |archive-date=May 21, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140521231750/http://www.awn.com/animationworld/out-character-making-joseph |url-status=live}}</ref>

Co-director Robert Ramirez has said that whilst the reviews for the film had "generally been very good" there was a period "when the film was not working very well, when the storytelling was heavy-handed" and "klunky".<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web |last=Ramirez |first=Robert |url=https://www.awn.com/animationworld/out-character-making-joseph |title=Out of Character: The Making of Joseph |website=[[Animation World Network]] |date=2000-11-07 |access-date=2014-05-30 |archive-date=May 21, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140521231750/http://www.awn.com/animationworld/out-character-making-joseph |url-status=live}}</ref>