" DeMille first stated how the Biblical account of Moses had not provided any detail of the earliest three decades of Moses' life, forcing the film's scripters to turn to other non-canonical sources, including ancient historians, such as Philo and Josephus, and Midrash writings (a collection of ancient Rabbinic interpretations of scripture).I came to reclaim something of mine.There are gems in the Mountain that I, too, desire.White gems of pure starlight...The heirlooms of my people are not lightly forsaken.Bard recognized that they were both allies in their claims to acquire a part of Thorin's treasure: "We are allies in this.She realized that Gordon had blocked her signal.She claimed Gotham still had only 11 minutes left.Miranda ordered a convoy to protect and secure the truck holding the ticking time bomb, so that it could count down to detonation.[Lancaster was one of the first film actors to become an independent film producer.] Homage was given o this film by one of the characters in Barry Levinson'sDiner (1982), who quotes liberally from the rich dialogue.