Prince of Egypt's opening runs the full three-act structure in 7 minutes before the title card even appears. It establishes the problem (slavery), the prayer (deliver us), and the hero (Moses) in a single musical sequence — then repeats, modulates, and escalates those themes. By the time the 'real movie' begins, the audience already has the entire emotional map. The greatest openings aren't preludes to the story. They ARE the story, compressed.
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