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Movie Review: Ben-Hur

DVD / VHS

Color

3 Hrs. 42 Min.

Rated: G ________

DVD: Playable in Region 1 - U.S., Canada, U.S. Territories ________

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer presents "Ben-Hur."

Directed by William Wyler. Starring: Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Haya Harareet, Stephen Boyd, Hugh Griffith, Martha Scott, Cathy O'Donnell, Sam Jaffe.

Screenplay by Karl Tunberg. Produced by Sam Zimbalist.

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"One of the definitive achievements of the screen."

-Motion Picture Herald ________________

Winner of Eleven Academy Awards®

"A lavish, colorful spectacle that will linger long in the eye of the beholder." (New York Daily News), this cinematic masterwork tells the story of Ben-Hur (brilliantly portrayed by Charlton Heston), a Judean prince whose unjust arrest and enslavement culminates in a breathtaking chariot race, wherein he wreaks a shattering vengeance upon the Roman Tribune who destroyed his family. Winner of a record eleven Academy Awards® (1959)--including Best Picture and Best Actor (Heston) --Ben-Hur "ranks in the very forefront of the great motion pictures of the screen's history." (Motion Picture Herald).

Photo: from the movie, "Ben-Hur." Did You Know...?

50,000 extras were hired for Ben-Hur, with 15,000 appearing in the chariot race sequence alone. To feed this army, M-G-M built a special commissary which allowed the studio to feed 5,000 people in only 20 minutes.

(-from the Video's Back Cover)

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Image: Front Cover of the Video, "Ben-Hur."

Our Comments:

This fictional story about early followers of Christ has a strong Christian message. One of Charlton Heston's best roles...this is an all-time Classic Film.

An interesting historical fact is that the book was written in the late 1800's by a man who had been Governor of New Mexico Territory. While Governor, he had sent out Sheriff Pat Garrett to find Billy the Kid.

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