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Movie Review: Ben-Hur
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DVD 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. ©1959 Turner Entertainment Company. A Time Warner Company. All Rights Reserved. _________ Have you received Christ as your Lord and Saviour? Find out how to do so on our page: Plan of Salvation _________ |
"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).
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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Package Design ©1998 MGM Home Entertainment Inc. and Turner Entertainment Co. All Rights Reserved. ______________________________ 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. -The Prayer Foundation ™ __________________________________ See Also: __________________________________ Copyright © 2002 S.G.P. All rights reserved. |
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