Ben-Hur 1959

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Call Number: Blu-ray Drama Ben-Hur
On Shelf At: Pittsfield Branch

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Based on the novel by Lew Wallace.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1959.
Special features: commentary by film historian T. Gene Hatcher with Charlton Heston ; music-only track showcasking Miklós Rózsa's award-winning score ; theatrical trailers.
Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Haya Harareet Stephen Boyd, Hugh Griffith, Martha Scott, Cathy O'Donnell, Sam Jaffe.
Experience the visual splendor, thundering action, and towering drama of the record-setting winner of eleven Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Charlton Heston brings a muscular physical and moral presence to his role of Judah Ben-Hur, a Jewish nobleman in Palestine whose heroic odyssey includes enslavement by the Romans, vengeance against his tormentors during a furious arena chariot race, and a fateful encounter with Jesus Christ. An enduring and spellbinding spectacular.
Blu-ray, 1080p High Definition widescreen 16x9 (2.76:1), Technicolor, filmed in camera 65, DTS-HD MA, 5.1 Dolby Digital; requires Blu-ray player..
Contents: Ben-Hur.

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Masterpiece submitted by wendylv on August 23, 2013, 6:27am This is an amazing movie that defines what an Oscar winning best picture movie should be.

Special features submitted by nicenora2371 on August 30, 2013, 5:01pm some Special features are commentary by film historian T. Gene Hatcher with Charlton Heston ; music-only track showcasking Miklós Rózsa's award-winning score ; theatrical trailers.

Sheik Ilderim submitted by willow on August 31, 2015, 7:31am Welsh Hugh Griffith won an Oscar for best supporting role, using thick brown makeup, as Sheik Ilderim.

Classic gigantic movie-making submitted by ccrose on August 3, 2019, 11:38am If you’ve never seen a movie that was epic in nature, casts of thousands, a tale that takes multiple turns with highest highs and terrible lows, see this original version (1959).
If you love to just study how movie-making grew from crude camera work to trends in film appearances, see this one. The number of extras! The filming of a treacherously dangerous chariot race without all the tricks we have now to simplify its production.
Notice the good vs evil forces. Just a great steppingstone in visual storytelling.