Ben-Hur: Directed by William Wyler. With Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Haya Harareet, Stephen Boyd. A Jewish prince is betrayed and sent into slavery by a Roman friend in 1st-century Jerusalem, but it's not long before he regains his freedom and comes b
Heston was perfectly cast as the ill-fated hero, although Ben-Hur’s religious transformation rendered the film’s final portion ponderous for some. Heston received an Academy Award for his performance. The famed chariot race is considered among cinema’s most-impressive action sequences, not ...
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Besides Ben-Hur, these movies were nominated for Best Picture: “Anatomy of a Murder”, “Room at the Top”, “Diary of Anne Frank” and “The Nun’s Story”. Other notable titles of the year include: “Imitation of Life” (the Lana Turner one), “Rio Bravo”, “Operation Petticoat...
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Ben-Hur 1959KEEP EXPLORING Chariot racing, Pontius Pilate, Accidents, Carpenters, Adoption, Death by animals, Princes, Rooftops, Nazareth (Israel), Citizenship Cast: Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Haya Harareet Director: William Wyler Writer: Karl Tunberg Cinematographer: Robert L. Surtees Editor: ...
Review of Ben-HurBen-Hur (1959) 10/10 Unrivalled in it's brilliance. 23 December 2023 An incredible epic story, film making at it's most ambitious. Just about every character is strong and memorable and the level of commitment from all the cast is beyond question. Heston in particular ...
The 1959 version of "Ben-Hur" is without a doubt one of the truly great motion picture epics, so it was with surprise, and dismay, that I saw this 2010 re-make mini series appear on my local TV channel, and against my better judgment started to watch, what could only be, this trav...
Ben-Hur If nothing else, “Ben-Hur,” directed byTimur Bekmambetovfrom a script byKeith R. ClarkeandJohn Ridley, is a masterpiece of condensation. The celebrated 1959 version of the saga, once the most-Oscar-winning-picture-of-all-time, clocked in at almost four hours. The silent ...
Paramount's remake of Ben-Hur stands on its own as a decent film, assuring that Charlton Heston is not spinning in his grave. By Julian Roman Aug 18, 2016 Movie and TV Reviews Ben-Hur Review: It's Not Great, nor Worthy of Hate Director Timur Bekmambetov and his cast offer an...