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List Price: $19.96 | | Label: Warner Home Video
Salesrank: 2166
Released: June 1, 2004 |
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MPAA Rating: G (General Audience)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
After his boyhood friend Messala's fanatic loyalty to Rome makes him a powerful enemy, Judah Ben-Hur is found guilty of an attempted murder he did not commit. His family is banished and he is enslaved on a warship. Through his ferocity in a raging sea battle, he is able to escape and become a horse trainer. To exact his revenge, Ben-Hur decides to compete against Messala in the Roman chariot races. They race, locked in a battle to the death. Barely surviving, Ben-Hur forsakes the sword for Christ and finally finds redemption. Winner of a record 11 Academy Award, including Best Picture and Actor (Charlton Heston).
Description of Ben-Hur:
Ben-Hur scooped an unprecedented 11 Academy Awards® in 1959 and, unlike some later rivals, richly deserved every single one. This is epic filmmaking on a scale that had not been seen before and is unlikely ever to be seen again. But it's not just running time or a cast of thousands that makes an epic, it's the subject matter, and here the subject--Prince Judah Ben-Hur (Charlton Heston) and his estrangement from old Roman pal Messala (Stephen Boyd)--is rich, detailed, and sensitively handled. Director William Wyler, who had been a junior assistant on MGM's original silent version back in 1925, never sacrifices the human focus of the story in favor of spectacle, and is aided immeasurably by Miklos Rozsa's majestic musical score, arguably the greatest ever written for a Hollywood picture. At four hours it's a long haul (especially given some of the portentous dialogue), but all in all, Ben-Hur is a great movie, best seen on the biggest screen possible. --Mark Walker
Ben-Hur Reviews:
Ben-Hur 
2009-12-06 - Shipped in a timely manner. Will purchase from them again. I was very happy and delighted with my purchase.
A True American Classic 
2009-11-26 - Despite its unrelenting seriousness, William Wyler's high-budget depiction of a champion charioteer's encounter with Jesus is worthy of Hollywood's golden age. Some special effects show their age, but most scenes will leave you either breathless or teary-eyed--you may see Christ in a whole new light. Stephen Boyd is outstanding as Messala.
Best of the Bible epics.
2009-11-10 - Surpassing even Cecil B. DeMille's 'Ten Commandments' in terms of spectacle, this 1959 celluloid behemoth still holds its own against such modern-day imitators as 'Gladiator.' No film since has presented the Greco-Roman world in such over-the-top spectacle. The chariot race is still compelling (even in the claustrophobic pan-and-scan VHS version), and the script combines reverent Biblical drama and polished Hollywood romance as only a film of this era could. A classic, despite (or perhaps because of) its many campy elements and rumored gay subtext.
Ben Hur
2009-11-02 - I am very pleased with my purchase of the DVD "Ben Hur" I would recommend it.
Thank you,
Judy Miles
Ben Hur Uncut!
2009-10-28 - it's nice to see scenes in the early part of the movie that are sometimes cut out on the TV version.
