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Jan 8, 2015 · 36 seconds · Clipped by George Kappatos · Original video "Ben-Hur (10/10) Movie CLIP - Ramming Speed! (1959) HD" by Movieclips.
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Feb 23, 2015 · Norfolk Man Jailed After Ramming Police Car During High-Speed Chase. ... Official Blu-Ray Trailer - Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Stephen Boyd Movie HD ...
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- Differences Between Novel and Film
- Claims of Homosexual Subtext
- Awards and Honors
- First Telecast
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The film's prologue depicts the traditional story of the birth of Jesus Christ. Twenty-six years later, Judah Ben-Hur is a wealthy merchant of noble blood in Jerusalem. Preceding the arrival of a new governor, Ben-Hur's childhood friend Messala, a military Tribune, returns as the new commanding officer of the Roman garrison. At first Judah and Mess...
Stephen Boyd as Messala, Judah's boyhood companionMartha Scott as Miriam, Judah's motherCathy O'Donnell as Tirzah, Judah's sisterShofar Calls (Star of Bethlehem Disappears) - manLove Theme - MGM Studio and Orchestra (no singing)Fertility Dance - Indians, MGM Studio and OrchestraArrius' Party - MGM Studio and OrchestraFinancing
Ben-Hur was an extremely expensive production, requiring 300 sets scattered over 340 acres (1.4 km²). The $15 million production was a gamble made by MGMto save itself from bankruptcy; the gamble paid off when it earned a total of $75 million.
Aspect ratio
The movie was filmed in a process known as "MGM Camera 65", 65 mm negative stock from which was made a 70 mm anamorphic print with an aspect ratio of 2.76:1, one of the widest prints ever made, having a width of almost three times its height. An anamorphic lens which produced a 1.25X compression was used along with a 65 mm negative (whose normal aspect ratio was 2.20:1) to produce this extremely wide aspect ratio. This allowed for spectacular panoramic shots in addition to six-channel audio....
Casting
Many other men were offered the role of Ben-Hur before Charlton Heston. Burt Lancaster claimed he turned down the role of Ben-Hur because he "didn't like the violent morals in the story". Paul Newman turned it down because he said he didn't have the legs to wear a tunic. Rock Hudson and Leslie Nielsenwere also offered the role. Out of respect, and consistent with Lew Wallace's stated preference, the face of Jesus is never shown. He was played by opera singer Claude Heater, who received no cre...
There are several differences between the original novel and the film. The changes made serve to make the film's storyline more immediately dramatic. 1. In the novel, Messala is seriously, but not fatally, injured in the chariot race. In the movie, Messala falls victim to an accident that is caused by his own attempts to sabotage Ben-Hur, and he di...
Template:PagenumbersIn interviews for the 1986 book Celluloid Closet, and later the 1995 documentary of the same name, screenwriter Gore Vidal asserts that he had persuaded director William Wyler to allow a carefully veiled homoerotic subtext between Messala and Ben-Hur. Vidal says his aim was to explain Messala's extreme reaction to Ben-Hur's refu...
The film won an unprecedented 11 Academy Awards, a number matched only by Titanic in 1997 and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the Kingin 2003. It won: 1. Best Motion Picture; 2. Best Director for William Wyler; 3. Best Leading Actor for Charlton Heston; 4. Best Supporting Actor for Hugh Griffith; 5. Best Set Decoration, Color for Edward C. Car...
The film first telecast took place on February 14, 1971, as a prime time network television special on CBS. Because of the film's length, the entire evening's regular CBS lineup, beginning with 60 Minutes, was scrapped for just that one night, one of the few times in the history of CBS that 60 Minuteswas preempted for a movie special. The commercia...
Ben-Hur has been released to DVD on three occasions. The first was on March 13, 2001 as a one-disc widescreen release, the second on September 13, 2005 as a four-disc set, and the third as part of the Warner Bros. Deluxe Series.
Ben-Hur (1959) at the Internet Movie DatabaseBen-Hur (1959) at the TCM Movie DatabaseBen-Hur (1959) at All Movie GuideApr 9, 2008 · A classic line from Star Trek: First Contact (1996)Directed by Jonathan Frakes.Paramount Pictures.
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Timestamp in movie: 01h 11m 08s. Uploaded: 26 November, 2022. Genres: adventure, drama, history. Summary: After a Jewish prince is betrayed and sent into slavery by a Roman friend in 1st-century Jerusalem, he regains his freedom and comes back for revenge.
Aug 12, 2013 · Watch the clip titled "Ramming Speed" for the film Ben Hur 1959 (1959). Quintus Arrius (Jack Hawkins) pushes the rowing men to the brink of exhaustion.
