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Judah Ben-Hur is a young Jewish nobleman from a prominent family who is reunited with his childhood friend Messala. Messala returns to Judea as a Roman tribune. There is a genuine friendship between the two men, yet the clash of their cultures drives a wedge between them. That wedge finally drives M...

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Main Authors: Rózsa, Miklós, 1907-1995 (Composer), Mathis, June, 1892-1927 (Adapter), Davis, Carl, 1936- (Composer)
Other Authors: Wyler, William, 1902-1981 (Director), Zimbalist, Sam (Producer), Tunberg, Karl (Screenwriter), Heston, Charlton (Actor), Hawkins, Jack, 1910-1973 (Actor), Harareet, Haya, 1931-2021 (Actor), Boyd, Stephen, 1931-1977 (Actor), Griffith, Hugh, 1912-1980 (Actor), Scott, Martha, 1914-2003 (Actor), O'Donnell, Cathy, 1925-1970 (Actor), Jaffe, Sam, 1891-1984 (Actor), Currie, Finlay, 1878-1968 (Actor), Thring, Frank, 1926-1994 (Actor), Longdon, Terence, 1922-2011 (Actor), Relph, George, 1888-1960 (Actor), Morell, André, 1909-1978 (Actor), Surtees, Robert (Cinematographer), Gillespie, Arnold, 1899-1978 (Photographer, special photographic effects.), LeBlanc, Lee, 1913-1988 (Photographer, special photographic effects.), Hoag, Robert R., 1908-1987 (Photographer, special photographic effects.), Winters, Ralph E. (Film editor, film editors.), Dunning, John D. (John Daniel), 1916-1991 (Film editor, film editors.), Milton, Franklin (Sound designer), Hunt, Hugh, 1902-1988 (Set designer, set decorator.), Haffenden, Elizabeth, 1906-1976 (Costume designer), Niblo, Fred, 1874-1948 (Director), Novarro, Ramon, 1899-1968 (Actor), Bushman, Francis X., 1883-1966 (Actor), McAvoy, May, 1901-1984 (Actor), Bronson, Betty, 1906-1971 (Actor), McDowell, Clare, 1877-1966 (Actor), Key, Kathleen, 1903-1954 (Actor), Myers, Carmel, 1899-1980 (Actor), De Brulier, Nigel, 1878-1948 (Actor), Lewis, Mitchell, 1880-1956 (Actor), White, Leo, 1882-1948 (Actor), Currier, Frank, 1857-1928 (Actor), Belcher, Charles, 1872-1943 (Actor), Fuller, Dale (Actor), Hall, Winter, 1878-1947 (Actor), Wilson, Carey, 1889-1962 (Scenarist, Screenwriter), Guissart, René, 1888-1960 (Cinematographer), Struss, Karl, 1886-1981 (Cinematographer), Hilburn, Percy (Cinematographer), DeVinna, Clyde, 1892-1953 (Cinematographer), Gibbons, Cedric, 1895-1960 (Set designer), Jackson, Horace, 1898-1952 (Set designer), Nosler, Lloyd, 1900-1985 (Film editor), Wallace, Lew, 1827-1905
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
French
Language Notes:In English or dubbed French, with optional English, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.
1925 version: Silent film with English intertitles and musical accompaniment.
Published: [Culver City, CA] : [Burbank, CA] : Turner Entertainment Company ; Warner Brothers Entertainment, [2005]
Edition:Four-disc collector's edition.
Subjects:
Jesus Christ > Drama.
Bible. > New Testament > History of Biblical events > Drama.
Jésus-Christ > Théâtre.
Jesucristo > Teatro.
Jesus Christ
Bible. > New Testament
Enslaved persons > Italy > Rome > Drama.
Judaea (Region) > Drama.
Rome > History > Tiberius, 14-37 > Drama.
Holy Roman Empire > History > Drama.
Chariot racing > Drama.
Chariot racing
History of Biblical events
Enslaved persons
Europe > Holy Roman Empire
Italy > Rome
Middle East > Judaea Region
Rome (Empire)
14-37
DVD-Video discs.
Videos > Adventure.
Videos > Ancient world.
Videos > Religious.
Videos > Feature.
Videos > DVD.
Drama
Feature films
Religious films
History
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Feature films.
Silent films.
Epic films.
Religious films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Ancient world > Feature.
Religious > Feature.
Adaptation > Feature.
Films religieux.
Vidéos pour personnes handicapées auditives.
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Summary:Judah Ben-Hur is a young Jewish nobleman from a prominent family who is reunited with his childhood friend Messala. Messala returns to Judea as a Roman tribune. There is a genuine friendship between the two men, yet the clash of their cultures drives a wedge between them. That wedge finally drives Messala to banish Judah to the slave galleys and sends his mother and his sister to prison. From that point forward, Judah's life becomes a quest: a quest to survive and a quest for vengeance. Judah survives the galleys to become the adopted son of a Roman general, and his triumphant return to Judea permits him to challenge and subsequently confront Messala in a chariot race.
Item Description:Originally produced as a motion picture in 1959 ; silent version produced as a motion picture in 1925.
Based on the novel Ben-Hur, a tale of the Christ by General Lew Wallace.
Widescreen 2.76:1 (1959 version) ; full screen 1.33;1. (1925 version)
Special features: Disc 1 and 2. Commentary by T. Gene Hatcher with Charlton Heston; Music-only track. Disc 4. "Ben-Hur : the epic that changed cinema" featurette; "Ben-Hur : the making of an epic" featurette; "Ben-Hur : a journey through pictures" featurette; Screen tests (Leslie Nielsen, Cesare Danova, Yale Wexler, George Baker, William Russell, Hay Harareet); Vintage newsreels (Costliest film makes screen history, The night Ben-Hur comes to Broadway, West Coast welcomes Ben-Hur, VIP opening: capital welcome for Ben-Hur, Japan's emperor goes to the movies, Oscar likes Ben-Hur); "Highlights from 4/4/1960 Academy Awards Ceremony"; Theatrical trailers. Booklet: "The story of the making of Ben Hur" reprinted promotional material about the 1959 film.
Physical Description:4 videodiscs (365 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([32] pages : color illustrations ; 18 cm)
Format:DVD, region 1, dual layer, widescreen; Dolby digital 5.1 surround.
Audience:Not rated.
Awards:Academy Award, 1960: Best Picture; Best Director (Wyler); Best Actor (Heston); Best Supporting Actor (Griffith); Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color; Best Cinematography, Color (Surtees); Best Costume Design, Color; Best Effects, Special Effects; Best Film Editing; Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture (Rozsa); Best Sound.
Golden Globes, 1960: Best Motion Pictures-Drama; Best Director (Wyler) Best Supporting Actor (Boyd); Special Award (Marton, for directing the chariot race)
National Film Preservation Board, 1997: selection to the National Film Registry (1925 version) ; 2004; selection to the National Film Registry (1959 version)
Production Credits:Music by Miklos Rozsa ; director of photography, Robert L. Surtees ; additional photography, Harold E. Wellman and Pietro Portalupi ; art directors, William A. Horning and Edward Carfagno ; set decorations, Hugh Hunt ; special photographic effects, A. Arnold Gillespie, Lee LeBlanc and Robert R. Hoag ; film editors, Ralph E. Winters, John D. Dunning ; recording supervisor, Franklin Milton ; costumes designed by Elizabeth Haffenden.
1925 version: Music by Carl Davis ; continuity by Carey Wilson and Bess Meredyth ; directorial associates, Alfred L. Raboch and Reeves Eason ; photography by Rene Guissart, Karl Struss, Percy Hilburn, Clyde DeVinna ; art effects by Ferdinand P. Earle ; settings by Cedric Gibbons and Horace Jackson ; titles by Katharine Hilliker and H.H. Caldwell ; film editor, Lloyd Nosler ; assistant director, Charles Stallings ; costumes by Theaterkunst Hermann J. Kaufmann.
ISBN:1419810790
9781419810794