Ben-Hur - 1959
- Director William Wyler
- Product Code: NA-2353-EPI-LT
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Tags: Ben-Hur, Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Haya Harareet, Stephen Boyd, Hugh Griffith
Judah Ben-Hur lives as a rich Jewish prince and merchant in Jerusalem at the beginning of the 1st century. Together with the new governor his old friend Messala arrives as commanding officer of the Roman legions. At first they are happy to meet after a long time but their different politic views separate them. During the welcome parade a roof tile falls down from Judah's house and injures the governor. Although Messala knows they are not guilty, he sends Judah to the galleys and throws his mother and sister into prison. But Judah swears to come back and take revenge.
| Work Record | |
| Original Title | Ben-Hur |
| Title in Portugal | Ben-Hur |
| Title in Brazil | Ben-Hur |
| Year | 1959 |
| Direction | William Wyler |
| Countries of origin | United States |
| Gender | Epic |
| Colors | Colorful |
| Cast | Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Stephen Boyd, Haya Harareet, Hugh Griffith, Martha Scott, Cathy O Donnell, Sam Jaffe, Frank Thring, Terence Longdon, George Relph, André Morell, Finlay Currie, John Le Mesurier |
| Duration | 223 Min. |
| Edition Record | |
| Language | English, Portuguese |
| Subtitle | English, French, Portuguese, Spanish, Croatian, Italian, German, Hungarian, Polish, European Portuguese, Finnish, Czech, Czech, Dutch, Serbian, Slovenian, Swedish, Romanian, Russian, Turkish |
| Editorial Registration | |
| Production Trivia | The chariot race required 15,000 extras on a set constructed on 18 acres of backlot at Cinecitta Studios outside Rome. Tour buses visited the set every hour. Eighteen chariots were built, with half being used for practice. The race took five weeks to film. |
| Bloopers | (at around 2h 35 mins) During the chariot race just before Ben-Hur's chariot jumps the wrecked chariot, stunt driver Joe Canutt can be seen dropping the reins and grabbing hold of the side of the his chariot (his father, stunt coordinator-2nd unit director Yakima Canutt, had instructed him to grip the underside of the chariot's railing. Joe ignored him, or forgot, and grasped the railing from the top, and was vaulted over the top of the chariot, which could have been fatal had his quick reflexes and strength not allowed him to haul himself back over the vehicle's yoke before he fell between the horses and chariot). |
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