Ben-Hur

Title : Ben-Hur (The entertainment experience of a lifetime.)

Released on : 1959-11-18

Rating : 17 votes, average 8.5

Audience Rating : G

Status : Released

Duration : 212 minutes

Budget : 15000000.00 USD

Revenue : 90000000.00 USD

Genre : Adventure, Drama, Action, History

Homepage : Unknown

Overview : Ben-Hur is a 1959 epic film directed by William Wyler, the third film version of Lew Wallace's 1880 novel Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ. It premiered at Loew's State Theatre in New York City on November 18, 1959. The film went on to win a record of eleven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, a feat equaled only by Titanic in 1998 and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King in 2004. It was also the last film to win the Oscar for both Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor, until nearly 44 years later when Mystic River achieved the same feat.The movie revolves around a Jewish prince who is betrayed and sent into slavery by a Roman friend and how he regains his freedom and comes back for revenge.

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Casts

Alberto CardoneRegieassistenz

Lew WallaceScreenplay

Vittorio ValentiniProduction Design

Sam ZimbalistProducer

William WylerProducer

Miklós RózsaOriginal Music Composer

Robert SurteesDirector of Photography

John D. DunningEditor

Ralph E. WintersEditor

Irene HowardCasting

Karl TunbergScreenplay

Edward C. CarfagnoArt Direction

William A. HorningArt Direction

Hugh HuntSet Decoration

Elizabeth HaffendenCostume Design

Gabriella BorzelliHair Setup

Charles E. ParkerMakeup Artist

Edward WoehlerUnit Production Manager

Dave FriedmanProduction Manager

Lew WallaceAuthor

William WylerDirector

Charlton HestonAs Judah Ben-Hur

Jack HawkinsAs Quintus Arrius

Haya HarareetAs Esther

Stephen BoydAs Messala

Hugh GriffithAs Scheich Ildirim

Martha ScottAs Miriam

Cathy O'DonnellAs Tirzah

Frank ThringAs Pontius Pilatus

Sam JaffeAs Simonides

Ady BerberAs Malluch

Finlay CurrieAs Balthasar

George RelphAs Tiberius Caesar

André MorellAs Sextus

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