Ben-Hur
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Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Starring: Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Haya Harareet, Stephen Boyd, Hugh Griffith
Directed By: William Wyler
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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780790758459
Format: Anamorphic
ISBN: 0790758458
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2004-06-01
Running Time: 212
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: 1959
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Summary: Don't miss this chariot race
Comment: Younger people who have not seen Ben Hur have a treat in store for them. See the battle of galleys and thrill to the most exciting chariot race ever filmed. Reportedly the makers found an aircraft vapor trail had been filmed during the chariot race but they did not rerun the race because it could never be equalled. Ben Hur is one of the classic films of all time.
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Summary: Ben Hurr best all time movie
Comment: The DVD was of quality with extras about the making of both the black and white and color versions. Of course the movie is the movie, there could be no improvement on that, but it did arrive in an expidient manner.
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Summary: Cinema at its Best
Comment: This cineamtic project should be a part of all video libraries. Much has been written about the movie. Seeing is believing.
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Summary: Ben-Hur (Four-Disc Collector's Edition)
Comment: Wow!!! I have loved this movie ever since I saw it when it first came out in 1959. My mother always took us to first run epic movies during spring break. Ben-Hur has always been one of my all time favorite movies. How nice to see it in a great DVD transfer. Picture and sound are great. It was nice to see that the 1925 version is included.
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Summary: Excellent Movie
Comment: I've always loved this movie and this collector's edition is outstanding, I'd never seen the original Ben-Hur before and although it was old it was very well done. You can't go wrong with this product.
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Editorial Reviews:
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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
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