Ben-Hur

Ben-Hur

  • Director: William Wyler
  • Writer: Lew Wallace,Karl Tunberg,Gore Vidal
  • Countries of origin: United States
  • Language: English
  • Release date: November 18, 1959
  • Runtime: 3h 32min
  • Also known as: William Wyler's Ben-Hur
  • "Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ" is adapted from the novel of the same name by Lewis "Lew" Wallace . It is a national suffering historical film directed by director William Wyler and starring Charlton Heist, Hugh Griffith and Jack Hawkins . The film tells the story of the love and hatred between the Jewish Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ and the Roman commander Marcella and their resistance to the oppression of the Roman Empire. 
    The film won the 32nd Academy Awards in 1960 for best film, best director and other awards   .

    Details

    • Release date November 18, 1959
    • Filming locations Corner of Via di Salone and Via delle Case Rosse, Salone Caves, Rome, Lazio, Italy
    • Production companies Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

    Box office

    Budget

    $15,000,000 (estimated)

    Gross US & Canada

    $74,422,622

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $241,792

    Gross worldwide

    $74,427,638

    Movie reviews

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    • By Erika 2022-04-22 07:01:04

      America is Rome, and Jews will always be Jews

      First of all, the museum once again lived up to expectations and had a projection accident, and half of the speakers tripped. Fortunately, this time it is all digital, so the projectionist can pause and wait. So far this year, I have watched less than one third of the films I watched in the archive without any problems.

      Ben-Hur as a Hollywood monumental film, has maintained a Hollywood record: 11 awards. This record was later tied by Titanic and Lord of the Rings 3. In fact, the...

    • By Hilda 2022-04-22 07:01:04

      Humanity and Divinity in Conflict and Contrast

      One was Marcela, a Roman, and the other was Ben-Hur, a Jew. Unexpectedly, the two children meet again, and their childhood friendship is vulnerable to the conflict between the huge power and the fate of the nation. Augustus and Yahweh, to whom do you pledge your allegiance? Conquest and autonomy, who is the way of heaven? Marcella banished Ben-Hur and imprisoned his relatives. The buddies turn their faces, the contest between good and evil, who will ups and downs?
               Brilliant keep...

    • By Lesley 2022-04-22 07:01:04

      life fair jesus

      This movie is really awesome! For example, the horse racing part is very classic. In 1959, it can be seen that the production team's intentions can be ruled out. After watching it, I also carefully understood the production of this film. The director William Wheeler is a very well-known director in the United States, and the film is in production. In order to create a real naval battle scene, the producer deliberately found an expert who insisted on studying ancient Roman warships. And for this...

    • By Maud 2022-04-22 07:01:04

      The era of cash again

      The plot of the film is indeed very general, and the sentence "Jesus can save everything" is indeed unbelievable. However, the leading idea of ​​this film is: hatred does not solve problems, and "love" is the source of resolving all contradictions; this is still worth advocating. Indeed, in today's society, people are carried away by money, profit, jealousy, hatred; become selfish and ruthless. But if we can do it with love in our hearts, a lot of unnecessary conflict will be avoided. Not only...

    • By Britney 2022-04-22 07:01:04

      Good quality makes life more beautiful

      Comparison of divinity and humanity, as well as the contrast between good and evil is the highlight of this movie.
         Mesela was conceited and complacent and so proud of being Rome. He desired for power and glory and he betrayed his brotherly friend Judah Ben-Hur for Judah couldn't meet his demands. However, he owed all these to his allegiance to the king of Kaiser. In real life, there are a lot of people like him. In the pursuit of money, power, identity, status, people usually give up...

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    • By Calista 2023-09-15 04:05:26

      See the 4k restored ben-hur at the China Film Archive. At first I thought it was about Jesus, but later I thought it was about Judas, and later I found out that this Judas is not the other Judas. . In addition, I have always been amazed that the great Hollywood studio is really awesome. In 1959, it was able to shoot such a large-scale production. The horse racing scene instantly killed me,...

    • By Davonte 2023-07-21 09:34:43

      It's a little early, and it's still so long... 4 stars It's quite amazing to see such a film in that...

    • By Alessandra 2023-07-02 04:06:39

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    • By Griffin 2023-06-16 08:45:07

      First the protagonist was named Judas, and then even Jesus came out, so I thought it was a movie about a traitor Judas at the end... a little disappointed TT.. The story is still very strong, which is rare among epic films of the same period I am not hypnotized. What impressed me the most was that the face of Jesus was not captured in the shots from the beginning to the end. This is probably the director's message that God cannot be interpreted and interpreted by...

    • By Carmine 2023-06-10 18:23:47

      There is no direct connection between spending a lot of money and becoming an epic. The only condition that can truly equate a blockbuster with an epic is to make good use of a huge amount of money. This film is a model. However, the award music for this red carpet segment is too vulgar. I usually watch old movies short and I can endure it for nearly four hours. I can only say that my ears are infertile....

    Background creation

    In order to create a real naval battle scene, MGM decided to create a fake warship of the ancient Roman period, so the producer found an expert who dedicated his life to the research of ancient Roman shipbuilding technology.
    While shooting the scene inside the ship, the crew found that the huge 65mm camera had nowhere to go, and had to get the big ship out of the pond, cut it in half longitudinally, and set it in an Italian studio for...
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    Evaluation action

    "Binxu" successfully shows the integration process of Christianity and Roman culture. The struggle between Binxu and Marcella is a contest between two cultures. The former represents the trendy Christian culture, the latter is the maintainer of the original culture of ancient Rome, and the death of the latter shows that the old things are always going to disappear. In a deep sense, "Binxu" also carries the Cold War complex of American...
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    Movie quotes

    • Sextus: You can break a man's skull, you can arrest him, you can throw him into a dungeon. But how do you control what's up here?

      [taps his head]

      Sextus: How do you fight an idea?

    • Quintus Arrius: Your eyes are full of hate, forty-one. That's good. Hate keeps a man alive. It gives him strength.

    • [last lines]

      Judah Ben-Hur: Almost at the moment He died, I heard Him say, "Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do."

      Esther: Even then.

      Judah Ben-Hur: Even then. And I felt His voice take the sword out of my hand.

      [Miriam and Tirzah appear at the top of the stairs; Judah goes up to them, sees that they have been miraculously healed; they embrace each other]