Ben-Hur | 
| Director: William Wyler
Actors: Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Stephen Boyd, Haya Harareet, Hugh Griffith
Studio: Warner Home Video
Category: DVD
List Price: $19.96
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Rating:  344 reviews
Sales Rank: 835
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Dvd, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), English (Dubbed), Spanish (Published)
Rating: G (General Audience)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 212 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: D65506D
ISBN: 0790758458
UPC: 012569550629
EAN: 9780790758459
ASIN: B000056BP4
Theatrical Release Date: 1959
Release Date: June 1, 2004
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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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
Product Description
A JEWISH NOBLEMAN IN PALESTINE IS DRAWN INTO A HEROIC ODYSSEY THAT INCLUDES ENSLAVEMENT BY THE ROMANS, A BOLD ESCAPE FROM AN EMBATTLED SLAVE GALLERY, VENGEANCE AGAINST HIS TORMENTORS DURING A FURIOUS ARENA CHARIOT AND FATEFUL ENCOUNTERS WITH JESUS CHRIST.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 339 more reviews...
 ramming speed June 29, 2009
joious
How fame and self - glory... end up in a great fall and sometimes death.insanity and betrayal working together...
Good Review June 26, 2009
Claudia Henriques (Brampton, Canada)
Great! I received the product in few days and in good condition as described by the seller.
 Great! June 21, 2009
BR (Dehra Dun, India)
Watching a classic like Ben-Hur is always a delight. After watching it on poor quality VHS cassettes, the DVD quality was wonderful - picture and sound, both. However, a double sided DVD!?? PLEASE! A double DVD set would have been a far, FAR better option, albeit perhaps a shade expensive. So what? Still, a treat to add to my DVD collection.
BR
Ben Hur at 50 still nifty! May 23, 2009
PATRICK J.POWERS (Duncombe,IA)
Recently I have been watching some movies that were big in the year I was born...1959. This one is definitely in the top 10! A story of redemption, betrayal,anger and oh yes,a chariot race! Charlton Heston was first rate in this classic William Wyler movie. 212 minutes of classic cinema. After 50 years Ben Hur has stood as a monument to great movie making! Bravo! :)
 BEN HUR May 16, 2009
Glenn Bowerman (CLERMONT, FL)
0 out of 5 found this review helpful
Ben-HurMOVIE EVENTUALLY FAILED TO BOOT ON SIDE A AT ALL. PREVIOUSLY IT FROZE AT NAVAL BATTLE SCENE. SIDE TWO ALSO FROZE AFTER FIRST SCENE. I SENT IT BACK WITH AN EXPLANATION BUT LATER DISCOVERED THAT DUMMIE ME FORGOT TO PUT THE DISK IN THE PACKAGE. I HEARD NOTHING FROM PERSON I BOUGHT IT FROM, BUT MUST ADMIT I WASN'T SURPRISED SINCE I HAD FAILED TO INCLUDE THE DISK IN THE RETURN. AT THIS POINT I GAVE UP AND BOUGHT A NEW ONE AT BEST BUY FOR $19.99
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