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Ben-Hur (1959)
After getting his freedom, Judah Ben Hur, a young Jewish merchant from a wealthy family, who has been betrayed by his best Roman friend, Massela, who makes a conspiracy against him and sent him to slavery, the thing that makes his rage, so he returns to his homeland after absence, in order to revenge.
5 April 1912, Bedford, Bedfordshire, England, UK
February 28, 1906 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK
27 January 1888, Cullercoats, North Tyneside, England, UK
January 19, 1937 in Los Angeles, California, USA
1922 in Naples, Campania, Italy
February 21, 1929 in London, England, UK
20 January 1930, London, England, UK
February 12, 2014
Some critics believe that William Wyler's box-office smash is no match for the 1925 silent version, but there's no denying that the race that forms the famous climax is one of the most iconic sequences in Hollywood history.
June 05, 2002
If we later came to realize that movies could be a whole lot better than Ben-Hur, that still doesn't detract from the enjoyment the film still provides.
August 22, 2008
The biggest and the best of Hollywood's super-spectacles.
July 25, 2015
[VIDEO ESSAY] It's worth sitting through four hours of Charlton Heston's hammy pregnant pauses of strained dialogue and toothy grimaces just to savor the legendary larger-than-life marathon where single rider chariots...
January 26, 2006
The movie could be trying to say that for some people religion is an escape from their sexuality, but it seems unlikely.
January 01, 2015
Although it is a spectacle film, the story of how a man takes on the tyranny of the Romans, with all sorts of horrible consequences to himself and his family, is powerful and gripping.
February 13, 2001
A majestic achievement, representing a superb blending of the motion picture arts by master craftsmen.
September 09, 2014
1959 Biblical epic has fierce blood-spilling, cruelty.
May 20, 2003
Mr. Wyler and his money-free producers have smartly and effectively laid stress on the powerful and meaningful personal conflicts that are strong in this old heroic tale.
February 23, 2014
At 212 minutes it is far too long, and large swathes of the action appear redundant or unnecessary. "Bigger than Ben-Hur!" they say. That may not be a compliment.
December 06, 2016
The most egregiously boring movie ever graced with the Best Picture Oscar... though in fairness, egregious boredom is one of the cornerstones of the Bible epic genre.
December 13, 2006
Entire new frontiers in boredom were opened up by this MGM whopper from 1959.
