Ben-Hur

DVD 2005

Judah Ben-Hur is a young Jewish nobleman from a prominent who is reunited with his childhood friend Messala. Messala returns to Judea as a Roman tribune. There is a genuine friendship between the two men, yet the clash of their cultures drives a wedge between them. That wedge finally drives Messala to banish Judah to the slave galleys and sends his mother and his sister to prison. Fom that point forward, Judah's life becomes a quest: a quest to s...

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ISBN:

1419810790

Edition:

Four-disc collector's edition

Description:

4 videodiscs (222 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
polychrome
digital
optical
surround
Dolby digital 5.1
video file
DVD video
region 1

Target Audience Note:

MPAA rating: Not rated

Notes:

Special features: Commentary by film historian T. Gene Hatcher with scene-specific comments from Charlton Heston; new digital transfer from restored 65MM elements; music-only track; Disc 3: the 1925 feature-length silent version of 'Ben-Hur with a stereophonic orchestral score by composer Carl Davis. Disc 4: 2005 documentary: 'Ben-Hur: The epic that changed cinema'; current filmmakers such as Ridley Scott and George Lucas reflect on the importance and influence of the film; 1994 documentary: 'Ben-Hur: The making of an epic' hosted by Christopher Plummer; 'Directed by William Wyler' the 1986 Emmy Award-nominated documentary featuring the last interview with Wyler before his death; 'Ben-Hur: A journey through pictures' a new audiovisual recreation of the film via stills, storyboards, sketches, music and dialogue; screen tests: Leslie Nielsen and Cesare Danova, Leslie Nielsen and Yale Wexler, George Baker and William Russel; highlights from the 4/4/1960 Academy Awards ceremony; vintage newsreels gallery; theatrical trailer gallery
Originally released as a motion picture in 1959
Based on the novel by Lew Wallace
Title from container
Director of photography, Robert L. Surtees ; art director, Edward Carfagno, William A. Horning ; editors, John D. Dunning, Ralph E. Winters ; music, Miklós Rózsa ; costume designer, Elizabeth Haffenden
Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Haya Harareet, Stephen Boyd, Hugh Griffith, Martha Scott, Cathy O'Donnell, Sam Jaffe, Finlay Currie, Frank Thring, Terence Longdon, George Relph, André Morell
DVD, region 1, widescreen (2.76:1) and full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround
Can be viewed subtitled in English, French or Spanish, or dubbed in French
Closed captioned for the hearing impaired

Control Number:

526224

UPC:

000125696753
012569675353

Other Authors:

Harareet, Haya, 1931-2021
Hawkins, Jack, 1910-1973
Heston, Charlton
Rózsa, Miklós, 1907-1995
Surtees, Robert
Wallace, Lew, 1827-1905. Ben-Hur
Warner Home Video (Firm)
Wyler, William, 1902-1981

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