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Ben-Hur is a 2016 epic historical drama film directed by Timur Bekmambetov and written by Keith Clarke and John Ridley.It is the fifth film adaptation of the 1880 novel Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ by Lew Wallace following the 1907 silent short film, the 1925 silent film, the Academy Award-winning 1959 film and the 2003 animated film; it is the third version produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Ben-Hur is a 1959 American religious epic film [1] directed by William Wyler, produced by Sam Zimbalist, and starring Charlton Heston as the title character. A remake of the 1925 silent film with a similar title , it was adapted from Lew Wallace 's 1880 novel Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ .
Full film; runtime 02:20:52. Ben-Hur: A Tale of The Christ had been a great success as a novel, and was adapted into a stage play which ran for twenty-five years. In 1922, two years after the play's last tour, the Goldwyn company purchased the film rights to Ben-Hur. The play's producer, Abraham Erlanger, put a heavy price on the screen rights.
The 1959 MGM film adaptation of Ben-Hur is considered one of the greatest films ever made and was seen by tens of millions, going on to win a record 11 Academy Awards in 1960, after which the book's sales increased and it surpassed Gone with the Wind. [2] It was blessed by Pope Leo XIII, the first novel ever to receive such an honour. [3]
Ben-Hur Museum, renamed the General Lew Wallace Study and Museum; Club Sportivo Ben Hur, a sports club in Argentina; Ben Hur (automobile), an early car; Ben Hur trailer, a nickname for the World War II G-518 one-ton U.S. Army trailer; Tribe of Ben-Hur, an authorized fraternal order based on the book, later an insurance company
Jack Alexander Huston (born 7 December 1982) is an English actor and director. He appeared as Richard Harrow in the HBO television drama series Boardwalk Empire.He also had a supporting role in the 2013 film American Hustle, portrayed the eponymous Ben-Hur in the 2016 historical drama, and appeared as one of the main characters in the fourth season of the FX anthology series Fargo (2020).
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