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A scene from the movie. 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.
The Ben-Hur score has been considered to be the best of Rózsa's career. [161] The musical soundtrack to Ben-Hur remained deeply influential into the mid 1970s, when film music composed by John Williams for films such as Jaws, Star Wars, and Raiders of the Lost Ark became more popular among composers and film-goers. [162] Rózsa's score has ...
Ben-Hur: William Wyler: Charlton Heston, Stephen Boyd, Jack Hawkins: Epic: MGM; won a record 11 Academy Awards; remake of 1925 silent film The Best of Everything: Jean Negulesco: Diane Baker, Stephen Boyd, Hope Lange: Drama: 20th Century Fox; 2 Oscar nominations The Big Circus: Joseph M. Newman: Victor Mature, Red Buttons, Rhonda Fleming: Drama ...
Ben-Hur essay by Daniel Eagan in America's Film Legacy: The Authoritative Guide to the Landmark Movies in the National Film Registry, A&C Black, 2010 ISBN 0826429777, pages 109-111 ; Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ at IMDb; Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ at the TCM Movie Database; Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
Ben-Hur (1959 film) Ben-Hur (2016 film) Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925 film) This page was last edited on 26 March 2023, at 20:29 (UTC). Text is available under ...
William Millar (4 July 1931 – 2 June 1977), better known by his stage name Stephen Boyd, was an actor from Northern Ireland.He emerged as a leading man during the late 1950s with his role as the villainous Messala in Ben-Hur (1959), a role that earned him the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture.
Robert L. Surtees (August 9, 1906 – January 5, 1985) was an American cinematographer who won three Academy Awards for the films King Solomon's Mines, The Bad and the Beautiful and the 1959 version of Ben-Hur.
After Moses and Ben-Hur, Heston became more identified with Biblical epics than any other actor. He later voiced Ben-Hur in an animated television production of the Lew Wallace novel in 2003. Heston followed it with The Wreck of the Mary Deare (1959) co-starring Gary Cooper, which was a box office disappointment. Heston in Ben-Hur (1959)