"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 (St ..."
"Ramon Novarro, Francis X. Bushman, May McAvoy, Betty Bronson, Claire McDowell, Kathleen Key, Carmel Myers. Originally released: 1925. Run time: 133 mins.
Few films, if any, equal the grandeur of 1927's Ben Hur. This silent movie (presented here with a soaring stereo score performed bye the London Philharmonic Orchestra remains a monument to Hollywood's glory days.
Unforgettable images abound: the Roman slave galley, a torrid sea battle, ..."