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Ben-Hur (1959)
Driving by his deep will of revenge from Messale, his best friend, who after many years of absence, comes to turn down his life, Judah Ben Hur, a young kind and rich Jewish prince, who has a comfortable life, as he has sent him to slavery, the thing that makes his rage and returns to revenge.
July 12, 1906 in Florence, Tuscany, Italy
20 January 1878, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
17 April 1930, Fabriano, Marche, Italy
April 25, 1937 in Treviso, Veneto, Italy
8 August 1905, Demerara, British Guiana
26 July 1920, Padua, Veneto, Italy
27 January 1888, Cullercoats, North Tyneside, England, UK
November 26, 1921 in Budapest, Hungary
14 May 1922, Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
6 July 1923, Siluria, Alabama, USA
6 September 1915
May 23, 1922 in Calabria, Italy
1922 in Naples, Campania, Italy
September 2, 1938 in Rome, Lazio, Italy
11 May 1926, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
April 7, 1918 in Utah, USA
24 August 1935, Palermo, Sicily, Italy
11 March 1916, Mainz, Germany
March 3, 1935 in Ravenna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
4 July 1931, Glengormley, Northern Ireland, UK
August 31, 1914 in Saracinesco, Lazio, Italy
October 19, 1904 in Treviso, Veneto, Italy
10 March 1891, New York City, New York, USA
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 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.
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.
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.
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...
August 22, 2008
The biggest and the best of Hollywood's super-spectacles.
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.
February 13, 2001
A majestic achievement, representing a superb blending of the motion picture arts by master craftsmen.
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.
December 13, 2006
Entire new frontiers in boredom were opened up by this MGM whopper from 1959.
