Ben-Hur [Blu-ray] starring Charlton
Heston, Jack Hawkins, Stephen
Boyd, Haya Harareet, Hugh Griffith
Good Review
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 its not just running time or a cast of thousands that
makes an epic, its the subject matter, and here the subject--Prince Judah
Ben-Hur (Charlton Heston) and his estrangement from old Roman pal
Messala (Stephen Boyd)--is rich, detailed, and sensitively handled.
Director William Wyler, who had been a junior assistant on MGMs original
silent version back in 1925, never sacrifices the human focus of the story
in favor of spectacle, and is aided immeasurably by Miklos Rozsas
majestic musical score, arguably the greatest ever written for a Hollywood
picture. At four hours its a long haul (especially given some of the
portentous dialogue), but all in all, Ben-Hur is a great movie, best seen on
the biggest screen possible. --Mark Walker
Of all the 2000 or so movies on Blu-Ray, I am TOTALLY MYSTIFIED that,
of ALL THE MOVIES OUT there, WHY is THIS MOVIE NOT ON BLU-
RAY??? This is without ANY DOUBT W HATSOEVER the GREATEST
MOVIE EXPERIENCE EVER to come out of HOLLYW OOD. This movie
should have been the VERY FIRST one treated with Blu-Ray technology.
SOMEBODY is REALLY DROPPING THE BALL here. COME ON, who
EVER has the POW ER out there - - - GET THIS DONE POST HASTE!!!
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