Monday, April 4, 2016

Ben-Hur (1959)

This Day in Film History !!!!

On this day back in 1960 this film won the Best Picture award at the 32nd Annual Academy Awards.

Wikipedia.org Article for the 32nd Annual Academy Awards:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/32nd_Academy_Awards

It's a "classic" in the most epic sense of the term. A must-see...at least once, my friends. - Chris

Ben-Hur (1959)



Run Time:  212 mins
Genre:  Adventure, Drama, War
Format:  Widescreen Format, Color
Director:  William Wyler
Starring:  Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Haya Harareet, Stephen Boyd, Hugh Griffith, Martha Scott and Cathy O'Donnell

IMDB.com Entry for the Film:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052618/?ref_=nv_sr_2

Wikipedia.org Article for the Film:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben-Hur_(1959_film)

Wikipedia.org Article for Charlton Heston:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlton_Heston

Charlton Heston Wins Best Actor: 1960 Oscars on YouTube:



Find the link to Jack Hawkins' Wikipedia.org Article from our Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) Post:
http://film366.blogspot.com/2016/04/the-bridge-on-river-kwai-1957.html

Wikipedia.org Article for Haya Harareet:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haya_Harareet

Wikipedia.org Article for Stephen Boyd:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Boyd

Wikipedia.org Article for Hugh Griffith:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Griffith

Wikipedia.org Article for Director William Wyler:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Wyler

Trailer for the Film on YouTube:


Star Wars fans ~ check out my Digging Star Wars blog entry about the connections between Ben-Hur and Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)...it's more than just the podrace... - Chris




















July 18, 1958: On The Set of Ben Hur - www.NBCUniversalArchives.com on YouTube:

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For our next Film of the Day .....................

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