Ben-Hur
1959
DVD
"Judah Ben-Hur is a Jewish nobleman in Palestine whose heroic odyssey includes enslavement by the Romans, vengeance against his tormentors during a furious arena chariot race and fateful encounters with Jesus Christ"--Container.
Item Details
ISBN:
- 9780780683617
- 9780780673465
- 0790758458
- 0780683617
Description:
- 2 videodiscs (222 minutes) : sound, colour ; 4 3/4 inches
- polychrome
- digital
- optical
- surround
- Dolby Digital 5.1
- wide screen
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- region 1
Target Audience Note:
- Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.
- MPAA rating: G.
Other Title:
- William Wyler's presentation of Ben-Hur
- container of (expression): Ben-Hur (Motion picture : 1959). French [DVD].
- container of (work): Ben-Hur (Motion picture : 1959) [DVD].
Notes:
- Based on the novel by Lew Wallace.
- Originally released as a motion picture in 1959.
- Special features include commentary by film historian T. Gene Hatcher with Charlton Heston ; music-only track showcasing Miklos Rosza's award-winning score.
- Title from container.
- Director of photography, Robert L. Surtees ; film editors, Ralph E. Winters, John D. Dunning ; music, Miklos Rosza.
- Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Haya Harareet, Stephen Boyd, Hugh Griffith, Martha Scott, Cathy O'Donnell, Sam Jaffe.
- DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
- For private home use only.
- Audio track in English, French, with optional subtitles in English, French, Spanish, captions in English.
- Academy Award, 1960: Best Picture; Best Director; Best Actor (Charlton Heston); Best Supporting Actor (Hugh Griffith); Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color; Best Cinematography, Color; Best Costume Design, Color; Best Effects, Special Effects; Best Film Editing; Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture; Best Sound
- Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).
Contents:
- Disc 1. Ben-Hur, part 1 (DVD).
- Disc 2. Ben-Hur, part 2 (DVD).
Publisher or Distributor Number:
- 65506
- 1000229475
- 3000038811
- 3000038811
- 2000051430
- 2000051431
UPC:
- 883929178261
- 883929205813
- 883929209675
- 883929325504
- 012569550629
- 883929325504
Subjects:
- Galley slaves -- Fiction.
- Jewish families -- Fiction.
- Jews -- Conversion to Christianity -- Fiction.
- Judaea (Region) -- History -- Tiberius, 14-37 -- Fiction.
- Revenge -- Fiction.
- Rome -- History -- Tiberius, 14-37 -- Fiction.
Genre:
- Bible films.
- Christian films.
- Epic films.
- Feature films.
- Fiction films.
- Historical films.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Other Authors:
- Boyd, Stephen, 1931-1977, actor.
- Dunning, John D. (John Daniel), 1916-1991, editor of moving image work.
- Griffith, Hugh, 1912-1980, actor.
- Harareet, Haya, 1931-2021, actor.
- Hawkins, Jack, 1910-1973, actor.
- Heston, Charlton, actor.
- Jaffe, Sam, 1891-1984, actor.
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, production company.
- O'Donnell, Cathy, 1925-1970, actor.
- Rózsa, Miklós, 1907-1995, composer (expression)
- Scott, Martha, 1914-2003, actor.
- Surtees, Robert, director of photography.
- Tunberg, Karl, screenwriter.
- Winters, Ralph E., editor of moving image work.
- Wyler, William, 1902-1981, film director.
- Zimbalist, Sam, film producer.
- motion picture adaptation of (work): Wallace, Lew, 1827-1905. Ben-Hur.