Posted on 02/16/2013 4:38:40 PM PST by ReformationFan
The 1959 winner of 11 Oscars including Best Picture and Actor is on TCM tonight at 8:00 PM EST. It's easy to see how far our culture has fallen when a pro-Christianity film like this couldn't be made by Hollywood today.
My favorite scene:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVlf7OiiTJE
About a decade or so back we had a new multiplex open up near us. They showed a 70mm print of Ben Hur opening weekend on their biggest screen. Amazing experience.
Ramming speed!!
Already tuned in. One of the classics. Sad to even wonder if a movie like this or any of the other biblical epics could or would be made in today’s world.
I like that they don’t show Jesus’s face....
Indeed. It’s very reverent. I think “The Robe” and “The Big Fisherman” did the same thing, i.e., the viewer never sees the face of Christ.
Charleton Heston is also on AMC on Planet of the Apes at the same time.
Have you ever noticed that the really great movies, you can watch over and over again, have no, or very few woman in them.
1) Ben Hur
2) Lawrence of Arabia
3) Saving Private Ryan
4) Ice Station Zebra
5) Das Boot
6) Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
7) Glengarry Glen Ross
8) The Great Escape
9) 12 Angry Men
10) The Enemy Below
11) Black Hawk Down
Sorry Freeper ladies, I just needed to make this observation...
ah yes...one of the great scene’s in the history of movies...Judah Ben Hur looking into the face of Jesus....
its always been an Easter movie for me...
Look for them in the Valley of the Lepers, if you can recognize them. The race goes on, Judah!
TCM no you mixing up with AMC TV
I got Ben Hur on DVD also the 1923 version with Ramon Navarro on same DVD
I haven’t seen the 1959 version of “Ben Hur” since I saw it in a movie theater in 1962. More recently, I saw the 1925 version. This is a silent film, so it is best seen in a movie theater with a live organist.
It’s on TBN (Trinity Broadcast Network) every now and then.
One of my top five movies ever made.
Yes they were in traditional habits!
Umm, actually the Romans and other ancient peoples never used galley slaves. Galleys were rowed by free sailors.
Galley slaves didn’t come in until artillery demoted the rowers from potential fighters to mere propulsion.
I always watch this movie during Holy Week. Some critics today continue to pan it, which tells me it's a winner and will stand the test of time.
I've always felt that this way the genius of William Wyler. He left the image of Christ for the audience to discern.
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