Downey City Library

Format:

Blu-ray Disc, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Uniform Title:

Ben-Hur (Motion picture : 1959)

Title:

Ben-hur / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer presents ; directed by William Wyler ; screenplay by Karl Turnberg ; produced by Sam Zimbalist.

Edition:

50th anniversary ed.

Publisher, Date:

Burbank, CA : Distributed by Warner Home Video, 2011.

Description:

2 videodiscs (222 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Summary:

Experience the visual splendor, thundering action, and towering drama of the record-setting winner of eleven Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Charlton Heston brings a muscular physical and moral presence to his role of Judah Ben-Hur, a Jewish nobleman in Palestine whose heroic odyssey includes enslavement by the Romans, vengeance against his tormentors during a furious arena chariot race, and a fateful encounter with Jesus Christ. An enduring and spellbinding spectacular.

Target Audience Note:

MPAA rating: G CHV rating: G.

Subjects:

Jesus Christ -- Drama.

Jésus-Christ -- Théâtre.

Jesucristo -- Teatro.

Jesus Christ.

Bible. New Testament -- History of Biblical events -- Drama.

Bible. New Testament.

Blu-ray disc.

Biblia. N.T. -- Historia sagrada -- Teatro.

History of Biblical events.

Genre:

Golden Globe winner.

Drama.

Feature films.

Historical films.

Religious films.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Feature films.

Historical films.

Feature films.

Historical films.

Religious films.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Films historiques.

Films religieux.

Vidéos pour personnes handicapées auditives.

Other Author:

Wyler, William, 1902-1981.

Tunberg, Karl.

Zimbalist, Sam.

Heston, Charlton.

Hawkins, Jack, 1910-1973.

Harareet, Haya, 1931-2021.

Boyd, Stephen, 1931-1977.

Griffith, Hugh, 1912-1980.

Scott, Martha, 1914-2003.

O'Donnell, Cathy, 1925-1970.

Jaffe, Sam, 1891-1984.

Rózsa, Miklós, 1907-1995.

Wallace, Lew, 1827-1905. Ben-Hur.

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Warner Home Video (Firm)

Notes:

Based on the novel by Lew Wallace.

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1959.

Special features: commentary by film historian T. Gene Hatcher with Charlton Heston ; music-only track showcasing Miklós Rózsa's award-winning score ; theatrical trailers.

Director of photography, Robert L. Surtees ; editors, Ralph E. Winters, John D. Dunning ; music, Miklos Rozsa.

Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Haya Harareet Stephen Boyd, Hugh Griffith, Martha Scott, Cathy O'Donnell, Sam Jaffe.

Blu-ray, 1080p High Definition widescreen 16x9 (2.76:1), Technicolor, filmed in camera 65, DTS-HD MA, 5.1 Dolby Digital; requires Blu-ray player.

English, French or Spanish dialogue; French or Spanish subtitles. English subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing.

ISBN:

0780683625

9780780683624

Publisher or Distributor Number:

3000038806

2000051440

2000051441

Other Number:

779410226

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