Ben-Hur (50th Anniversary Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack) [Blu-ray]


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Ben-Hur (50th Anniversary Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack) [Blu-ray]

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The Ben-Hur combo pack includes Ben-Hur in high definition on Blu-ray plus a DVD copy of the film.

High-definition Blu-Ray hits greater heights with the arrival of the visual splendor, thundering action and towering drama of this record-setting winner of 11 Academy Awards® including Best Picture.

Charlton Heston brings a muscular physical and moral presence to his Best Actor Oscar®-winning 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 fateful encounters with Jesus Christ. Best Director Oscar® winner William Wyler masterfully grips the reins of an enduring and spellbinding spectacular.

Special Features:

- Commentary by Film Historian T. Gene Hatcher with Charlton Heston

- Music-Only Track Showcasing Miklós Rózsa's Award-Winning Score

- Theatrical Trailers




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    285 of 299 people found the following review helpful:
    5.0 out of 5 stars A Biblical masterpiece, December 4, 2005

    William Wyler's Oscar-winning BEN-HUR (1959), produced by Sam Zimbalist (who died of a heart attack near the end of filming) and based on a best-selling late 19th Century novel by Lew Wallace, is one hell of a movie experience. Watching a brand-new, pristine camera negative copy, I could not believe that the opening Nativity scene and the Resurrection finale were the same movie. There is just so much here. This remake of the 1925 silent epic, runs 3 hours and 45 minutes, including powerful roadshow bookend music by Miklos Rozsa. It takes its leisurely time in telling the story of a Jew (Charlton Heston) and a Roman (Stephen Boyd), raised as best friends, who become bitter enemies in the Holy Land of Jesus Christ's life. Director Wyler was always known as a painstaking perfectionist who would exhaust cast and crew by doing take after take after take of every scene. But the result for the audience is enthralling.

    Wyler had never made a Biblical epic before and... Read more
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    72 of 75 people found the following review helpful:
    5.0 out of 5 stars An Incredible Blu Ray Boxed Set!, September 26, 2011
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    Marty Gillis (Los Angeles, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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    I WOULD GIVE THIS RELEASE 10 STARS if Amazon allowed me to!

    Ben-Hur is one of my all time favorite films. It is probably the single greatest performance ever given by Charlton Heston and the greatest epic ever filmed until the Lord of the Rings trilogy came along but still it holds it's head high and remains a timeless classic, just as good as it ever was, maybe better today!

    Much has been written about the film itself, so my review will just cover the actual Blu Ray presentation and the included extras.

    Many sets have been released with much ballyhoo and assorted trinkets and swag included in the box. Much of it is useless stuff you look at once, then put away and never see again. This is NOT the case with the Ben-Hur boxed set. Everything you get in this box set is of high quality and compliments the film itself. Speaking of the box itself, it is a very VERY nice embossed keepsake box that is protected by an outer covering and when opened reveals... Read more
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    108 of 122 people found the following review helpful:
    5.0 out of 5 stars Ben Hur----- DVD Bliss***********, March 3, 2001
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    This review is from: Ben-Hur (DVD)
    This film when it was released in 1959 saw it's studio MGM teetering on the edge of bankruptcy and the fact that this film cost in 1958 close to $15 Million dollars was most assuredly a make or break film for the studio.

    William Wyler the film's director, in order to make this film unique as if a running time close to four hours was not enough, filmed it in an aspect ratio of 2.76:1 using what was called MGM Camera 65, an Ultra Panavision process.

    This film was one of only two films that were filmed in that process which is the widest of processes used in film to date.

    Filmed utilizing 8000 extras, 300 sets, and over 100,000 costume changes this film epitomizes the word grand and released a few years after the Ten Commandments, it helped quench the public thirst for Biblical films.

    This new DVD release is presented in Dolby Digital 5.1 and the LFE channel(Low Frequency Effects) is apparent on two standout scenes, the Sea Battle scene, and the now infamous chariot scene which... Read more

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