This 1959 version of Lew Wallace's ... Gore Vidal and Maxwell Anderson, the film once more recounts the tale of Jewish prince Judah Ben-Hur (Charlton Heston), who lives in Judea with his family ...

By Jack Harrison On Nov. 18, 1959, MGM unspooled a 217-minute Charlton Heston film with an “unprecedented” $15 million budget. Ben-Hur, which claimed 11 Oscars at the 32nd Academy Awards ...

Those doozies are on view in the new film of “Ben-Hur,” as they were in the 1925 silent version and the 1959 Oscar-sweeping hit. Good thing, too, because this movie ... cast to be the anti ...

Next up is their reboot of the 1959 multiple ... The updated ‘Ben-Hur’ will provide plenty of new surprises, says Bekmambetov. “This is a completely different movie, based on a different ...

124 minutes. Remaking a film that won 11 Academy Awards invites inevitable comparison, but the latest adaptation of “Ben-Hur” distinguishes itself from William Wyler’s 1959 epic by retooling ...

So tell us a bit about the cast and also the director ... this one is on a par with the 1959 version. MONTAGNE: The movie is "Ben-Hur." It's in theaters today. Kenneth Turan reviews movies ...

“Ben-Hur”: The 1959 best-picture Academy Award winner receives a mammoth DVD update in a four-disc set featuring a new digital transfer of the nearly four-hour film. Among the film’s 11 ...

TCM gets an early start with director William Wyler‘s Best Picture–winning religious saga Ben-Hur (1959). Starring Charlton ... and converts to Christianity. The movie won a whopping 11 ...