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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 .

Publication Info. Burbank, CA : Distributed by Warner Home Video, 2012.

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  BLU RAY BEN-HUR DISC 1-2    Check Shelf
 Simsbury Public Library - DVDs  Simsbury Displays: Best Picture Oscar Winners (DVD)    On Display
 South Windsor Public Library - New Materials  BLU-RAY BEN-HUR    DUE 04-02-24
Edition 50th anniversary ed.
Description 2 videodiscs (222 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
System Details 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..
Cast Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Haya Harareet Stephen Boyd, Hugh Griffith, Martha Scott, Cathy O'Donnell, Sam Jaffe.
Credits Director of photography, Robert L. Surtees ; editors, Ralph E. Winters, John D. Dunning ; music, Miklos Rozsa.
Note Based on the novel by Lew Wallace.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1959.
Audience MPAA rating: G CHV rating: G.
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.
Note Special features: commentary by film historian T. Gene Hatcher with Charlton Heston ; music-only track showcasking Miklós Rózsa's award-winning score ; theatrical trailers.
GMD: videorecording.
Language English, French or Spanish dialogue; French or Spanish subtitles. English subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Subject Jesus Christ -- Drama.
Jesus Christ -- Teatro.
Jesus Christ. (OCoLC)fst00040116
Bible. New Testament -- History of Biblical events -- Drama.
Bible. New Testament. (OCoLC)fst01808090
Biblia. N.T. -- Historia sagrada -- Teatro.
History of Biblical events. (OCoLC)fst01865053
Genre/Form Feature films.
Historical films.
Religious films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Feature films.
Historical films.
Drama. (OCoLC)fst01423879
Added 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)
ISBN 0780683625
9780780683624
Standard No. 883929209422
Music No. 3000038806 Warner Home Video
2000051440 Warner Home Video
2000051441 Warner Home Video
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