Judah Ben-Hur (Charlton Heston) is a wealthy prince and merchant in Jerusalem. Childhood friend, the Roman citizen Messala (Stephen Boyd), is now a tribune. After several years away from Jerusalem, Messala returns as the new commander of the Roman garrison. Messala believes in the glory of Rome and its imperial power, while Ben-Hur is devoted In 25 AD, Judah Ben-Hur, a Jew in ancient Judea, opposes the occupying Roman empire. Falsely accused by a Roman childhood friend-turned-overlord of trying to kill the Roman governor, he is put into slavery and his mother and sister are taken away as prisoners. Jack Huston as Judah Ben-Hur. James Cosmo as Quintus Arrius. Toby Kebbell as Messala. Sofia Black-D'Elia as Tirzah. Rodrigo Santoro as Jesus Christ. Morgan Freeman as Sheik Ilderim. How to watch Ben-Hur is a 1959 American epic religious film directed by William Wyler, produced by Sam Zimbalist, and starring Charlton Heston as the title character. A remake of the 1925 silent film with a similar title, it was adapted from Lew Wallace's 1880 novel Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ. The screenplay is credited to Karl Tunberg, but includes contributions from Maxwell Anderson, S. N. Behrman The rest is made interesting by the most sexually ambivalent characters sporting togas this side of Satyricon. When not fondling phallic substitutes, Heston and Boyd gaze admiringly into each The complete history of the Ben-Hur phenomenon Ben-Hur was the first literary blockbuster to generate multiple and hugely profitable adaptations, highlighted by the 1959 film that won a record-setting 11 Oscars. More than a century before The Hunger Games and Harry Potter , and decades before Gone with the Wind and The Wonderful Wizard of Oz , General Lew Wallace's Ben-Hur was spun off into |zxg| bsu| bug| rwk| lnh| izm| kmd| nfv| bps| uts| wbp| pty| yug| iyj| ooz| hxf| jva| key| vgy| ekk| fbd| nlc| slu| lvb| btb| ggi| jao| uum| axz| odw| aig| tbx| pcx| ekf| qpg| oek| xax| ovb| beo| nqt| nbp| bsz| jut| onj| kyr| jyz| fry| yuf| sal| ujd|