Never , never ever get tired of watching Ben- Hur !!!!!

@9ner4ever34

2 ай бұрын

You're not alone ... 😊

@rodkennedy9800

2 ай бұрын

Amen to that

@cielitagarcia6489

2 ай бұрын

Always a go to classic, they don't make them like that anymore!

@umamaheswarnakka6810

Ай бұрын

Me too, among the lot.🙌🙌

@elfandetodo6787

25 күн бұрын

Desearía verla una vez más, la vi el Viernes Santo de éste año, así que me aguantaré hasta la próxima Pascua

One of “The Greatest Movies Ever Made!”

@teresastephenson7238

3 ай бұрын

So true

@omarjason1255

2 ай бұрын

Totally agree!

@valeriebriggs1058

Ай бұрын

I agree I watch It over and over again

@jenniferannecchini5216

15 күн бұрын

Yes❤

@johnnycash578

6 күн бұрын

for you, whats the address of your cave ill send you some dvd's !!!lol to each his own i say

This movie, along with the Ten Commandments (1956), are 2 of the greatest movies ever made

@helenekihlemichelsen3381

7 ай бұрын

Agreed!!! ❤

@LindaMerchant-bq2hp

7 ай бұрын

I believe so❤😮

@userClic2222

7 ай бұрын

yessssssss

@user-cs3tz6ik2u

6 ай бұрын

I have watched both a hundred times and I hope to live long enough to watch them a hundred times more,along with the robe, and the greatest story ever told.The Egyptian and several others of that time period.and I very much dislike the Catholic Church.

@jordanjames3498

3 ай бұрын

and jesus of nazareth

The older we get the better these movies become, literally !

@9ner4ever34

2 ай бұрын

Facts.. their to be appreciated. 😊

@jeanandre6998

2 ай бұрын

Omg we appreciate them more

@robvegart

2 ай бұрын

That's because wisdom comes with age... Understanding and Reasoning come with age.

@zane7223

2 ай бұрын

Verdade

@umamaheswarnakka6810

24 күн бұрын

VERY TRUE

Charlton Heston's facial expression as he ascends the stairs toward his mother and sister at the very end ... that's what you call *great acting.*

@aussiedownunder4186

6 ай бұрын

It’s all in the eyes. You show that and your face changes with the eyes 👍

@TheRobinsoneun

6 ай бұрын

And his awareness when he was touched by Jesus, awesome.

@elizabethroberts6215

3 ай бұрын

……Mr Heston was not only a wonderful actor, in many different roles’, he was also a lovely man. With his beautiful wife, Lydia, they were together for 64 years’. They’re both gone now. RIP

@ejm511

3 ай бұрын

A wonderful & inspiring movie..A great actor Charlton Heston.

@markr.devereux3385

2 ай бұрын

Those drab scenes with the crucifixion unfolding in the background and his mother&sister in rags and messiah blood washing away by the storm is cinematic. And then the healing of his loved ones from leprosy and the healing of his heart from the burden of hate is a great moment. Ben Hur is underrated. I could claim the best overall movie of 1950s hollywood.

Sometimes, not often, a "perfect" film is made and this film is one of the top five in my book. Script, Sound track, costume, cinematography, directing and of course the cast, five star plus!!! I was nine years old when it was made and remember the glory of seeing it for the first time even today these many years later.

@alessandrapirelli7040

2 ай бұрын

Like Lawrence of Arabia! Its one of my wintertime faves!

@markr.devereux3385

2 ай бұрын

No way NO. 1 in my poll. I re ember seeing it as an 8 yr old in a plush velvet .MOVIE THEATER and I knew it was the best and always would be the best.

@sharonloves

2 ай бұрын

Hmm, well too bad your perfect film failed miserably in the casting department due to the fact that they couldn’t find 1 male actor dark skinned enough in all of Hollywood so they painted one with shoe polish to make him into an Arab.👎

@gordonward537

2 ай бұрын

😢😊❤ blessings to you no matter your condition. The Lord lives to give eternalness I'm only 76 +77 in a few months God Willing❤.

@umamaheswarnakka6810

Ай бұрын

Very true .

When cinema was great! No cursing, no slang, no cheap sex, no tats, no gangsta rap, no fake CGI ... 🎞📽🎬

@tylerfields2368

5 ай бұрын

Amen!

@teresastephenson7238

3 ай бұрын

So true

@tylerfields2368

3 ай бұрын

@@teresastephenson7238 love this movie so much

@9ner4ever34

2 ай бұрын

Absolutely. 😊

@jollyjohnthepirate3168

2 ай бұрын

Yet the producers could get away with nudity and sexual themes as long as they were showing ungodly heathens. The "Nubian" dancers in this film show this plainly.

Charlton Heston was the perfect choice to play this role.

One of the best, if not the best, epic movies to ever come out of Hollywood.

@rmurphy250

24 күн бұрын

Absolutely TRUE!!! I stayed in the movie 7 hours to capture all of its amazing scenes.

This is my absolute favorite movie of all time! It was a five-star movie in every sense...the film score, acting, direction, and script! It addressed all the important themes such as love, friendship, betrayal, redemption, forgiveness, and restoration. Thank You, Lord🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

@teresastephenson7238

3 ай бұрын

So very true

@reneeharrington3321

3 ай бұрын

The most THRILLING MOVIE I ever saw!

You haven't failed!!! 😊 I know this man... He gave me water to drink and gave me the will to live!!

@elizabeths4371

3 ай бұрын

My favourite quotes too!

@9ner4ever34

Ай бұрын

Amen. Glory to God. He 🕊 also gave me strength as well. Wouldn't be here without Him 👑. ☺

I taught in a Hare Krishna school in Mayapur West Bengal. The kids watched Ben Hur and the 10 commandments every week. Each time they watched them it was like they were seeing the films for the first time, they never tired of them. I met Charlton Heston in 1996 and gave him a card thanking him for his movies and told him how much the kids in Mayapur loved them. 2 weeks later he wrote back asking me to thank the Mayapur kids and to give them his love. When I left the school to return to Australia the students presented me with the New Testament.

@SamsungSamsung-zv5hu

2 ай бұрын

Газета°Искра🎲

@axelshatzko

2 ай бұрын

a great movie --in time for Easter

@angeladay7544

2 ай бұрын

A Beautiful movie,...Ben Hur. 😂❤😊.

@umamaheswarnakka6810

2 ай бұрын

You are born lucky to visit him and even talkto him.

@angeladay7544

2 ай бұрын

Thankyou to whomever.

The way Christ is portrayed in this film, with unspoken power and sense of awe. This film is a masterpiece.

@12classics39

4 ай бұрын

The choice not to show his face is absolutely brilliant.

@joevelosa7056

3 ай бұрын

@@12classics39 No one knows his face except that he was a Jew and from the middle east.

@elizabeths4371

3 ай бұрын

I couldn't agree with you more! The scene with The CHRIST giving Ben-Hur a cup of water and then Ben-Hur doing the same for JESUS before His crucifixion are my absolute favourite scenes in this movie and even more so because you don't see His Face. ❤

@plrt6794

3 ай бұрын

Much to the chagrin of western Christians, this Jesus character would have been a swarthy, dark complexioned Arab man, not a light haired white man. But one of my favorite mythological movies of all time.

@MrIrrepressible

3 ай бұрын

Jesus is jewish, why are u saying he is arab?

Best Biblical Epos Ever made !!!!Brilliant Charlton Heston

The Chariot Race is the "most thrilling" action sequence ever filmed in movie making history, imo. I've watched it at least a dozen times over the years, always on the edge of my seat.

@antoinemozart243

5 ай бұрын

The Chariot race took 4/5 of the entire movie to shoot. Whyler was so exasperated that he wanted to give up. He left all to his assistant.

@salinagrrrl69

4 ай бұрын

There is an unmade video of unintensional stunts caught on cam & used in the film. This race has one of the top ten. The chariot bouncing over the wreck sending the stunt guy heels over head wasnt planned.

@carlotapiloto5944

2 ай бұрын

That's amazing I know I feel the same way I never get tire of watching it Charleston Heston was perfect for the part of Judah and Estephen Boyd was also perfect I wish they could make more movies like this comes Easter I'll be watching The ten commandments another classic praise the Lord we could still watch them on TV enjoy something epic and well done thank God ❤❤

@rmurphy250

24 күн бұрын

14 horses died in the making of the scenes of that race.

Absolutely one of the BEST movies ever made!!

I absolutely love this movie, since l first saw it 60 years ago. Everyone always talks about how Heston learned to drive a chariot, but Boyd did too! Even though he played the villain, l liked Stephen Boyd. Great acting, a very handsome man, gone too soon.😢

Love this movie. Funny how Martha Scott played Charlton Heston's mother in both Ben Hur and The Ten Commandments.

@dvdortiz9031

Жыл бұрын

Hollywood knows how to play with your emotions! In a previous movie, they were lovers!!!

@davidbellamy2612

11 ай бұрын

and both were about the same age

@steveweinstein3222

3 ай бұрын

@@davidbellamy2612 Angela Lansbury was 5 years older than Laurence Harvey in The Manchurian Candidate. Ditto Anne Bancroft to Dustin Hoffman. In Hollywood, 1 man year equals 7 woman years.

This movie earned every single one of its eleven Academy Awards. A masterpiece.

@aussiedownunder4186

6 ай бұрын

But it should have won nearly all the nominations. Cecil B DeMille was quite bemused as he should have won more

@bruce8320

4 ай бұрын

Where are 1 and 2

The greatest movie ever made...... Ben Hur will be my favorite till I die.....❤🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🌹

@debbies3763

Жыл бұрын

OWN THEM BOTH TEN COMMANDMENT BEN HUR. KARTOON ISNT EITHER.

Its great to see that we can watch all the GREATEST Classics of all time that exhibit LOVE & HUMANITY & HATE, KILLING, & IMMORALITY. How sad this world has become.

@madalynbielski6759

4 ай бұрын

Yes how sad that movies had to get so shameful. 😢

@user-tx4is4kz4q

3 ай бұрын

Very few movies today are worth watching over and over. I have a few DVDs that l enjoy over and over. Ben Hur is one of them. I like Charlton Heston. No actors today cannot compare with Charlton heston. he is one of the great actors. No more like him.

I like to say boldly: This is the best movie I have ever seen. It is the best movie in the whole movie history.

One of the greatest movies ever made.

@mercedesaviles1726

10 ай бұрын

Inolvidable.y.unica.en.toodos .los.tiempos

@manchester8143

10 ай бұрын

1. 10 commandments

@giuseppinademarco9408

10 ай бұрын

​@@mercedesaviles1726❤❤ ecc

By far and away the best Christian movie about Christ's crucifixion and the effects on people of Rome and the Jews...truly a masterpiece!!!

@azntrnr

2 ай бұрын

The emotion Charleton Heston displays is truly moving

@gdiwolverinemale4th

Күн бұрын

Does not sufficiently address the role of Jews. Probably because it would distort the narrative of harmony

No matter what your beliefs… This is a GREAT film!

I never knew what a decent person Charlton Heston was. His daughter spoke so highly of him. A real Prince🙂

@spockboy

Жыл бұрын

He marched with Martin Luther King for Civil Rights which could have easily damaged his career back then. A lot of his fans were Christians from the South (thanks to Ben Hur and The 10 Commandments)

@elizabethroberts6215

Жыл бұрын

Having met Mr Heston, & his beautiful wife, Lydia, many times over a few decades’, they were both fabulous people, very down-to-earth, & marvellous to be in conversation with. They’re both gone now. RIP

@spockboy

Жыл бұрын

@@elizabethroberts6215 How cool is that?

@adolflazary5864

2 ай бұрын

​@@spockboydespués ya no trabajó tanto. En realidad arruinó su carrera como Cassius Clay con riesgo de sus vidas inclusive. Saludos

@spockboy

2 ай бұрын

@@adolflazary5864 Es triste oír eso. Saludo de vuelta.

This brought me so much closer to god as a ten year old child I have never forgotten this movie. Thank you for. Showing it

@dvdortiz9031

Жыл бұрын

Do you attend Church?

הטובים והאמת תמיד מנצחים את הרוע והרשעים כך היה והוכח לכל אורכה של ההיסטוריה האנושית בכל הזמנים

@ECLECTRIC_EDITS

4 ай бұрын

Because goodness is eternal! Evil is temporary

@tlyoung1420

2 ай бұрын

Shalom ❤

Its an insult that this movie wasn't rated a perfect 100.

@SeattlePioneer

3 ай бұрын

Have a little Christian charity!

@sandradaeschler6620

2 ай бұрын

Back in those days I think there were more unbelievers!

@SaberJan-ds8oq

Ай бұрын

برم صلی الله علیه و آله و

אני מישראל וראיתי את הסרט המרשים הזה עשרות פעמים. זה אחד הסרטים האהובים עלי בכל הזמנים. מה שעוד מייחד את הסרט זאת המוסיקה הנפלאה שמרגשת אותי כל פעם מחדש ואני מאזין לה מעל 50 שנה.

@user-dc9sg1sc4d

9 күн бұрын

هل يرضيك مايحدث في غزه

My favorite part of the movie! Missing my dad, mom and sister !! We loved this!!

I’m not a horsey person, but those white horses are stunning, beautiful, magnificent beasts! The chariot race is cinematic brilliance- no CGI used or needed.

BEN HUR- Great Timeless Movie! Equal to Ten Commandments and two of the best movies ever made by man ! Two of the greatest Events of all time and one is Ben Hur in the great chariot race and in Ten Commandments Moses dividing the Red Sea and bringing the Israelites to the Promised Land.

Ten Commandments & Ben Hur are Masterpieces that no other film will ever reach these heights

@ericlandriault5748

6 ай бұрын

Amen !

@corneliagenever7578

20 күн бұрын

Agreed 💯

One of the greatest movies ever made. Never tired of seeing it again.

Stephen Boyd not receiving the Oscar for supporting actor is the greatest mistake ever made by the academy....

@settingsun3631

28 күн бұрын

Tout à fait d'accord.

@markr.devereux3385

23 күн бұрын

Jesus ( no pun ) BOYD is the devastatingly handsomest ROMAN administrator in movie history. I don't think I could pull off a military toga&breast plate with any seriousness.. if in some other universe I could you'd find me admiring my bad self in a mirror for hours.😳

@Americanpatriot-zo2tk

7 күн бұрын

Stephen Boyd did an awesome job by being masala he played with amount of pure evil nobody made masala be that way masala wanted to be that way well you get what you asked for you play stupid games you win stupid prizes I’ve had my fair share of that in life but masala was a master! Masala was totally evil and he wanted to be totally evil as long as he attain the power in the glory that he thought he so needed. What a fool!

@jeffreyworthen7033

3 күн бұрын

Here, here.... I fully agree..👍

@jeffreyworthen7033

3 күн бұрын

I always wanted to know what the doctor meant when he said to Messala "we got to get to work". Did he mean some sort of surgery? This is ancient times so you know whatever the procedure is it will be rather graphic with probably no anesthesia...😳😳😳

30:48 Steven Boyd's acting in this scene is brutally good. Heston was great as always.

@johnberryhill8106

8 ай бұрын

Boyd was such a great actor who unfortunately was typecast as a Roman Officer in later movies.....died way to young.

Great Classic film that has survived the test of time. In contrast to today, Hollywood is a shadow of its former greatness in film-making.

One of the greatest movies. Charlton Heaton was a true hero in real life battling Alzheimers.That takes courage

@Tiburon876

Жыл бұрын

I thought that was TO BRADY

There were very few actors who was able to pick great roles & Charleston Heston was one of them.

One of the greatest movies ever made. The first time I saw this movie was when I was in my elementary grades.

@user-fh4zd1wq6f

Жыл бұрын

Бен Гур название Галеры которая затанула вблизЬ 0дного и3 берегов 0строва Апшерон с грузом 3олотых монет 📍 аббат 🐀 Фариа

This is my ALL TIME favourite film. I'm 66 now and I never tire of watching this movie. Charlton Heston was AWESOME and portraid such an iconic figure and you just felt the passion and love he had for his family. ❤

@giorgiocapesciotti1340

Жыл бұрын

italiano 🎉

@terryfrancis900

Жыл бұрын

I too am 66 and it is one of my favorites as well, but I would have to put The Passion of the Christ right up there with it!

@MrPatrickworthington

Жыл бұрын

@@terryfrancis900 I'm 66 as well, April 11, 1957. I've known and loved this movie my whole life.

@annairwin8147

Жыл бұрын

Anne, I’m 74 and NEVER get tired of watching it either. My Mama and Daddy took me to see it when it first came out all those years ago🙏

@adolflazary5864

Жыл бұрын

Y la Vendetta

This movie truly touches my soul and brightens and strengthens my spirit! God is amazing and miraculous! Glory to God.

Boyd should've won the Oscar for his riveting performance.

@jamesmiller9515

3 ай бұрын

yes....for best supporting male actor...he wasn't even nominated....what a joke...

Thank you so much for the video...I watched this film for the second times, when Christians/Catholics go into holy week before Passover day...🙏✝️🇺🇲🇮🇱🇻🇦

@rmp7400

Жыл бұрын

Was not catholic when I first saw this film Always wished that I could have traveled back in time...to be there at the moment when The Precious Blood of Jesus streams down in the rain...cleansing bodies and souls of illness and sins... Years later, i too came to discover and believe That is the grace, power and sacred mystery of the Holy Mass: Being present with Jesus during His Heroic Sacrifice that Frees us from all death. Thank you, who posting this movie And thank you to Almighty God for His Holy Merciful love+❤👑

@zvonimirvidovic1714

Жыл бұрын

@@rmp7400 A m e n ! ! ! ! !

@pollydickinson4789

9 ай бұрын

You missed mentioning our fellow believers because you forgot to mention our Jewish brothers and sisters.😮

One of the Best Action Movie ever..I have DVD ..Every person in that movie was born for their acting part...Many Oscar's won.

@robertocabrera9448

Жыл бұрын

000Dios vive en su Hijo 1:16:21

A very heart touching movie.. one of the best ever with the Ten Commandments.. everybody should stay seat and still watching a movie like this and let God speak to the heart... great actors. God bless all

This movie is the real deal, not like the failed 2016 version. God bless all the people involved in the making of this masterpiece.

@erichhonecker8548

7 ай бұрын

Amen to that!

Imagine four horses pulling a tiny chariot is like flying to death a race of death from Massalas cheating treacherous chariot until he pay the price of his death...Ben Hur was Trully blessed by the Lord because his faith & trust to God was in his whole life long held intact & strong such a legendary remarkably brilliant divine film many thanks indeed for sharing

@susanm200

Жыл бұрын

Its ALL about our Lord!

@murali5247

Жыл бұрын

Why don’t they have reruns of classics like this in thetares. I last saw this film in a theater when I was eight years old .

Charlton Heston...one of the greatest actors of all time and a great statesman.

@jamesfeldman4234

Жыл бұрын

And a great chariot rider!

@jamesalexander5623

Жыл бұрын

@@jamesfeldman4234 Lousy Astronaut!

@sisterdoublehappiness9714

Жыл бұрын

Responsible for the premature deaths of thousands of innocent victims by handguns.

@Chris-lc5ql

Жыл бұрын

@@sisterdoublehappiness9714 Gosh, he shot thousands of people with a hand gun?

@sisterdoublehappiness9714

Жыл бұрын

@@Chris-lc5ql If you don't understand the reference to the NRA, you're too ignorant to explain it to.

I watched this masterpiece in 1960 holding the hand of the love of my life. Now, 2023, she is gone 40 years ago. I am 80.

@user-fj7vm9fz2h

3 ай бұрын

I’m 70 but I remember going and often annually. I remember being surrounded by my friends and family when television was clean and Color was new.

@bigsparky8888

3 ай бұрын

🙋😎👍🇺🇲💪☝️❤️‍🔥🙏✝️☝️

@stephaniehowell1109

3 ай бұрын

She isn't gone ....she's waiting. ❤

@senolhakan9255

2 ай бұрын

Terrible sorry about your loss.. May she rest in peace and may this memory of yours last to the very second... Gretings from switzerland

@jeffreyrowley9004

2 ай бұрын

❤

This is far and away the best movie ever made. And after all of that... "I see no enemy..."

@annemarie8483

7 ай бұрын

I know, right?! In the book he survived the chariot mutilation and lived penniless and cripled.

I would love to see this movie in a big screen. I wish they would bring it back into theaters at least once a year.🥰💖🌸 it is one of my favorite movies of all time the musical score by Miklos Roza it’s probably the best musical score ever written.

@martindurkin8837

Жыл бұрын

It would be great if a theater would do that.

@mendezfocus

Жыл бұрын

They do it in El Salvador every Easter

@denisefarmer366

Жыл бұрын

I saw it on the big screen in 1959, when I was just 9 years old. I remember that day and my reaction to the movie clearly. Heston was perfect.

@markuse3472

Жыл бұрын

Star Wars is the best movie score ever.

@frankborthwick5787

Жыл бұрын

True sister our spirits grow high and we feel like we are inside the movie itself

EXTRAORDINARIA, MONUMENTAL,UNA OBRA DE ARTE Y UN CLASICO DE PELICULA POR LOS SIGLOS DE LOS SIGLOS ...! GANADORA DE 11 PREMIOS DE LA ACADEMIA Y JAMAS SUPERADA. A PESAR QUE HAN TRANSCURRIDO MAS DE 60 AÑOS Y CON TANTA TECNOLOGIA DE AHORA EN LAS PELICULAS DE HOLLYWOOD ,,!BEN HUR ES EL COMIENZO DE LO MAS IMPACTANTE DE LA METRO GOLDWING MEYER COMPANY QUE NUNCA OLVIDAREMOS..! JAMAS ME CANSARE DE VERLA..!! EXTRAORDINARIOS ACTORES Y ACTRICES EN SU MAYORIA YA FALLECIDOS,,! (QEPD). MUCHAS GRACIAS A LA " MGM" POR LA REALIZACION DE ESTA EPICA Y MONUMENTAL PELICULA!!

Classic. Even now I still cry watching this movie classic. ✝️ 😇

This movie stands the test of time, like Lawrence of Arabia. The chariot race alone is incredible. No CGI, incredible stunts and filming it live. Great story, actors, locations.

@charlessavoie2367

11 ай бұрын

So much for Kirk Douglas being the best ever actor. Heston takes the prize.

@dvdortiz9031

11 ай бұрын

Without Jesus there is no movie, nor human history!!!! Period!!!

@emsnewssupkis6453

11 ай бұрын

@@charlessavoie2367both are greatest ever!

@lapintainc

11 ай бұрын

😢 5:36

@valentinvivas494

10 ай бұрын

🎉😅😅p

Majestic, daring, beautifully art directed, stunning in every way. All actors were simply superb. The scenes with the white horses, Judah and the Arab are immaculate.

@GeneRogers-xl9um

Жыл бұрын

The Arab won an Oscar for his part in Ben Hur.

This is a masterpiece of a film which has a very powerful moral message to it and still after almost 65 years never fails to stir strong emotions and sentiments in anyone who watches this. I will turn 60 years old in 2024 and first saw this when I was a youngster in 1969 and it had a strong impression on me even at age 5 as it still does now!!

@ctadantas1

4 ай бұрын

I whached it in 87, in this time that you had whached we didnt have TV yet. I whached in The navy uhen i Was there and i will never forget it.

Another great movie was Spartacus! One of my favorites!! With Kirk Douglas made in 1960!!!

@LUIS-ox1bv

8 ай бұрын

Peter Ustinov stole the show in Spartacus. He displayed the weaknesses and foibles of an opportunist in a superb manner. Actors of his stature, substance and calibre, are an endangered species nowadays.

When movie making was at its peak, pure talent in the director and actors and the film crew, we will not see this era again. One of the absolute best, the only movie made since this one that can stand next to it and to stand the test of time in its scope and as a historical epic was Lawrence of Arabia.

Best movie ever made hands down.

@rmp7400

Жыл бұрын

A truly religious Christian film - why HollyWoke no longer has it on their top 10 all-time great film list.

@stinggodswrestler1143

Жыл бұрын

better than the ten commandments

@jeromemontgomery6076

Жыл бұрын

You haven't seen The Passion of Christ in heaven

@moonpawooe7134

Жыл бұрын

Transformers 2 is better

@kyleanuar9090

Жыл бұрын

@@rmp7400 it's fictional writing from an American general.

No CGI here just plain RAW Talent! Great acting and a superb music score!!! Hail Caesar! 😁😁

@nestorvilla3605

Жыл бұрын

Blessed and praised be Jesus Christ 🙏

One of those movies that as a kid came on TV once a year and we never missed it. Like The Wizard of Oz, Bridge over the River kwai, The Ten Commandments

Love the Sheik & his horses!!❤

One man controlling 4 powerful war horses - such immense feat. I like how Charlton Heston kisses each horse after the race.

I count the blessing of having seen this movie on the wide screen, in the end of the 60's, back in Africa. The naval battle and the race scene were glorious! I also saw, Cleopatra, Lawrence of Arabia and Dr Jivago, back there, and is something to remember! What a blessing it was!

Completely thrilling, awe inspiring, moving...cinema at its best. Wyler and co directors genius...wonderfully paced...visualized...increases heart rate...rooting for Ben Hur...you are THERE in the arena! The look on Ben Hurs face when he was given news of family by broken Marsala...deserved his Oscar. One would have to have a stone heart or glass eye not to cry during the cathartically healing final scene.

@mikerodgers7620

Жыл бұрын

William Wyler has to be the greatest director ever

@danielburt7849

Жыл бұрын

@@mikerodgers7620 He was Jewish. I'm glad it was Wyler to present Jesus Christ as the believers in Him saw Him then. He did not have to do that, but did because of his (Wyler's) fairness. That takes true character.

@mikerodgers7620

Жыл бұрын

@@danielburt7849 Right

@joshuaj.chinda9873

11 ай бұрын

​@@mikerodgers7620James Cameron is the William Wyler of today.

@mikerodgers7620

11 ай бұрын

@@joshuaj.chinda9873 Maybe

This film adaptation is actually better than the book. It truly is a work of art, and its magnificence is captured in the way they did not try to impose their own interpretation of Christ, even to the point of not showing His face or uttering a word but simply letting His presence tell the story. Although He is largely in the background, the entire story revolves around Him. What a different society we have become since 1959 and we are the worse off for it.

@Zknwlf

Жыл бұрын

I thought the book was also superb. The fact that Masala lived but was crippled and his Egyptian girlfriend dumped him was an interesting side story. Also went into far more detail regarding the three kings who were looking for the Christ from disparate parts of the globe. But agree wholeheartedly with everything you said!! Especially letting Christ's power speak for itself in the water scene. Superbly done.

@CSUnger

Жыл бұрын

@@Zknwlf I'll have to read it again.

@joinjen3854

Жыл бұрын

Book was written by Lew Wallace, a Civil War Officer. General I think.

@CSUnger

Жыл бұрын

Yes.

@2persons

Жыл бұрын

@@Zknwlf Debra, when you said "the water seen" did you mean both?

Yo tenia 16 Anos cuando vi esta pelicula la mas bonita cuando hera adolescent fui a verla con mi hemano mayor exelentes autores que ya no estan con nosotros y que descansan en la Paz de Cristo amen ✌️✌️☦️🛐👑🐑👑🕯🙏🕯🪔🕊🪔🌾🫏👍👍🙅‍♀️🫶🙏🫶ver esta pelicula estos momentos de cuaresma semana snta es un gran momento para verla gracias 🙌💒🙌Jesucristo Cordero de Dios Rey de Reyes

A masterpiece of film making... in every possible way.

What a great movie . Classic monumental movie . Great actor brilliant charlton Heston .

People know I am a huge movie buff and walking talking Encyclopedia of Movie History. The first question they always ask me is "What is the greatest movie ever made?" I always answer the same: Ben Hur from 1959.

Been a long time, and Ben Hur continues to inspire us for generations!#

Hugh Griffice always amazes me, what an actor and what a man.😊

@pollydickinson4789

9 ай бұрын

I think that l may have spelled his name incorrectly. Griffiths I think.😊

Chariots race: A scene like this will never happen again!!

This is Hollywood the Golden era of epic movie making, No CGI no special effects the entire film was built on full size sets at immenses cost the actual race, was real using horse chariots what you see in the movie nothing was fake Charlton heston and stephen Boyd learnt how to use a chariot, during the scenes a stuntman was killed and was left in the cut apparently, it was said a 100 horses were killed in the filming of the race, too badly injured and shot by the veterinary. an impossible endeavour to produce on the same scale, in today's world of filmmaking with 10 to 15,000 extras the cost would be stratospheric, but it would a pointless exercises making a remake of this film for what purposes ,? For a start it doesn't have the actors who came from a different era in Hollywood moviemaking to fill the shoes of the original cast , like the two main ""protagonist,", actors like Charlton Heston or Stephen Boyd, the fact is ,it stands alone as the greatest movie ever produced by hollywood and ever will.

@lindsaydoke9308

4 ай бұрын

Wonderfully posted thank you. Saw this movie as a teenager and 45 years later it still is my favorite.

@elizabethroberts6215

3 ай бұрын

……you’re thinking of the earlier version. There were no horses’ killed in this version. You need to read Mr Heston’s autobiography, ‘In the Arena’, to glean some correct knowledge…………

@loyalpiper

3 ай бұрын

There were no horse or actors killed in this film, that's a load of shite.

One of my Favorite .. it’s Amazing how they made this movie , it is SPECTACULAR, considering its made in 1959.. Special effect is EXCEPTIONAL

las expresiones en la cara de Charlon heston!!!!!!!!!! increible!!!!!!!!! estos son actores..............

Ein brilliantes Meisterwerk der Kinogeschichte mit einer riesigen sozialen Botschaft! Mit wunderbarer Filmmusik und ausgezeichneten Schauspielern. Ich spreche meinen tiefen Respekt aus an alle, die mit ihrer Schaffenskraft dieses Epos der Nachwelt hinterlassen haben!

Какой выразительный фильм! Не зная ни слова по-английски, всё поняла! Спасибо за фильм, укрепляет веру, рождает надежду.

no hay filmes que supere a esta pelicula , la banda sonora de miklos rossa impresionante y las imagenes de esta pelicula ni te cuento,,, una belleza que quedara en nuestros recuerdos de quienes la vimos disfrutamos y en ocasiones nos hiso llorar ben hur

Ben Hurr Moses and Cleopetraare the best movies of all times to me that the greatest ever an for ever!!!!

@corneliagenever7578

20 күн бұрын

💯👍👏👏

Beyond Classico and so well written. Everyone is such a good actor, including the horses.

@adolflazary5864

Жыл бұрын

Exactamente jejeje

Simply the finest film in the history of the movies. With Miklos Roza's film score music unsurpassed.

@dnfrank1

4 ай бұрын

Miklos Roza's score perfectly supported the magnitude of the story and will remain unchallenged for all time.

Thank you so much for this wonderful movie we need Christ now more than ever seems that we have learned nothing nothing has changed!!!!!!! 😢😢😢God Forgive us all !!

@zelitalewis9774

Жыл бұрын

Super classic movie. Great actors, great music. The one and only Ben Hur👍🏻👍🏻Loved watching it in the theater ad well as now!!🎉😊

The greatest movie ever made.

I love and collect movies on DVD. To me Charton Heston made two of the best scenes ever recorded--this chariot race and the giving of the Ten Commandments on Mt. Sinai. The third best is the sailing of Cleopatra"s barge in the 1934 version of Cleopatra for Egypt with Marc Anthony on board. Whew!❤️

@jamesalexander5623

Жыл бұрын

The entrance into Rome by Cleopatra on the Sphinx in the '63 Version!

@sheilatruax6172

3 ай бұрын

Cleopatra with Claudette Colbert! So much better than ET. Have a copy of that one. Not of the "newer" one.

Ben-hur El-sid, 10 commands, these are the best movie I have ever watched in the Cinema with huge screen and sound just amazing at it's time .50 year ago 😊👌👌

Worth watching just for the chariot race alone: among the all-time great scenes. Filmed on one of the largest sets ever built with over 50,000 extras. It took over a year to prepare and shoot it.

@gladysespindola7833

Жыл бұрын

Si es solo x la carrera de carros, no tenes idea del contenido de la película. Todo es excelente... !!!

@judyevancic4926

Жыл бұрын

Best rendition of Ben Hur as both Charlton Heston and Stephen Boyd were magnificent in their roles…👍💕‼️

@alcd6333

Жыл бұрын

@@judyevancic4926 Instead of that awful remake, if the studios wanted to make money on "Ben-Hur" they should have re-released this one. Let a new generation know what a great film it is and let older ones see it again on the big screen.

@sisterdoublehappiness9714

Жыл бұрын

I love that some 21st century producer thought that it'd be a great idea to try to top this in yet another remake.

@fernandohernandezrodriguez2578

Жыл бұрын

@@gladysespindola7833 Así es Gladys E., toda la película es una gran obra. De hecho, me hizo reflexionar si la vida y el destino son algo y mágico o solo son mera consecuencia de actos sin relevancia... Y aunque soy esceptico... me incliné por lo maravilloso de la "creación"

Yes I agree a classic Big screen movie in theater Big surround sound system❤😂

A MAIOR PRODUÇÃO CINEMATOGRÁFICA DE TODOS OS TEMPOS DA MGM; OBRA INSUPERÁVEL. JÁ ASSISTI VÁRIAS VEZES, E SEMPRE A EMOÇÃO TOMA CONTA DE MIM. ATUAÇÃO GIGANTESCA DE CHARLTON HESTON

@vmf1965

9 ай бұрын

Excelente comentário que espelha bem a grandeza do filme a todos os níveis! O mesmo acontece comigo na vertente emocional.

Najbolji film stoleća i treba ga postaviti na tom velikom platnu naših bioskopa i molim sve te uticajne i ozbiljne i sposobne da ga puštaju u te naše bioskope sale Ben Hur sa nasim Svetim Ocem i Svetom Majkom i koji nas čuvaju tog celog života Amin 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

I always thought that Judah seeing Messala after the race and saying, "I see no enemy" was one final chance for them to end any final bad blood. That even for a brief moment, they can return to the way things were when they were younger and the best of friends, before their falling out. Yet Messala still wished to keep fighting and thus attempted to drive another pain of despair towards his former friend.

@robfalter2522

9 ай бұрын

stephen boyd played a great villain

@jc2953

8 ай бұрын

Mr. Heston's character was called Judah NOT Judas.

@FreshTillDeath56

7 ай бұрын

It hits so hard. Even after all of that. And it's a great lesson too, ya know, revenge has not made Judah any better.

@Americanpatriot-zo2tk

7 ай бұрын

Then her was much more charitable than I would’ve been.

@antonioacevedo5200

6 ай бұрын

Messala is a fascinating character that even in his final moments of life, he refuses to meet Ben-Hur with half a body. Choosing death rather than giving Ben-Hur the satisfaction of seeing him with half a body. Notice the pleasure Messala exhibits when he sees Ben Hur's reaction to the news that his sister and mother are lepers. His entire being was prideful and arrogant.

Best death scene every made by superb acting by Stephen Boyde.

@denisefarmer366

Жыл бұрын

Heston and Boyd did their own stunts. To this day the incredible scene of Boyds death under the horses makes me wonder, how in the world did they pull that off!?

@per-arnemoa103

Жыл бұрын

​@@denisefarmer366 they did not do those stunts themselves, my dear. Watch the extra material on the dvd, and find out. 👍

@YDDES

Жыл бұрын

@@denisefarmer366The men ending up under the hoves of horses were all dummies.

@YDDES

Жыл бұрын

What I’m more curious about is how the horses trampling Messala avoided to stumble over the remains of his chariot.

@gunterangel

Жыл бұрын

Very realistic indeed, that last sigh of him ! 👍 Not one of those silly usual Hollywood death scenes, where the actor just closes his eyes and rolls silent his head on his side. Seems like Boyd ( and director Wyler) had actually eyewitnessed some real dying persons during their lives.

From all movies in the world, the chariot race in Ben Hur is the most beautiful shot ever taken. No special effects. The cost of it that time was six million US dollars.

UN CLASICO INSUPERABLE....(cuando eramos FELICES y NO lo SABIAMOS!)

Thanks for posting this. One of my favorite movies, albeit a little long. The choice to not show Jesus’s face is such a brilliant one. The choice to not show leprosy and its horror is also brilliant. Instead, Wyler allows the viewer to grasp the horror by seeing the other person’s reaction, or the awe at meeting Jesus (like the Roman guard who stops in his tracks when he comes at Jesus for giving Ben-Hur water).

@emanuel_soundtrack

Жыл бұрын

a very bold move!

@dvdortiz9031

Жыл бұрын

Jesus is God!!! Similar to the 10 Commandments, where Pharoah was stopped from wanting to whiplash the Pillar of fire!!! Hollywood madeup

@brutusbarnabus8098

Жыл бұрын

@mkfd4571 - the choice not to show the face of Jesus was because of British law at the time. The law forbade the actor portraying Jesus to speak or having his face be shown if he were a secondary character in an entertainment production. So, if they wanted to sell tickets in the UK they had to respect the law.

@dvdortiz9031

Жыл бұрын

@Brutus Barnabus hahahaha what does british law have to do with the entire planet, brutus? There are many contemporary movies that portray the face of the Lord!!!

@adolflazary5864

Жыл бұрын

@@brutusbarnabus8098 que interesante. Muchas gracias

One of my favourite movies ever seen almost 58 years ago for the first time,since then I’ve seen it more than 40 times

WOW!... a wonderful movie love, hate tyranny, trust, hope courage and so much emotions... Thanks

Best movie ever filmed.