Ben-Hur
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Film Details
Technical Specs
Award Wins
Best Actor
Best Art Direction
Best Costume Design
Best Director
Best Editing
Best Picture
Best Sound
Best Visual Effects
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Voted Best Supporting Actor (Griffith) and One of the Year's Ten Best Films by the 1959 National Board of Review.
Voted One of the Year's Ten Best Films by the 1959 New York Times Film Critics.
Winner of a Special Citation for Andrew Morton and Yakima Canutt by the 1959 National Board of Review for their direction of the chariot sequence.
Released in United States Winter December 1959
Re-released in United States September 14, 1990
Released in United States on Video March 13, 2001
Released in United States 2011
The film's eleven Oscars is tied with director James Cameron's "Titanic" (USA/1997) for most wins in Academy Award history.
Released in USA on video.
Selected in 2004 for inclusion in the Library of Congress' National Film Registry.
Camera 65
Released in United States Winter December 1959
Re-released in United States September 14, 1990 (Los Angeles)
Released in United States on Video March 13, 2001
Released in United States 2011 (Masterworks)
Voted Best Picture of the Year by the 1959 New York Film Critics Association.
