Ben-Hur (Part 2)


3h 32m 1959

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Film Details

Also Known As
Ben Hur
Genre
Epic
Action
Adaptation
Drama
Historical
Period
Religion
Release Date
1959
Location
Cinecitta Studios, Rome, Italy

Technical Specs

Duration
3h 32m

Synopsis

Film Details

Also Known As
Ben Hur
Genre
Epic
Action
Adaptation
Drama
Historical
Period
Religion
Release Date
1959
Location
Cinecitta Studios, Rome, Italy

Technical Specs

Duration
3h 32m

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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.