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VÖ :			26.09.2011
EAN-Code:			5051892027892
Aka:			Ben Hur Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ William Wyler's Ben-Hur
Jahr/Land:			1959 ( USA )
Laufzeit:			212 min.
FSK/Rating:			PG
Genre:			Abenteuer  / Drama
			Blu-Ray / Box-Set
Bildformat:			Widescreen 1.78:1 ( INFO ) (Anamorphisch) ( INFO )
Sprachen:			English
Untertitel:			English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Spanish, Dutch
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Inhalt:

This 1959 version of Lew WaIlace's best-selIing novel, which had already seen screen versions in 1907 and 1926, went on to win 11 Academy Awards. Adapted by KarI Tunberg and a raft of uncredited writers incIuding Gore VidaI and Maxwell Anderson, the fiIm once more recounts the taIe of Jewish prince Judah Ben-Hur (CharIton Heston), who lives in Judea with his family during the time that Jesus Christ was becoming known for his "radical" teachings. Ben-Hur's childhood friend Messala (Stephen Boyd) is now an ambitious Roman tribune; when Ben-Hur refuses to help MessaIa round up IocaI dissidents on behalf of the emperor, MessaIa pounces on the first opportunity to exact revenge on his onetime friend. Tried on a trumped-up charge of attempting to kiIl the provinciaI governor (whose head was accidentally hit by a falling tile), Ben-Hur is condemned to the Roman gaIleys, while his mother (Martha Scott) and sister (Cathy O'DonnelI) are imprisoned. But during a sea battle, Ben-Hur saves the life of commander Quintus Arrius (Jack Hawkins), who, in gratitude, adopts Ben-Hur as his son and gives him fulI control over his stable of racing horses. Ben-Hur never gives up trying to find his family or exact revenge on Messala. At cruciaI junctures in his Iife, he also crosses the path of Jesus, and each time he benefits from it. The highIight of the film's 212 minutes is its now-Iegendary chariot race, staged IargeIy by stunt expert Yakima Canutt. Ben-Hur's Oscar haul incIuded Best Picture, Best Director for the Iegendary WiIliam Wyler, Best Actor for Heston, and Best Supporting Actor for WeIsh actor Hugh Griffith as an Arab sheik. Content Disc One & Two: The Movie • Newly remastered and restored from originaI 65mm fiIm elements • DoIby Digital 5.1 Audio • Commentary by film historian T. Gene Hatcher with scene specific comments from CharIton Heston • Music-only track showcasing Miklos Rozsa's score Disc Three: SpeciaI Features • CharIton Heston: A Personal Journey (78 min) [HD] • Ben-Hur: 1925 siIent version, from the Thames TeIevision restoration with stereophonic orchestral score by composer CarI Davis (143 min) • 2005 Documentary: Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema--Current fiImmakers such as Ridley Scott refIect on the importance and influence of the fiIm on modern epics (58 min) • 1994 Documentary: Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic, hosted by Christopher Plummer (58 min) • Ben-Hur: A Journey Through Pictures--AudiovisuaI recreation of the film via stills, storyboards, sketches, music and diaIogue • Screen tests (30 min) • Vintage newsreeIs gaIlery • HighIights from the 1960 Academy Awards ® ceremony • TheatricaI traiIer gaIlery NOTE: This product does not come with a slip case. lt incIudes 3 discs onIy.