Ben-Hur
Ben-Hur

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Collection Number

707

Purchase Date

11/02/2006

Purchase Place

Play.com

Purchase Price

£17.99

Sug. Retail Price

£24.99

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Ben Hur

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Review

Movie Information

Production Year

1959

Studios

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Loew's Incorporated, Warner Home Video

Genres

Action, Classic

Rating

Runtime

3:33 (213 min.)

DVD Information

UPC

321900-675352 United Kingdom

Description

Four-Disc Collector's Edition

Regioncode

2, 4, 5

Release Date

13/02/2006

Box Contents

Discs

Ben-Hur 1959 Part One - A843BFA780CF3563 - BEN_HUR_DISC_1 - Single-Sided - Double-Layered
Ben-Hur 1959 Part Two - 46C97CF29AF27FEB - BEN_HUR_DISC_2 - Single-Sided - Double-Layered
Ben-Hur 1925 - 6FA012A3539BC648 - BEN_HUR_DISC_3 - Single-Sided - Double-Layered
Bonus Materials - 510465E1911E8D57 - BEN_HUR_DISC_4 - Single-Sided - Double-Layered

Disc Type

Single-Sided,

Audio Tracks

English: DD 5.1, Music Only: DD 2, Commentary: DD 2

Subtitles

Arabic, Bulgarian, Dutch, English, French, Italian, Romanian

Features

Scene Access, Audio Commentary, Trailers, Deleted Scenes, Featurettes, Production Notes

Video Format

Anamorphic Widescreen 2.76:1 (PAL)

Case Type

Digipak

Overview

After his boyhood friend Messala's fanatic loyalty to Rome makes him a powerful enemy, Jewish nobleman Judah Ben-Hur (Heston) is found guilty of an attempted murder he did not commit. His family is banished and he is enslaved on a warship. Yet, through his ferocity in a fierce sea battle, Ben-Hur is able to escape and become a horse trainer. To exact his revenge, Ben-Hur competes against Messala (Boyd) in the Roman chariot races. They race, locked in a battle to the death. Barely surviving, Ben-Hur forsakes the sword for Christ and finally finds redemption.

The DVD now boasts more than 10 hours of bonus features including an all-new documentary on the film's influence with leading filmmakers including Ridley Scott (Kingdom of Heaven, Gladiator) and George Lucas (Star Wars films), a making-of documentary hosted by Christopher Plummer, scene specific commentary by Charlton Heston, rare screen tests, a reproduction of the original theatrical souvenir program, plus the 1925 silent version of the film with musical score by Carl Davis.

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