Ben-Hur (1959 film)
Ben- Hur is a 1959 American epic historical drama film directed by William Wyler, produced by Sam Zimbalist, and starring Charlton Heston as the title character.
A remake of, it was adapted from Lew Wallace's 1880 novel.
The screenplay is credited to Karl Tunberg, but includes contributions from Maxwell Anderson, S. N. Behrman, Gore Vidal, and Christopher Fry.
" Ben- Hur" had the largest budget($ 15.175 million), as well as the largest sets built of any film produced at the time.
Costume designer Elizabeth Haffenden oversaw a staff of 100 wardrobe fabricators to make the costumes, and a workshop employing 200 artists and workmen provided the hundreds of friezes and statues needed in the film.
Filming commenced on May 18, 1958, and wrapped on January 7, 1959, with shooting lasting for 12 to 14 hours a day and six days a week.
Pre-production began in Italy at Cinecittà around October 1957, and post-production took six months.
Under cinematographer Robert L. Surtees, executives at Metro- Goldwyn- Mayer made the decision to produce the film in a widescreen format, which Wyler strongly disliked.
Over 200 camels and 2,500 horses were used in the shooting of the film, with some 10,000 extras.
The sea battle was filmed using miniatures in a huge tank on the back lot at the MGM Studios in Culver City, California.
The nine- minute chariot race has become one of cinema's most famous action sequences, and the score, composed and conducted by Miklós Rózsa, is the longest ever composed for a film, and was highly influential on cinema for over 15 years.
Following a$ 14.7 million marketing effort," Ben- Hur" premiered at Loew's State Theatre in New York City on November 18, 1959.
It was the fastest- grossing, as well as the highest- grossing film of 1959, becoming the second highest- grossing film in history at the time, after" Gone with the Wind".
It won a record eleven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director( Wyler), Best Actor in a Leading Role( Heston), Best Actor in a Supporting Role( Griffith), and Best Cinematography – Color( Surtees); it also won Golden Globe Awards for Best Motion Picture – Drama, Best Director, and Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture for Stephen Boyd.
In 1998, the American Film Institute named it the 72nd best American film and the second best American epic film in the AFI's 10 Top 10.
In 2004, the National Film Preservation Board selected" Ben- Hur" for preservation by the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress for being" culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
Haya Harareet
Haya Harareet( born Haya Neuberg; 20 September 1931) is an Israeli actress, perhaps best known for playing Esther, Charlton Heston's love interest in" Ben Hur"( 1959).
Ben-Hur Moreira Peres
Ben- Hur Moreira Peres( born May 12, 1977 in Bagé), or simply Ben- Hur, is a Brazilian football midfielder, who plays for Trindade Atlético Clube.
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Finlay Currie
William Finlay Jefferson Currie( 20 January 1878 – 9 May 1968) was a Scottish actor of stage, screen, and television.
He received great acclaim for his roles as Abel Magwitch in the British film" Great Expectations"( 1946) and as Balthazar in the American film" Ben- Hur"( 1959).
In his career spanning seventy years, Currie appeared in seven films that were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture.
Of those," Around the World in 80 Days"( 1956) and" Ben- Hur"( 1959) are winners in the category.
William Wyler
William Wyler (born Willi Wyler ; July 1, 1902 – July 27, 1981) was an American film director, producer and screenwriter.
Notable works include "Ben-Hur" (1959), "The Best Years of Our Lives" (1946), and "Mrs. Miniver" (1942), all of which won Academy Awards for Best Director, as well as Best Picture in their respective years, making him the only director of three Best Picture winners as of 2019.
Wyler received his first Oscar nomination for directing "Dodsworth" in 1936, starring Walter Huston, Ruth Chatterton and Mary Astor, "sparking a 20-year run of almost unbroken greatness."
Film historian
Ian Freer calls Wyler a "bona fide perfectionist", whose penchant for retakes and an attempt to hone every last nuance, "became the stuff of legend.
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His ability to direct a string of classic literary adaptations into huge box-office and critical successes made him one of "Hollywood's most bankable moviemakers" during the 1930s and 1940s and into the '60s.
Through his talent for staging, editing, and camera movement, he turned dynamic theatrical spaces into cinematic ones.
He helped propel a number of actors to stardom, finding and directing Audrey Hepburn in her Hollywood debut film, "Roman Holiday" (1953), and directing Barbra Streisand in her debut film, "Funny Girl" (1968).
Both of these performances won Academy Awards.
He directed Olivia de Havilland to her second Oscar in "The Heiress" (1949) and Laurence Olivier in "Wuthering Heights" (1939), for his first Oscar nomination.
Olivier credited Wyler with teaching him how to act for the screen.
And Bette Davis, who received three Oscar nominations under his direction and won her second Oscar in "Jezebel" (1938), said Wyler made her a "far, far better actress" than she had ever been.
Other popular Wyler films include: "Hell's Heroes" (1929), "Dodsworth" (1936), "The Westerner" (1940), "The Letter" (1940), "Friendly Persuasion" (1956), "The Big Country" (1958), "The Children's Hour" (1961) and "How to Steal a Million" (1966).
Henri Verneuil
Henri Verneuil, born Ashot Malakian( 15 October 1920 – 11 January 2002), was a French- Armenian playwright and filmmaker, who made a successful career in France.
He was nominated for Oscar and Palme d' Or awards, and won Locarno International Film Festival, Edgar Allan Poe Awards, French Legion of Honor, Golden Globe Award, French National Academy of Cinema and Honorary Cesar awards.
According to one obituary: For exactly 40 years, the prolific Verneuil made movies as mainstream and commercial as any to be found in America or Britain.
In his best period – the 1950s and 1960s – he delivered films in the" tradition of quality" so despised by the Nouvelle Vague.
Many of them proved excellent vehicles for old- timers Jean Gabin and Fernandel, and newcomers such as Jean- Paul Belmondo and Alain Delon.
Andrew Marton
Andrew Marton( born Endre Marton; 26 January 1904 – 7 January 1992) was a Hungarian- American film director.
In his career, he directed 39 films and television programs, and worked on 16 as a second unit director, including the chariot race in" Ben Hur"( 1959).
Karl Tunberg
Karl Tunberg( March 11, 1907 − April 3, 1992) was an American screenwriter and occasional film producer.
His screenplays for" Tall, Dark and Handsome"( 1941) and" Ben- Hur"( 1959) were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and Best Adapted Screenplay, respectively.
Milo B. Lory
Milo B. Lory( November 12, 1903 – December 3, 1974) was an American sound editor.
He was perhaps best known for his work on the film" Ben- Hur"( 1959), which earned him an Academy Award.
He was also nominated in the same category for his work on the film" Mutiny on the Bounty"( 1962).
The Burglars
Le Casse( US title: The Burglars) is a 1971 movie directed by French director Henri Verneuil, starring Jean- Paul Belmondo, Omar Sharif, Dyan Cannon and Robert Hossein.
It is based on the 1953 novel by David Goodis and revolves around a team of four burglars chased by a corrupt policeman in Athens.
It's a remake of the 1957 film" The Burglar" with Jayne Mansfield.
The movie is known for its spectacular car chase and Belmondo's incredible fall from a construction truck down a steep, rocky hillside.
The movie was shot twice, once in French and once in English, by the same cast.

Question: Which film has the director who died later, Ben-Hur (1959 Film) or The Burglars?
Answer: The Burglars