Ben-Hur, 1959. Directed by William Wyler. Starring Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Haya Harareet, Stephen Boyd, Hugh Griffith, Martha Scott, Cathy O’Donnell, and Sam Jaffe. SYNOPSIS: Warner Bros.

Charleton Heston in a scene from Ben-Hur. The new movie version of Ben-Hur that’s about to land in theaters, featuring Morgan Freeman, isn’t just a reimagining of one classic movie. The hit 1880 Lew ...

This 1959 version of Lew Wallace's best-selling novel, which had already seen screen versions in 1907 and 1926, went on to win 11 Academy Awards. Adapted by Karl Tunberg and a raft of uncredited ...

Woodland Park, N.J. — No surprise that Ben-Hur has come back to the movies (the latest remake opened Friday ). In some ways, you could say Ben-Hur created the movies. The Biblical-era story of the ...

There are a number of things missing from the new movie “Ben-Hur” — Quintus Arrius, functioning tripods, a discernible point — but nothing perhaps so notable as the words “A Tale of the Christ.” That ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Watch scenes from the original Ben-Hur in this excerpt from the 1980 documentary series Hollywood, directed by film historian ...

Epic tale of two childhood friends, a Jew and a Roman, who become bitter enemies during the time of Jesus Christ. This all-time great won a record 11 Oscars, including Best Picture!

The old adage “they don’t make ‘em like they used to” applies more aptly to 1959’s Ben-Hur than almost any film of its era. An epic on a scale never before seen, it survives now like a Hollywood time ...

Steven Spielberg's 'The BFG' and fellow Disney release 'Alice Through the Looking Glass' are other giant-sized summer tentpoles racking up major losses. By Pamela McClintock Senior Film Writer Ben-Hur ...

The latest big-screen iteration of the beloved epic was directed by Timur Bekmanbetov ('Wanted') and stars Jack Huston, Toby Kebbell and Morgan Freeman. By Todd McCarthy What’s the point of making a ...

In a summer with few outright bombs (but plenty of relative disappointments), Ben-Hur is probably going to be a disaster. The MGM and Paramount/Viacom Inc. release opened with (as of this writing) $11 ...