Catalog - The City Library

Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Uniform Title:

Ben-Hur (Motion picture : 1959)

Title:

Ben-Hur [videorecording] : a tale of the Christ / by Lew Wallace ; presented by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ; screen play by Karl Tunberg ; produced by Sam Zimbalist ; directed by William Wyler.

Edition:

[50th anniversary ed.], letterboxed widescreen presentation.

Publisher, Date:

Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, [2011]

Description:

2 videodiscs (222 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Summary:

"Judah Ben-Hur [is] a Jewish nobleman in Palestine whose heroic odyssey includes enslavement by the Romans, vengeance against his tormentors during a furious arena chariot race and fateful encounters with Jesus Christ"--Container.

Target Audience Note:

MPAA rating: G.

Subjects:

Jesus Christ -- Drama.

Bible. New Testament -- History of Biblical events -- Drama.

Enslaved persons -- Italy -- Rome -- Drama.

Bible films.

Christian films.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Epic films.

Historical films.

Judaea (Region) -- Drama.

Rome -- History -- Tiberius, 14-37 -- Drama.

Other Author:

Wyler, William, 1902-1981.

Heston, Charlton.

Wallace, Lew, 1827-1905. Ben-Hur.

Hawkins, Jack, 1910-1973.

Harareet, Haya, 1931-2021

Surtees, Robert.

Winters, Ralph E.

Dunning, John D. (John Daniel), 1916-1991.

Rózsa, Miklós, 1907-1995.

Zimbalist, Sam.

Tunberg, Karl.

Boyd, Stephen, 1931-1977.

Griffith, Hugh, 1912-1980.

Scott, Martha, 1914-2003.

O'Donnell, Cathy, 1925-1970.

Jaffe, Sam, 1891-1984.

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Notes:

Based on the novel by Lew Wallace.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1959.

Special features include commentary by film historian T. Gene Hatcher with Charlton Heston ; music-only track showcasing Miklos Rosza's award-winning score.

Director of photography, Robert L. Surtees ; film editors, Ralph E. Winters, John D. Dunning ; music, Miklos Rosza.

Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Haya Harareet, Stephen Boyd, Hugh Griffith, Martha Scott, Cathy O'Donnell, Sam Jaffe.

DVD, region 1, widescreen presentation ; NTSC ; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround.

English or dubbed French dialogue, optional French or Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH)

ISBN:

9780780673465

0780673468

Publisher Number:

2000051430

2000051431

Other Number:

741798420

System Availability:

3

Current Holds:

0

# Local items:

3

Control Number:

314941

# Local items in:

2

# System items in:

2

Call Number:

DVD MOVIE Ben-Hur

Medium:

[videorecording]