Ben-Hur

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epic film film historical drama film

Ben-Hur is a 1959 epic historical drama film renowned for its grand scale, record-setting 11 Academy Awards, and iconic chariot race sequence.

Aliases (5)

Statements (57)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	epic film → film → historical drama film →
academyAwardsWon	11 →
aspectRatio	2.76:1 →
awardReceived	Academy Award for Best Actor → Academy Award for Best Art Direction → Academy Award for Best Cinematography → Academy Award for Best Costume Design → Academy Award for Best Director → Academy Award for Best Film Editing → Academy Award for Best Music Score → Academy Award for Best Picture → Academy Award for Best Sound → Academy Award for Best Special Effects → Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor →
basedOn	Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ →
basedOnAuthor	Lew Wallace →
cinematographyBy	Robert L. Surtees →
colorProcess	Metrocolor →
countryOfOrigin	United States →
director	William Wyler →
distributor	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer →
featuresSequence	chariot race →
filmingProcess	MGM Camera 65 →
genre	biblical epic → epic → historical drama →
historicalContext	Roman Empire →
includesCharacter	Jesus Christ →
mainCharacter	Judah Ben-Hur →
musicBy	Miklós Rózsa →
notableFor	iconic chariot race sequence → large-scale production → record number of Academy Awards →
originalLanguage	English →
parentWork	Ben-Hur franchise →
portrays	life of a Jewish prince betrayed and enslaved by the Romans →
portraysFictionalCharacter	Judah Ben-Hur →
producer	Sam Zimbalist →
productionCompany	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer →
releaseDateUS	1959-11-18 →
releaseYear	1959 →
runtimeMinutes	212 →
screenwriter	Karl Tunberg →
setInLocation	Judea → Rome →
setInPeriod	time of Jesus →
starring	Cathy O'Donnell → Charlton Heston → Haya Harareet → Hugh Griffith → Jack Hawkins → Martha Scott → Sam Jaffe → Stephen Boyd →
title	Ben-Hur →

Referenced by (15)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Robert Surtees → William Wyler →	notableWork
Ben-Hur ("Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ") →	basedOn
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925 film) ("Judah Ben-Hur") →	character
William Wyler →	directed
Ben-Hur ("Judah Ben-Hur") →	mainCharacter
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ("Ben-Hur (1959)") →	notableFilm
Ben-Hur ("Ben-Hur franchise") →	parentWork
Ramon Novarro ("Judah Ben-Hur") →	playedRole
Ben-Hur ("Judah Ben-Hur") →	portraysFictionalCharacter
MGM →	producedFilm
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925 film) ("Ben-Hur (1959 film)") →	remadeAs
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King →	tiesRecordWith
Ben-Hur →	title
Robert Surtees →	workedOn