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.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form	Occurrences
Judah Ben-Hur	4
Ben-Hur (1959 film)	1
Ben-Hur (1959)	1
Ben-Hur franchise	1
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ	1

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 Original Score ⓘ surface form: Academy Award for Best Music Score Academy Award for Best Picture ⓘ Academy Award for Best Sound ⓘ Academy Award for Best Visual Effects ⓘ surface form: Academy Award for Best Special Effects Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor ⓘ
basedOn	Ben-Hur self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
basedOnAuthor	Lew Wallace ⓘ
cinematographyBy	Robert Surtees ⓘ surface form: Robert L. Surtees
colorProcess	DeLuxe Color ⓘ surface form: Metrocolor
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: 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	Ben-Hur self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Judah Ben-Hur
musicBy	Miklós Rózsa ⓘ
notableFor	iconic chariot race sequence ⓘ large-scale production ⓘ record number of Academy Awards ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
parentWork	Ben-Hur self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Ben-Hur franchise
portrays	life of a Jewish prince betrayed and enslaved by the Romans ⓘ
portraysFictionalCharacter	Ben-Hur self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 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 self-link ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

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Ben-Hur → basedOn → Ben-Hur self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925 film) → character → Ben-Hur ⓘ

this entity surface form: Judah Ben-Hur

William Wyler → directed → Ben-Hur ⓘ

Ben-Hur → mainCharacter → Ben-Hur self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Judah Ben-Hur

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer → notableFilm → Ben-Hur ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ben-Hur (1959)

Robert Surtees → notableWork → Ben-Hur ⓘ

William Wyler → notableWork → Ben-Hur ⓘ

Ben-Hur → parentWork → Ben-Hur self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ben-Hur franchise

Ramon Novarro → playedRole → Ben-Hur ⓘ

this entity surface form: Judah Ben-Hur

Ben-Hur → portraysFictionalCharacter → Ben-Hur self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Judah Ben-Hur

MGM → producedFilm → Ben-Hur ⓘ

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925 film) → remadeAs → Ben-Hur ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ben-Hur (1959 film)

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King → tiesRecordWith → Ben-Hur ⓘ

Ben-Hur → title → Ben-Hur self-link ⓘ

Robert Surtees → workedOn → Ben-Hur ⓘ