Having swept the board at the Academy awards, Ben Hur achieved an outstanding feat in film history, winning eleven oscars in 1959 including Best Picture, Best Actor and Best Director. After a ten month production schedule and a then massive $15 million budget, this 1950s epic movie has always represented a cinematographic feat that has rarely been bettered.
Newly Remastered and Restored from Original 65mm Film Elements
Commentary by Film Historian T. Gene Hatcher with Scene Specific Comments from Charlton Heston
Music-Only Track Showcasing Miklos Rozsa's Score
Charlton Heston: A Personal Journey (78 min) [HD]
Ben-Hur: 1925 Silent Version, from the Thames Television Restoration with Stereophonic Orchestral Score by Composer Carl Davis (143 min)
2005 Documentary: Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema - Current filmmakers such as Ridley Scott reflect on the importance and influence of the film on modern epics (58 min)
1994 Documentary: Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic Hosted by Christopher Plummer (58 min)
Ben-Hur: A Journey Through Pictures - Audiovisual recreation of the film via stills, storyboards, sketches, music and dialogue
Screen Tests (30 min)
Vintage Newsreels Gallery
Highlights from the 1960 Academy Awards Ceremony
Theatrical Trailer Gallery
