Ben-Hur: Difference between revisions

A live theatrical show, properly entitled [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin|"Ben Hur Live",]] was released to public viewing in Europe in 2009.

 

* [[Academy Award]]: Cleaned house. ''Ben-Hur'' was nominated for 12 Academy Awards and won 11, missing only Adapted Screenplay. The film won Best Picture, Wyler won Best Director, Heston won Best Actor and Hugh Griffith took home Best Supporting Actor for playing Sheikh Ilderim. The 11 Oscars set a record, since tied by ''[[Titanic (Film)|Titanic]]'' and ''[[The Lord of the Rings (Film)|The Return of the King]]''.

* [[Ancient Rome]]

* [[Made a Slave]]

* [[Oscar Bait]]: A hypersuccessful one.

* [[The Queens Latin]]: In the movie, Roman characters are mostly played by Brits, and speak accordingly.

* [[Rated M for Manly]]: Well, it isn't exactly a macho movie, but the galley battle and chariot race scenes are like testosterone and adrenaline mixed together. This only adds to the aforementioned [[Ho Yay]], but then again... "[[Airplane! (Film)|Jimmy, do you like movies about gladiators?]]"

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