1959’s Ben-Hur-1925-movie-posters/”>Ben-Hur is the very definition of an epic, a sprawling experience that few films truly match, as told by its record 11 Academy Award wins it shares with only Titanic and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.
The film cost MGM $15 million to make, was seen by ninety-eight million Americans, and was the only Hollywood film to make the Vatican’s list of approved religious films.
It is far and away the most successful and recognizable of the four Ben-Hur-1925-movie-posters/”>Ben-Hur films, with one a 15-minute film from 1907, another a silent film from 1925, and the other a failed remake in 2016.
But did you know the films were based on a book? No, not the Bible, you clever wags, but rather Ben-Hur-1925-movie-posters/”>Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ, written by Lew Wallace in 1880.
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