It took five hours to end the movie, including commercials.As a Roman procurator rides through Jerusalem, a loose tile falls from a rooftop and hits him.
Titanic was nominated for 17 categories and the movie based on the Tolkien’s books was nominated for 11 categories… they hold the record for highest Oscar sweep. Only Titanic and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King have matched the film’s wins.It was the third-longest motion picture ever made at the time, behind Gone With The Wind and The Ten Commandments. The running time is 212 minutes, 3 hours and 42 minutes.He and Stephen Boyd, Messala, took daily three-hour lessons in chariot driving. Charlton Heston had to learn how to drive a chariot, although he was an experienced horseman. Planning for the chariot race took nearly a year to complete.Wyler spent sleepless nithgt trying to find a way to deal with his figure, so he decided not to show his face. Jesus Christ plays an essential role on the movie, but we could never see his face.You all know Charlton Heston played the role of Judah Ben-Hur, the main character, but did you know Burt Lancaster, Paul Newman, Marlon Brando, Rock Hudson, and even Leslie Nielsen was offered the role? Kirk Douglas was also interested but was turned down in favor of Heston.More than 12 versions of the script were written before the final one. The final script ran 230 pages, based on Lew Wallace’s 1880 novel.Wyler was promised a base salary of 350.000, as a base salary, the largest ever paid to a director for a single film as well as 8 percent of the gross box office or 3 percent of the net profits, whichever was greater.
The reason is that the director was concerned that a roaring Leo would creat the wrong mood for the sentitive and sacred nativity scene. You all know how the MGM movies starts, don’t you? Well, Willyer received permission to replace the traditional roaring with one in which Leo the Lion is quiet.
Talking about numbers… more than 200 camels and 2,500 horses were used to shoot the film… and more than 10.000 extras!!.Just for you to have an idea, the custome designer oversaw a staff of 100 wardrobe fabricators to make the costumes. Ben-Hur had the largest budget (15,2 million dollars) and the largest sets built of any film produced a the time.Let us tell you 11 things you might not know about the movie: It was nominated for 12 categories and the only one Ben Hur did not win was for Best Adapted Screenplay. On a day like this, April 4 th 1960, the movie directed by William Wyler in 1959 was awarded 11 Oscars.
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