Essay Archive - Ben-Hur
Ben-Hur
Every so often in cinema history there is a movie which supersedes
all those before it. Only a select few films actually advance the quality
of the overall cinematic world. Ben-Hur is a movie which dared to do so.
Near the end of 1959 this film crashed on to the entire world. The budget
and subsequent special effects of Ben-Hur made it a movie which can, and
continues to, stand the test of time. "MGM films dumped an unprecedented
$15,000,000 into the production of this epic tale." (Benet's 87) What
separated this movie critically from others was its' ability to combine a
powerful story line with almost unprecedented hi....
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