TY - ADVS AU - Heston,Charlton AU - Wyler,William AU - Zimbalist,Sam AU - Tunberg,Karl AU - Hawkins,Jack AU - Harareet,Haya AU - Boyd,Stephen AU - Griffith,Hugh AU - Scott,Martha AU - O'Donnell,Cathy AU - Jaffe,Sam AU - Wallace,Lew ED - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. TI - Ben-Hur SN - 0790758458 : AV - CM DVD 00013 U1 - 791.4372 PY - 2001/// CY - Burbank, CA PB - Turner Entertainment Co. and Warner Home Video KW - Jesus Christ KW - Jews KW - Persecutions KW - Drama KW - Paganism KW - Chariot racing KW - Leprosy in the Bible KW - CEH KW - Colección Estudios Haitianos KW - Holy Roman Empire KW - History KW - Feature films KW - gsafd KW - Religious films KW - lcsh KW - Video recordings for the hearing impaired N1 - Originally produced as as motion picture in 1959; Running time includes Ben-Hur and the 11 minutes of trailer and screen tests; Based on the novel by Lew Wallace; Special features: before the movie: original theatrical trailer ; after the movie: rare screen tests of actors cast and not cast in the final film; Director of photography, Robert L. Surtees ; art directors, William A. Horning and Edward Carfagno ; costumes designed by Elizabeth Haffenden ; film editors, Ralph E. Winters, John D. Dunning ; recording supervisor, Franklin Milton ; music by Miklos Rozsa; Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Haya Harareet, Stephen Boyd, Hugh Griffith, Martha Scott, Cathy O'Donnell, Sam Jaffe; Rated G N2 - Jewish nobleman Judah Ben-Hur opposes the Roman tyranny in the times of Christ, and through his opposition brings tragedy to himself and his family. Follows his descent to slavery, back into the ruling class through finding favor with the master of a ship on which he was a slave. Culminates with the famous chariot race and the death of Christ ER -