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'Ben-Hur': The greatest biblical epic ever made still can't be beat after 67 years

Every creator’s dream is to make something that can never be topped, something that can be imitated but never matched or surpassed. That’s what the three-time Oscar-winning filmmaker William Wyler did ...
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‘Ben-Hur’ Turns 66: How the Easter Classic Made Oscars History With 11 Wins

It’s been exactly 66 years since Ben-Hur made movie history—and frankly, the Academy Awards have been chasing that level of dominance ever since. On April 4, 1960, the sweeping historical epic took ...
Fort Worth Star-Telegram

‘Ben-Hur’ - live horses and all - was a stage show like Fort Worth had never seen before

The Byers Opera House (also known as Greenwall’s Opera House), shown here in 1908, hosted sold-out shows of the spectacular “Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ” play for the first time in 1911. Courtesy ...
The Harvard Crimson

‘Ben-Hur’ 65 Years Later and the Lasting Popularity of Epics

Of all the film genres, the epic is one of the hardest to define. Must it be a period piece? Must the plot center on a hero? Why is “East of Eden” (1955), with its relatively meager runtime of 117 ...
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34 Years Before ‘Ben-Hur,’ This Underrated Classic Told the Exact Same Story in a Way That’s Just As Epic

Ever since Charlton Heston tackled the iconic role of Judah Ben-Hur in the 1959 classic Ben-Hur, it has become one of Hollywood's greatest achievements. A historical religious drama of epic ...