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 historical accuracy. By combining these two elements the movie was made attractive to both educationally oriented people and entertainment oriented people. The film version is largely a similar version to the novel. The novel was wr....

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