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  • Опубликовано: 14 окт 2024
  • Ben-Hur (Charlton Heston) takes on Messala (Stephen Boyd) in an ancient roman chariot race. This scene is one of the greatest stunt feats in film history, choreographed by Enos Edward "Yakima" Canutt and shot at Cinecittá Studios, outside of Rome. The scene took nearly a year to film and over 70 horses were bought and imported for the scene.
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    About Ben-Hur (1959):
    The winner of 11 Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor, Ben-Hur stands as one of the greatest Hollywood epics ever filmed. A member of the Jewish nobility living in Jerusalem, Judah Ben-Hur (Charlton Heston) lives a religious life and peacefully opposes the tyrannical occupation of Judea by Rome. When a boyhood friend, Messala (Stephen Boyd), returns to the region as a Roman official, he and Judah become estranged due to Messala's fanatical loyalty to Rome and ruthless indifference to the fate of Judea. Casting friendship aside, Messala fabricates a charge of treason against Ben-Hur, his sister and mother, all of whom are arrested by Roman soldiers.

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  • @tiffsaver
    @tiffsaver 27 дней назад +73

    Notice something, folks. During this entire scene, do you hear even ONE NOTE of music?? There is music BEFORE this scene and AFTER it, but during it only silence. The director realized that the drama of this scene was so great that it didn't need any music, and he was 100% right.

  • @seanfalconer7182
    @seanfalconer7182 8 дней назад +15

    Truly a masterpiece. We'll never see filmmaking and cinematography like this again. This far outshines anything made today.

  • @sakritone
    @sakritone Месяц назад +139

    I can't imagine shooting these scenes without CGI and computers. This is a masterpiece of Hollywood production.

    • @sukumarchakraborty3039
      @sukumarchakraborty3039 Месяц назад +4

      That's absolutely true.

    • @Zulgen123
      @Zulgen123 Месяц назад

      yea its pretty good

    • @AngelCatBaby
      @AngelCatBaby Месяц назад +3

      There were others, one of them also was the TEN COMMANDMENTS, also with Heston in it, another one was GONE WITH THE WIND, story around the civil war era, plus many others which didn’t have any of the technology in them as today’s films do now…everyone had to work hard on building the sets, everyone participated in it with their talents, writers, screenwriters, cameramen, including all those unsung heroes working hard behind the scenes, etc., and of course stunt doubles and the actors/actresses and directors. I prefer all the older classics without all the technology in it…it is all worthwhile in making a film a classic in hopes of surviving over the years, and it’s the reason they are called classics, real people, real sets, real action and of course real actors/actresses giving their best into creating a real enough story, their acting abilities shining through for us. 👍❤️🙏🏼

    • @MercedesCaldas
      @MercedesCaldas 29 дней назад

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      ​@@sukumarchakraborty3039

    • @yoshipham1941
      @yoshipham1941 29 дней назад +1

      Hello @sakritone,
      This film won 11 Oscars, in all categories it was entered into.....One of the best film in movies history,,,

  • @julioareck
    @julioareck 2 месяца назад +455

    The peak of 1950's action cinema. The stunts, the performances, the horses, the set construction and decoration, the music, the editing... this is the best there was back then.

    • @marytica123
      @marytica123 2 месяца назад +24

      Today's movies depend so much on CGG (computer generated graphics), that a scene like this would look totally fake.

    • @DavidGarcia-h5l
      @DavidGarcia-h5l 2 месяца назад +3

      Does anyone know where this race scene was shot!!..took place what city!??

    • @DavidGarcia-h5l
      @DavidGarcia-h5l 2 месяца назад +1

      Yeah..I won I bet the white 🐴..

    • @julioareck
      @julioareck 2 месяца назад

      @@DavidGarcia-h5l A quick Google search will tell you this scene was shot at Cinecittà Studios, in Rome, Italy.

    • @hhale
      @hhale 2 месяца назад

      @@DavidGarcia-h5l The chariot race scene in the 1959 film "Ben-Hur" was filmed at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome, Italy. The set for the race was one of the largest ever built at the time, covering 18 acres and taking nearly a year to construct.

  • @michaelroloson2389
    @michaelroloson2389 2 месяца назад +496

    I am 60 years old and I have watched this movie many, many times. Ben-Hur and the Ten Commandments are the two best movies Charlton Heston ever did.

    • @stewartteaze9328
      @stewartteaze9328 2 месяца назад +9

      SOYLENT GREEN!

    • @robertcooper1808
      @robertcooper1808 2 месяца назад +7

      Will Penny, Planet of the Apes, and The Three/Four Musketeers are all 4 Star films and feature some of Chuck's best acting. Also, both Hamlet and Crossed Swords (yes, Crossed Swords!) showcase the fact that Mr. Heston is the master of the monologue - check 'em out!

    • @valsakumar3673
      @valsakumar3673 2 месяца назад +9

      What about ELCID?

    • @MircoMelloni
      @MircoMelloni 2 месяца назад +5

      I'm 73 and it's the same for me. Ave, Robert, mihi nomen est Mirco.

    • @umamaheswarnakka6810
      @umamaheswarnakka6810 2 месяца назад

      I am 78 and seen this movie more than a dozen times, skipping classes and could continue now because of the video downloaders and youtube. Thanks to all of them and also thanks to to the viewers who give additional information like @cjmarshall0221
      and others.🙏

  • @achinthmurali5207
    @achinthmurali5207 29 дней назад +30

    What I love about this scene is that there is no music, but every sound has a rhythm and is in harmony. The cheers of the audience, the galloping of the horses on the sand, the spinning wheel that cuts the chariots, the whip cracks, and even the yells from the charioteers themselves add a music to it. Perfection.

    • @AndrewMuschett
      @AndrewMuschett 25 дней назад

      Agreed, the sound dimension of movies in modern times is very sadly and over looked factor in today's times

  • @GreyWolfLeaderTW
    @GreyWolfLeaderTW 2 месяца назад +126

    This is, without question, one of the best extended action sequences in any film. Done entirely with real horses, chariots, and stuntmen. Shot, timed, framed, and scored in a masterful way to tell a compelling story of two friends-turned-rivals and their race for what they believe in, in one of the most dangerous public sporting event of their era.

  • @candyfloss184
    @candyfloss184 2 месяца назад +94

    Back in 1997 when i was in class 6 our class teacher told us to watch Benhur movie just to see this chariot race. I can now say finally that I have been able to see that race. It took me almost 27 years to finally see what our class teacher Aparajita madam told us to see. What a master piece! Thank you madam for recommending this in our childhood and thank you RUclips for allowing us to see it.

    • @autoselectricos-americalat9276
      @autoselectricos-americalat9276 2 месяца назад +5

      You need to watch the original Ben Hur from 1925, black and white, from the Silent Movies era. That's where the original idea came from. The 1959 although a superb movie is a remake from the 1925 one.

    • @candyfloss184
      @candyfloss184 2 месяца назад

      @@autoselectricos-americalat9276 thank you. May be it will take another 17years for me to watch it.

    • @ЭжениВильфор
      @ЭжениВильфор Месяц назад

      Фараон Египта Рамзес ,Разбился на этих играх.Израель отделился от Палестины

    • @ЭжениВильфор
      @ЭжениВильфор Месяц назад

      Случилось много событийяктомучто

  • @darkjezter1980
    @darkjezter1980 2 месяца назад +313

    This scene is just as thrilling now as it was back in 1959.

    • @scottgoodman8993
      @scottgoodman8993 2 месяца назад +14

      I saw it at the Victory theater, Dayton, Ohio in 1959 or 1960 with my parents. We had no color TV and I was shocked and thrilled at the color spectacle at age 7 years.

    • @patriciastaton6182
      @patriciastaton6182 2 месяца назад +6

      🎉❤ wonderful picture

    • @duncanlaing6078
      @duncanlaing6078 Месяц назад +3

      1959 was wild bro

    • @Mhairy-Victoria
      @Mhairy-Victoria Месяц назад +3

      NOTHING absolutely NOTHING made today with AI,CGI,GREENSCREEN and whatever,can be compared with this Masterpiece! This movie art! The art making a good movie!

    • @frankgesuele6298
      @frankgesuele6298 Месяц назад

      Play Magika while watching the race as it makes it even more thrilling!🐎🐎🐎🐎

  • @cafeabasedecinema
    @cafeabasedecinema 2 месяца назад +268

    Probably the best action sequence ever written and filmed

    • @carltheis
      @carltheis 2 месяца назад +2

      No.... watch "Those about to die"....a historically correct Roman horse race.

    • @cafeabasedecinema
      @cafeabasedecinema 2 месяца назад +8

      @@carltheis if I watch Bad Boys or any action film do I have also to watch police in pursuit of criminals in tv channels for respect of accuracy?

    • @scringe1
      @scringe1 Месяц назад +1

      Agreed. The two best scenes by Heston in my opinion is this and the ending of Planet of the Apes. (1968)

    • @D00mz990
      @D00mz990 Месяц назад

      @@carltheisthat show is absolute trash

    • @danieltossounian1962
      @danieltossounian1962 26 дней назад

      Remember Madala had his whole fortune riding on this race . It made him reckless …the Arab sheik painted him in a corner.

  • @Zuxiasunicorn
    @Zuxiasunicorn 2 месяца назад +119

    Five decades I've been watching this film, and this race still gives me goosebumps. Horses are truly beautiful creatures. Fantastic cinematography. My favorite scene of any movie.

    • @박상신-s5u
      @박상신-s5u Месяц назад

      상대방 을 죽이려고 함정을판것에 자신이빠저죽어요

  • @raghuramang2592
    @raghuramang2592 2 месяца назад +141

    I am 92. I have watched this fantastic film many times. Direction, action settings, etc etc are superb. Even after so many years and with all the modern computer graphics etc none of the present pictures do come any where near BEN HUR.

    • @SamuelManalili-q1o
      @SamuelManalili-q1o 2 месяца назад +6

      Youre older than me so theres great probability you have seen the 1966 Ten Commandments starring Hamilton as Moses. I saw it in 1968. I was 9 years old as i was born in 1959.
      If i had seen it so you had seen it too ,!.

    • @raghuramang2592
      @raghuramang2592 2 месяца назад +1

      Oh yes. I have watched that wonderful film. Thank you ,Sir, for reminding me.

    • @carl6352
      @carl6352 2 месяца назад +1

      At 65, my family watched both Ben Hur And the Ten Commandments when it aired every year, Ben Hur loved the whole picture, With Moses just the first part when he ended up at that well. LOL

    • @andrewfernandes4288
      @andrewfernandes4288 Месяц назад

      ​@@SamuelManalili-q1o: Sir, it was Carlton Heston in " Ten Commandments & Ben Hur."

    • @krishnanveluswamy9220
      @krishnanveluswamy9220 Месяц назад

      ​@@andrewfernandes4288.😅

  • @cjmarshall0221
    @cjmarshall0221 2 месяца назад +351

    According to IMDB: "The chariot scene alone cost about four million dollars, or about a fourth of the entire budget, and took 10 weeks to shoot." Every penny shows up on screen.
    The entire sequence was shot MOS - no sound. All the sound effects were added afterward. No music was used after the race starts.
    The part where Joe Cannutt, son of stunt coordinator Yakima Cannutt flies out of the chariot was not scripted. It occurred because Joe had neglected to fasten his safety harness while filming the race. Although Joe wasn't hurt it earned him a stern rebuke from his father. When seeing the day's rushes, director William Wyler said "We've GOT to keep that in." If you compare that scene to the one after where Charlton Heston is scrambling to regain control, you'll notice that the two don't quite mesh. That's because it would have been impossible to safely recreate the second scene to look like the first.
    Contrary to popular belief, no one was killed during the filming of the chariot race. The worst injuries recorded were sunburns. It is also untrue that many horses were killed during the filming. The horses were highly prized trained animals, brought from various countries, whose owners would not have tolerated such actions.

    • @andreas7136
      @andreas7136 2 месяца назад +34

      The giant set of the race arena was built in the backlot of Cinecitta Rome, but it was only the lower part. The upper part with several stands and the mountain scenery was only a matte painting. But: No CGI!

    • @mitchellminer9597
      @mitchellminer9597 2 месяца назад +16

      The sound of hoofbeats was nicely overdone. It makes a driving rhythm that replaces music.

    • @cjmarshall0221
      @cjmarshall0221 2 месяца назад +7

      @@mitchellminer9597 Agreed. One can just see William Wyler going over the rushes while listening to the sounds of hoofbeats recorded by the crew, working carefully to make certain that everything matched up perfectly.

    • @mitchellminer9597
      @mitchellminer9597 2 месяца назад +6

      @cjmarshall0221 Today, I learned that "MOS" means it was filmed "without sound," and it supposedly comes from a German director saying "mit-out sound." Supposedly.

    • @umamaheswarnakka6810
      @umamaheswarnakka6810 2 месяца назад +9

      Thanks for the additional information 🙏

  • @12345682900
    @12345682900 2 месяца назад +93

    Still holds up today, 65 years later. Amazing!

    • @jamesducey2685
      @jamesducey2685 27 дней назад +2

      This endures because it is cinematic wonder.

    • @MyTroubadour
      @MyTroubadour 25 дней назад +2

      Insurpassable à tout point de vue.

  • @MrSmokinjoe1010
    @MrSmokinjoe1010 2 месяца назад +46

    This is without a doubt the best 15 minutes of all time. A feat such as this will never be duplicated ever again.

  • @masterlordclaw
    @masterlordclaw 2 месяца назад +36

    what still amazes me is that all of these were done with practical effects.

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    • @श्रीजनरिजाल
      @श्रीजनरिजाल 2 месяца назад +2

      In 1959 they simply didn't have the filming tech we have now. Oh, they would've loved to shoot this film for cheaper and save time and not put the crew in danger but the tech and the production simply didn't allow it. Over all, very impressive for a movie filmed in 1959, but let's not kid ourselves, this movie was shot practically not because the makers had disdain for visual effects, it's just that they simply didn't possess the tech.

    • @californiaslastgasp6847
      @californiaslastgasp6847 Месяц назад

      @@श्रीजनरिजालTechnology decreases virtue.

  • @LordHoth_90
    @LordHoth_90 25 дней назад +5

    The set: glorious, the actors: superb, the horses: magnificent. A perfect scene.

  • @discerningtruth6848
    @discerningtruth6848 2 месяца назад +51

    I am close to 70 years old now and watching this epic movie brings me back to my childhood memories of my lifetime experiences when going to the movie theater was a big deal along with having a television set. 😅❤😊

  • @jayonnaj18
    @jayonnaj18 Месяц назад +7

    I think it was in 1959 when I sat in the movie theater and saw BEN HUR! The chariot race was the HIGHLIGHT of the film, and the movie audience (including myself) was loudly rooting and cheering for Charleton Heston to win that race! The screen at the movie house was huge and was wrapped around the stage somehow, and the sound filled the entire auditorium! What a thrill it all was!!!

  • @jondavies9162
    @jondavies9162 2 месяца назад +69

    What a scene! Some of the greatest stunt work ever put on camera, the editing and Miklos Rozsa's beautifully stirring music... Without a doubt one of my favourite scenes of Golden Age Hollywood cinema!

    • @MyTroubadour
      @MyTroubadour 25 дней назад +1

      Il est vrai que la musique du grand Miklos Rozsa souligne encore plus les qualités exceptionnelles de ce film culte.

  • @duskopopov77
    @duskopopov77 2 месяца назад +23

    Ben Hur is in my top 5 favorite movies and the build up to the chariot race never disappoints!

  • @12345682900
    @12345682900 2 месяца назад +44

    A masterclass in late 1950's film making.

  • @charliepanayiotou4305
    @charliepanayiotou4305 2 месяца назад +192

    One of the all-time great film scenes

    • @lemorab1
      @lemorab1 2 месяца назад +5

      There is nothing like the days when if you wanted 20,000 extras filling the stands, you had to actually hire 20,000 people to literally fill the stands. And everyone had to do it right. I can't remember if a stunt double was killed or not on this movie. My dad was friends with Yakima Canutt, who did stunt work in the chariot race. His son Joe may have also worked in this scene. William Wyler was one of the last Golden Age Directors to direct many thousands of extras in epic movie scenes. I wonder if he apprenticed with Cecil B. de Mille?

    • @markbeale7390
      @markbeale7390 2 месяца назад +2

      Also fighting skeletons, Jason and the Argonauts.

  • @eijit6307
    @eijit6307 2 месяца назад +16

    This old movie was recommended to me, but I was overwhelmed by its incredible impact.I'm tired of movies that use today's computer technology to create an impact.I want to see a real movie like this‼️

    • @MyTroubadour
      @MyTroubadour 25 дней назад

      Cela fait plaisir de lire un tel commentaire. Disons que ce n'est pas un 'vieux' film (1959) mais ce sont les grandes années du cinéma.

  • @rahkinrah1963
    @rahkinrah1963 2 месяца назад +17

    We saw this at a drive-in theatre. I was about 8. STILL one of the best movie scenes ever.

  • @zaidshirbaz156
    @zaidshirbaz156 13 дней назад +4

    The Best of the best movies ever. I watched Ben-hur 40 years ago with our black and white screen TV.
    Who made this amazing movie They need a medal of honor. ✨🤘🏻 Love from Afghanistan 🇦🇫✨🤟🏻

  • @realalexsmith
    @realalexsmith 2 месяца назад +29

    They built a whole arena for this epic scene.... its mad, yet 180million the Acoloyte Disney!

  • @Mike-mm4mx
    @Mike-mm4mx 2 месяца назад +10

    Imagine being at the cinema and seeing this scene for the very first time wow!

  • @jimmykovalak6442
    @jimmykovalak6442 2 месяца назад +869

    No computer, no green set. Actors, horses, stadium and all real.

    • @TheCoolProfessor
      @TheCoolProfessor 2 месяца назад +104

      Agreed. This is how real movies were made instead of all this cgi crap.

    • @jimzone8153
      @jimzone8153 2 месяца назад +73

      Even in 1959, MGM followed their motto: Do it big, do it right, and give it class.

    • @maks8891
      @maks8891 2 месяца назад +15

      are u sure🙃

    • @JiveDadson
      @JiveDadson 2 месяца назад +19

      The crowd in the cheap seats looks like a matte painting.

    • @nevillefilar5245
      @nevillefilar5245 2 месяца назад +5

      And all the better for it!

  • @Zoomerland
    @Zoomerland 2 месяца назад +28

    I've watched this scene dozens of times and it is the best of Hollywood. Heston is perfect.

  • @amirmuhammed7687
    @amirmuhammed7687 2 месяца назад +32

    Ben Hur was not only big movie of Hollywood but it was a wonder of film world & this honourable record is exist up till now.

    • @MyTroubadour
      @MyTroubadour 25 дней назад

      11 Oscars !! Le seul a avoir égalisé est 'Titanic'.

    • @rhyancoleman6462
      @rhyancoleman6462 22 дня назад

      And The Lord Of The Rings The Return Of The King

    • @MyTroubadour
      @MyTroubadour 22 дня назад

      @@rhyancoleman6462 Exact pour cette précision.

  • @benzo1d
    @benzo1d 2 месяца назад +27

    one of the best movies there is.. real scenes without CGI..

  • @blockmasterscott
    @blockmasterscott 2 месяца назад +16

    This scene never ceases to amaze me. It’s so well done.

  • @MartyInLa
    @MartyInLa 2 месяца назад +13

    Years ago, I got to tour the Panavision Cameras Office. There, I was treated to this Chariot sequence projected in 70mm Ultra Panavision in their theater. It simply does not get any better than that.

  • @Nasirgul0345
    @Nasirgul0345 2 месяца назад +5

    This race of Chariots reminded me the time when I went to the cinema to watch this beautiful movie Bin- Hurr, with my father some 56 years before... Enjoyed the film... After this watched many many times but still want it... Best film ever made... thanks for sharing...❤❤❤

  • @davidarango4679
    @davidarango4679 2 месяца назад +11

    This was a favorite pastime for Romans back in the day. It was also a very dangerous sport. Numerous chariotiers were killed during races. This movie is historically accurate in this sense.

  • @jeanmorin3247
    @jeanmorin3247 2 месяца назад +10

    I can feel again the emotions that I had as a young lad of ten, imbued with religious belief, who had not been in a great cinema house before, in absolute anxiety of the life and death situation in which poor Ben-Hur was finding himself. The violence of it all was overwhelmingly breath-stopping. It seemed that I had not a drop left to sweat when I left the place. No film has ever had such an effect on me again. This was more than a cinematographic experience. It was time travel.

  • @elmetaleroneonknight
    @elmetaleroneonknight 2 месяца назад +9

    This movie is unique, there will never be another like it.

  • @rthiagarajan7880
    @rthiagarajan7880 2 месяца назад +27

    I am 80. One of the best film ever produced. I like the picture very much

    • @SamuelManalili-q1o
      @SamuelManalili-q1o 2 месяца назад +1

      So you're older than me thus you probably had seen the 1966 Ten Commandments starring Hamilton as Moses. I saw it 1968 I was 9 years old as i was born in 1959.
      Now am 65 years old

    • @YDDES
      @YDDES Месяц назад

      @@SamuelManalili-q1o Not ”Hamilton”. Charlton Heston played both Moses and Ben-Hur. And, he did it very Well.

  • @kuldeepjamwal6423
    @kuldeepjamwal6423 Месяц назад +4

    Saw this movie at the Metro cinrma hall at Dhobi Talao, then Bombay in 1960. There were beautiful colour booklets of the momentous scenes from the film. An all time GREAT movie.

  • @claudioqueiroz6208
    @claudioqueiroz6208 2 месяца назад +10

    SIMPLY THE BEST FILM OF ALL TIMES, AND MY FAVORITE ONE!!!
    I HAVE SEEN THIS FILM SO MANY TIMES, SINCE I WAS SIX YEARS OLD, THAT I CAN ANTICIPATE MOST DIALOGS OF IT.
    TODAY I'M ALMOST SEVENTY.

  • @milliehummer4713
    @milliehummer4713 Месяц назад +9

    My favorite movie of all time! No CGI all real action!

  • @benraley6691
    @benraley6691 2 месяца назад +5

    This magical performance should never have been remade in a sequel. Still one of the greatest movies of all time! Not to mention the score.

    • @mattanderson6336
      @mattanderson6336 2 месяца назад

      They are making so many sequels because Hollywood is running out of ideas.

  • @arshaddurrani3885
    @arshaddurrani3885 2 месяца назад +6

    Unforgettable!!The thrill and excitement on the big screen,a schoolboy's adrenaline rush,the sound and chivalry of the winner towards a dying opponent.

    • @kevinhawker2946
      @kevinhawker2946 2 месяца назад +1

      I was 9 y.o. when my parents took my brother & me to a “reserved showing” @ a theater in down-town Chicago. The 70-mm Cinemascope format made my bro vomit (on another family in front of us!) early in the film.Of course we had to leave,though I begged my mom to wait in the lobby for another 3 hrs. It took me 21 yrs to finally view this masterpiece, but I never forgave my dopey younger brother‼️😂‼️

  • @azohundred1353
    @azohundred1353 2 месяца назад +66

    Yakima Canutt was the stunt coordinator for this scene. He was also the coordinator for the chase sequence in Stagecoach (1939), among many other classics, but just Ben-Hur and Stagecoach alone are more than enough to recognize his contributions to film history. The movies he worked on are better for it.

    • @АндрейШурдук-ю1к
      @АндрейШурдук-ю1к 2 месяца назад

      Это кинофуфло как всего лишь один момент из многовековой жизни представляется как нечто особенное. Многократно джиды сидели в попе и не вякали.

    • @mjw1955
      @mjw1955 Месяц назад +1

      That part where Judah ran over the wreckage of another chariot, and he almost got dumped out? THAT WASN'T IN THE SCRIPT!! That was a stunt man doubling for Charlton Heston. He was supposed to have put his feet in some restraints in the floor of the chariot, but he forgot, and that's why he almost got dumped out. When Director William Wyler saw it, he exclaimed "No, that looks great! Leave it in!'

    • @ksol1460tv
      @ksol1460tv Месяц назад +1

      @@mjw1955 That was Yakima Canutt's son Joe. He was an honest to God trooper.

  • @KIRUBAImarycharles
    @KIRUBAImarycharles 2 месяца назад +24

    Ben hur and ten commandments will never die for another 1ooo yrs❤

  • @foxisok
    @foxisok Месяц назад +3

    This scene is a masterpiece. And done without any AI help...

  • @AQuietNight
    @AQuietNight 2 месяца назад +28

    One of the great action scenes ever filmed.

  • @TheMartyheredia
    @TheMartyheredia 2 месяца назад +50

    I remember my Grandma Marion taking me to see this move in 1959 at a theater in downtown L.A. I was 6 years old. It was 25 cents.

    • @MarkRyan-u3u
      @MarkRyan-u3u 2 месяца назад +5

      Those were the days.

    • @davidchosewood647
      @davidchosewood647 2 месяца назад +6

      My mom took me when I was 3 years old. I sat silent during the whole scene in fascination. I still remember it. Afterwards she told me what a good kid I was 😂

    • @theman2017inc
      @theman2017inc 2 месяца назад

      And going to the movies back then up till the 80’s/90’s was a event

  • @Supernaut2000
    @Supernaut2000 Месяц назад +2

    I doubt we will ever see movies filmed like this ever again. Truly spectacular on all levels. Charlton at his finest.

  • @PeterThomas-zf9gb
    @PeterThomas-zf9gb 2 месяца назад +19

    No computer tricks or camera.. original stunning movie in late 70's

  • @pradeepapte1728
    @pradeepapte1728 2 месяца назад +9

    Saw 'Ben-Hur' in Bangalore as a child on full screen with two intervals! Unforgettable experience! Even the Ship rowing and battle scene are remarkable. The concluding scenes with the visit to the valley of Lepers and Judah helping Christ carrying the cross are very touching and memorable. One of William Wyler's classic and Sergio Leone is an assistant in a sub-unit, so one can imagine where Sergio Leone learnt his craft!

    • @stevelange819
      @stevelange819 2 месяца назад +1

      I saw it as a child as well. Weren't those intermissions a hoot back then. And the grand theaters where the actual screen was completely behind those stately drapes that slowly drew open as the "Come back to your seats" soundtrack began playing. And the marketing with the souvenir full color brochure with stills from the film to purchase and take home and possibly to school for show and tell. What a time to be alive as a child.

  • @Shadow-gm9ct
    @Shadow-gm9ct Месяц назад +4

    This movie deserves a 4K release.

  • @ellymaschinowrinn8609
    @ellymaschinowrinn8609 21 день назад +1

    I wish I could've been an extra in the stands watching this sequence unfold! Wow! Still amazing every time! 🤩
    I just noticed another touch: unlike Masala, Juda doesn't use a whip to urge his horses. All the horses were magnificent though! Watching them just run makes the heart pound!

  • @rachelsimbhu3965
    @rachelsimbhu3965 2 месяца назад +3

    The setting, musical score and direction , OMG !!! Phenomenal...

  • @aruppaul6587
    @aruppaul6587 2 месяца назад +4

    I am sixty years old and I have seen this cinema about fifty times in the Hall.

  • @sundarihema25
    @sundarihema25 Месяц назад +4

    A true legendary scene.. They should re- release this in movie theatres.

  • @Kw1161
    @Kw1161 Месяц назад +1

    My hats is off to the stuntmen and riders for making the race possible as well as the actors.
    I just wish that I could have seen the movie on the big screen as it was meant to be shown.
    Have a great day!

  • @jacquie2193
    @jacquie2193 Месяц назад +3

    Charlton Heston and Stephen Boyd matched each other superbly. I first saw this film in 1960 at the Empire Leicester Square-such wonderful memories

  • @irfanimp
    @irfanimp Месяц назад +1

    Am I the only one who thinks Charlton Heston looks like Arnold?Truly excellent shooting techniques for its time. Flawless.This is real cinema. CGI is killing cinema and art. This film is a masterpiece of labor, dedication, effort and love of art. There is a spirit and belief!: This is respect for art and the audience.

  • @n.jayaraman7894
    @n.jayaraman7894 2 месяца назад +14

    One of the Most Evergreen Films, ever produced….! Classic….!!

  • @PaulineYao-dx1co
    @PaulineYao-dx1co 2 месяца назад +16

    I was ten years old when I saw this great movie. Only USA could make such thrilling movie.

    • @rahkinrah1963
      @rahkinrah1963 2 месяца назад

      They don't make 'em like they used to.

  • @kepckatherinec805
    @kepckatherinec805 3 дня назад

    Fantastic scene! No CGI. Nothing but solid film making. I love this movie.

  • @RobertEggie
    @RobertEggie 2 месяца назад +7

    Ben Hur the man all men feared when he was already dead
    Legendary

  • @JoshWoltz-b3m
    @JoshWoltz-b3m 2 месяца назад +25

    One of the top ten greatest films ever made!

    • @MyTroubadour
      @MyTroubadour 25 дней назад

      Je dirais même des cinq plus grands avec Cléopatre, Spartacus, Titanic.....

  • @giantskunk
    @giantskunk 2 месяца назад +7

    The first lines spoken were some of my favorites of the whole film. “This is the day”

  • @platinumtaterbug
    @platinumtaterbug Месяц назад +2

    One of the most epic scenes in movie history. I know compared to some of the other grandeur this seems small, but I always liked how perfectly in line they kept all the horses as they go around the turns when parading before the race begins. Must have been a ton of work.

  • @darrenconway8117
    @darrenconway8117 2 месяца назад +58

    3:00 Getting those chariots lined up for a turn is actually quite impressive.

    • @dgdave2673
      @dgdave2673 2 месяца назад +2

      Horses Differential! 😊

    • @christorpher84
      @christorpher84 2 месяца назад +1

      36 HORESES WITH ALL 9 CHARIOTS

    • @TiagoBarufi
      @TiagoBarufi Месяц назад

      ​@@dgdave2673 a differential with a lot of horse power

  • @sureshkumarrkumar6494
    @sureshkumarrkumar6494 Месяц назад +1

    I have watched this scene countless times. You feel as if you're witnessing live sitting there in Arena .such is the feeling. Master piece epic movie will watch again and again. Hat's off to the maker's the movie..

  • @blanchjoe1481
    @blanchjoe1481 2 месяца назад +27

    Yakima Canutt - Few knew who he was, fewer still knew what he did, but he was responsible for some of the most famous actions scenes in Hollywood. Action Director, Stunt Coordinator and Stuntman Canutt received a special Oscar in 1966 for "developing safety devices to protect all stunt men everywhere" and for co-directing the chariot-race scene in "Ben Hur" with Andrew Marton, which took two years to plan and execute.
    Canutt staged the chariot race with nine teams of four horses. He trained Charlton Heston and Stephen Boyd to do their own charioteering. He and his crew spent five months on the race sequence. In contrast to the 1925 film, not one horse was hurt, and no humans experienced serious injuries. - Internet Research

    • @andreas7136
      @andreas7136 2 месяца назад +1

      12:54 He underestimated the chariot jump momentum over the ramp and was nearly thrown off the chariot. This scene was not planned this way.

    • @crazyman8472
      @crazyman8472 2 месяца назад +1

      Not to mention, Yakima basically taught John Wayne everything he knew about movies and stunts. 😎

    • @ksol1460tv
      @ksol1460tv Месяц назад

      @@andreas7136 That was his son Joe, and you're absolutely right.

  • @roberteckhardt6653
    @roberteckhardt6653 Месяц назад +2

    The greatest scene from the greatest movie of all time

  • @harbhajansingh-kl4nu
    @harbhajansingh-kl4nu 2 месяца назад +42

    Ben Hur movie got 11 academy awards Titanic also got 11 awards utilising modern technology. But Ben Hur has no parallel. No other movie should have been awarded 11 academy awards.

    • @rhyancoleman6462
      @rhyancoleman6462 2 месяца назад +3

      What about Lord of the Rings The Return Of The King?

    • @SuperPatrick777
      @SuperPatrick777 Месяц назад +1

      True that titanic was trash aimed at the lowest common denominator .

    • @richardhelliwell1210
      @richardhelliwell1210 Месяц назад +1

      Titanic was so expensive to make it that it would have bankrupted most of Hollywood had it flopped. So they gave it a lot of awards to help it along.

    • @ErmesMora-us6bb
      @ErmesMora-us6bb Месяц назад

      Español

    • @karenlbellmont6560
      @karenlbellmont6560 Месяц назад

      Do you know how many people died in the original and this version during the chariot race.

  • @narayanaswamysekar1073
    @narayanaswamysekar1073 Месяц назад +1

    I have watched this a few times before but each time it feels the same - breath taking. To think it was filmed before the digital age, is unbelievable. No words of praise would be enough to do justice to this super, super scene. One of the all time greats, if not the greatest ever. Thanks for loading this on u tube.

  • @가밀로-이창호
    @가밀로-이창호 2 месяца назад +18

    영화중 영화 최고의 대작 벤허. 지요. 지금 봐도 웅장한것은 여전 합니다. 감사합니다.

  • @mdmj1000
    @mdmj1000 Месяц назад +1

    Because this was live action, this is the most incredible action scene in move history. Nothing compares.

  • @jagadishmrv
    @jagadishmrv 2 месяца назад +12

    Astonished
    Even after 60 years
    Great Film

  • @oleg5987
    @oleg5987 Месяц назад +2

    One of the best films ever made!

  • @prabirkumarmukherjee8366
    @prabirkumarmukherjee8366 2 месяца назад +5

    দুর্দান্ত। শতাব্দী পার করেও অনবদ্য সৃজন, তাজা টাটকা এখনও। সমান উত্তেজনা সৃষ্টি হয়। সম্ভবতঃ চারল্টন হেস্টন অভিনয় করেন। মুগ্ধ হয়ে দেখলাম। ফোটোগ্রাফির জবাব নেই।

  • @motakatlaravindranath1769
    @motakatlaravindranath1769 15 дней назад

    The screenplay is extraordinary which makes the viewers breathless

  • @LuckyBaldwin777
    @LuckyBaldwin777 2 месяца назад +23

    Greatest scene ever filmed.

  • @andrewfernandes4288
    @andrewfernandes4288 Месяц назад

    One of the most exciting, gripping, heart-thumping last 30 minutes of this movie can never be forgotten.
    If they bring it in any big cinema hall even today, I'd rush to see it.
    One of the best and longest movies of Hollywood.

  • @vanarsamadi
    @vanarsamadi 2 месяца назад +2

    The baddass best Scene in the history of filming, this scene is inmortal

  • @markvonschlegell4953
    @markvonschlegell4953 2 месяца назад +2

    I remember when I had this movie on VHS. Back then in the 80s , when movies like this were making their way onto home media, films like this were presented on VHS in pan and scan yet, for this particular scene, the film expanded into the widescreen format. After this scene ended, it went back to pan and scan. That's how incredible this scene was - that the film studio allowed widescreen to be used for this one scene only. I think the only other film on VHS to do this was the scene in 1956's "The Ten Commandments" where the movie went to widescreen for the parting/crossing of the Red Sea. But, I'm not entirely certain about that one.

  • @sekarcr7869
    @sekarcr7869 2 месяца назад +12

    At the time of its release in 1959, MGMS’s lavish quasi-biblical spectacle Ben-Hur was the most expensive film ever made, with a budget of nearly $16 million. The famed chariot race alone required an 18 acre set at Rome’s Cinecitta Studios, a five week shooting schedule & 7,000 extras, won a record 11 Academy Awards.The chariot race in Ben-Hur was directed by Andrew & Yakima.​The chariot arena covering 18 acres, was the largest film set ever built at that time. Constructed at a cost of $1 million, it took a thousand workmen more than a year to carve the oval out of a rock quarry. The racetrack featured 1,500-foot long straights & five-story-high grandstands. Over 400 km of metal tubing were used to erect the grandstands​.​A chariot track identical in size was constructed next to the set & used to train the horses & lay out camera shots.Planning for the chariot race took nearly a year to complete. Seventy-eight horses were bought & imported from Yugoslavia and Sicily in November 1957, exercised into peak physical condition, and trained by Hollywood animal handler Randall to pull the quadriga. The firm of Danesi Brothers built 18 chariots,​ ​nine of which were used for practice, each weighing 410 kg​. Principal cast members, stand-ins, and stunt people made 100 practice laps of the arena in preparation for shooting.Heston & Boyd both had to learn how to drive a chariot. Heston, an experienced horseman, took daily three-hour lessons in chariot driving after he arrived in Rome. The chariot scene took over three months​ ​to film at a total cost of $1 million​ ​& required more than 320 km of racing to complete​.​The cameras used during the chariot race also presented problems. The 70mm lenses had a minimum focusing distance of 50 feet, and the camera was mounted on a small Italian-made car so the camera crew could keep in front of the chariots. The horses, however, accelerated down the 1,500-foot straight much faster than the car could, and the long focal length left ​cinematographers​ with too little time to get their shots. The production company purchased a more powerful American car, but the horses were still too fast, and even with a head start, the filmmakers only had a few more seconds of shot time. As filming progressed, vast amounts of footage were shot for this sequence. The ratio of footage shot to footage used was 263:1, one of the highest ratios ever for a film​ for this 11 minute spectacle​​ & rest is history🍁

    • @nirwanmukherjee8715
      @nirwanmukherjee8715 2 месяца назад +1

      You deserve a Big Salute,Boss.

    • @luisalonsops
      @luisalonsops 2 месяца назад +1

      Te felicito de verdad! esa información vale oro!! soy fanático del deporte motor primero del MOTO GP y después F1 sin embargo estas carreras de caballos están en un nivel extremadamente superior a cualquier motor, el ver la majestuosidad de fuerza y velocidad que desarrollan estos hermosisisisimos caballos es 1000% MAGISTRAL! WOOOWWWW un privilegio ver en vivo esa gran carrera de 78 reales cabalinos rampantes verdaderos “FERRARIS” hermosos desbocados haciendo lo que mejor saben hacer CORRER!!!! 👌😍😍😍😍

    • @SamuelManalili-q1o
      @SamuelManalili-q1o 2 месяца назад +1

      It garnered multiple awards, right ,?

    • @sekarcr7869
      @sekarcr7869 2 месяца назад +1

      Yes, it received Eleven academy Awards, which was a sort of record for a single film selected in different categories

    • @crimsonjebakumar
      @crimsonjebakumar 2 месяца назад +1

      Amazing commentary.

  • @samanmaleesilva3774
    @samanmaleesilva3774 2 месяца назад +1

    This was a favorite of my father. I remembered him when I saw this. Thank you for uploading this.

  • @MariaLopez-db2lr
    @MariaLopez-db2lr 2 месяца назад +7

    La mejor pelicula q e visto en mi vida! Con caballos! Q belleza!!

  • @annecornine8469
    @annecornine8469 Месяц назад

    My parents took us 3 kids to see this in a movie theater...I was probably 7 yrs old. I never forgot watching that chariot race...with my heart in my throat!! Lordy!! ❤

  • @janheinbokel3969
    @janheinbokel3969 2 месяца назад +10

    Better than any modern film!

  • @gastondelatorre7897
    @gastondelatorre7897 5 дней назад

    The Most spectacular scene filmed ever. 2024 I say this

  • @petludavidraju1124
    @petludavidraju1124 2 месяца назад +3

    Benhur and Ten commandments Wonderful movies of all times, impossible to make like. I'm 61.

  • @zivago2356
    @zivago2356 2 месяца назад

    Five decades I've been watching this film, and this race still gives me goosebumps.
    Fantastic cinematography. My favorite scene of any movie.

  • @DonnaShinn
    @DonnaShinn 2 месяца назад +9

    Those horses were magnificent ❤

  • @inasuchacko4818
    @inasuchacko4818 2 месяца назад +2

    Never, ever seen such a film like Ben Hur.

  • @Siaaa46
    @Siaaa46 2 месяца назад +5

    Best made scene in Hollywood history.

  • @joe3009
    @joe3009 2 месяца назад +46

    This should be an olympic sport.

    • @markbeale7390
      @markbeale7390 2 месяца назад +6

      ✅️

    • @Ftc.6
      @Ftc.6 2 месяца назад +7

      What, you don't like race walking?

    • @markbeale7390
      @markbeale7390 2 месяца назад +6

      @@Ftc.6 Most ridiculous olympic event.

    • @frankgesuele6298
      @frankgesuele6298 2 месяца назад +2

      🐎🐎🐎🐎🐎🐎

    • @seansmith9435
      @seansmith9435 2 месяца назад

      shutup you little kid lol

  • @HareK0nnen
    @HareK0nnen Месяц назад

    One of the best things about this sequence is the tidbits of "behind the scenes" it shows us. The soldiers on the side, the rescue people that scramble to get the injured out before the next wave passes, the people on horses that ride out to collect any stray chariot that might roam around after an accident. They didn't have to show that stuff, it doesn't add to the action and the story of the scene, but it's one of those small details that make the scene all the more real.

  • @maureenbuijsen7821
    @maureenbuijsen7821 2 месяца назад +5

    The Ten Command ers and Ben Hur best movies ever xxxxx❤❤❤

  • @wongchinkong4505
    @wongchinkong4505 12 дней назад

    I saw this film when I was small. The cinema screen, vow, very very very wide, I think multiple cameras zooming at one spot to get such a wide angle of the race. Out of this world, you can't see this type of movie anymore. Astronomical costs in today's money.

  • @MOHAMEDHASSAN-fk9jv
    @MOHAMEDHASSAN-fk9jv 2 месяца назад +4

    No words.... Unbelievable. Fantabulous.

  • @biswarupbanerjee947
    @biswarupbanerjee947 2 месяца назад +1

    One of the best scenes, great to watch.