the Making of Ben Hur
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- Опубликовано: 18 июл 2020
- Original images during the making of the historical drama film directed by William Wyler, produced by Sam Zimbalist, and starring Charlton Heston as the title character. It was adapted from Lew Wallace's 1880 novel Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ.
Romolo Felice was the Mold Maker and Sculptor who worked on the set in Cinecittà Studios in Rome. 
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Some movies you can't remake like ben-ur awesome amazing wonderful 😄😄😄
…so true.
My all time favourite movie
Brilliant how there's no musical soundtrack throughout the race-just the sound of hooves, horses being whipped, chariots, crashes. Makes it that more intense. Thanks so much for posting.
Thanks, you are welcome!
Yes.Any composer worth his salt knows that the absence of music is every bit as powerful
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No matter how many times I've watched Ben-Hur since 1960, Messala still loses the race. I was a HUGE fan of Stephen Boyd and recall reading that the most painful thing about making this film - and he did his own stunts - was removing all bloody makeup he wore for his death scenes - removing it all took his own skin with it. He died so young perhaps his main purpose in life was to portray Messala.
Rosza’s music score was.brilliant
Best ever , in my opinion
D'accord avec votre commentaire et je dirai même que la musique porte le film avec une parfaite osmose. Le Maître Miklos Rozsa nous a ébloui.
I was a young teen when we lived in Rome at the time of the Ben-Hur filming. Mr. William Wyler's young daughter was in the my school (International School), and we were invited to the set in Cinecitta. We saw the scene where Charlton Heston was stranded in the sea.
Will never forget that field trip.
Such a great memories! It was an epochal film, in every respect, that made its mark on so many people for many generations.
When he was still of sound mind, Charlton Heston was on a radio talk show giving some fascinating factoids about the film. You know that part where Ben-Hur's chariot runs over the wreckage of another chariot, and he almost gets dumped out? That wasn't supposed to happen! The stunt man doubling for Heston was supposed to put his feet into some restraints, but forgot to do so. But when director William Wyler saw it, he said "That's great! Leave it in!" They hired FIVE THOUSAND extras to be the crowd- contrast that with "Gladiator" which used only 150 extras who were digitally duplicated around the arena. They built a special dining hall to feed them- which it could do in only three sittings. And in the galley scenes, those men really were sweating- you can't see them, but the ends of the oars they're pulling were attached to some really thick, heavy rubber bands. And it you want to score some trivia points, the role of Jesus was uncredited to a young actor named Claude Heater. (Look him up on IMDB). And did anybody notice that Martha Scott played Charlton Heston's mother twice- In Ben Hur, and before that in The Ten Comandments.
Really interesting. Yes, there are endless anecdotes to discover and remember, both about this and other blockbusters, like an intricate story hidden behind the scenes.
Great stuff 👍
I did notice Martha Scott in both films. Watching Ben-Hur for the umpteenth time I thought her voice seemed familiar. Looked it up and sure enough, they were both Martha Scott.
The finest accomplishment n film making history
This is Hollywood at its best.
most epic movie of all time
Ce chef d'œuvre restera certainement l'une des plus grandes fresques de toute l'histoire cinématographique mais surtout 61 ans après sa sortie fait toujours office de référence.
Récompensé par 11 Oscars et 12 Nominations seulement dépassé par 'Titanic' de James Cameron. avec 11 Oscars et 14 Nominations.
Definitely on my top five list.
Thank you for posting this, I and my friend enjoyed watching very informative ☺
Best marching music 🎶 👍
Once we reached the VHS/DVD age, where film scenes could be watched over and over and over again and overanalyzed thanks to rewind, slow motion and frame-by-frame, people are spotting things that weren't given a second thought by audiences at the time the movie came out. The car chase in "Bullitt" is a another example of that.
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That statue in the middle of the racetrack was great It made the whole roman time setting believable I was impressed the first time i saw that on a large screen as a nine year old in the early 1970s Also the dolphins were a nice idea was that artistic freedom or did the Romans really use that to count The only problem with the race is because of the editing the daytime sun shadows on the track/walls make no sence it jumps Didn't notice that at the time offcourse
And a pitty that they didn't film it in vista vision (for home use)
‘mistakes' and artistic licenses in those films are numerous, but we love them all the same. In this regard I wrote a short post on my blog: www.felicecalchi.com/contraddictory-classic/
Love those statures! Too bad they were destroyed.
wow
Watching Ben Hur movie almost instantly me to a christian!!! It wa that moving !!!
All of Mr. Romolo Felice statues from the chariot race weren't destroyed. One is still sitting today on one of Cinecitta backlots. I drive by it quite often.
The one you see today in Cinecittà is a polystyrene replica made a few years ago to commemorate 100 years of Cinema. The original Ben Hur colossus, made with plaster and wood, were destroyed after filming by Romolo and all other workers.
I was born in 1959 when they made ben hur
I always wanted to know what was the Height of the Spina & the stadium was from the ground
compared to the chariots ??