Saturday, 10 September 2016

Ben Hur (2016)

The Modern Remake of Ben Hur

A remake of the famous 1959 film staring Charlton Heston (who was born in Wilmette, Illinois (part of Cook County)).

The 2016 version stars English-American Jack Huston in the title role of Judah Ben-Hur.

Toby Kebbell plays his Roman brother Messala.

It was made to a budget of $100m and filmed in Matera, Southern Italy.

Copenhagen-born, Danish Pilou Asbaek played Pontius Pilate, a prefect of the Roman province of Judaea.

The Original Ben Hur

The original Ben-Hur film was based on the 1880 novel Ben-Hur by Lew Wallace, who apart from being an author, was also a general in the American Civil War.

The formerly named "Ben Hur Museum" can be visited in Crawfordsville, Indiana, built by Lew Wallace as a "detached room away from the world and its worries". Ben-Hur was a stage production, before it became a film, or rather a series of films.

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