11 Oscars, one legendary performance, and a record that still holds.

'Ben-Hur' remains a masterpiece after nearly seven decades as a testament to the scale and ambition of old Hollywood.

Charleton Heston in a scene from Ben-Hur. The new movie version of Ben-Hur that’s about to land in theaters, featuring Morgan Freeman, isn’t just a reimagining of one classic movie. The hit 1880 Lew ...

This 1959 version of Lew Wallace's best-selling novel, which had already seen screen versions in 1907 and 1926, went on to win 11 Academy Awards. Adapted by Karl Tunberg and a raft of uncredited ...

With an estimated production cost that’s in the vicinity of $100M, MGM and Paramount certainly didn’t build Ben-Hur to fail this weekend. But if there’s one Come-to-Jesus from this remake’s estimated ...

In a summer with few outright bombs (but plenty of relative disappointments), Ben-Hur is probably going to be a disaster. The MGM and Paramount/Viacom Inc. release opened with (as of this writing) $11 ...

Ben-Hur is the biggest of the big, the mightiest of the mighty, the most epic of the epic. Released in 1959, Ben-Hur was the event film of its day and sold 111 Million tickets, which makes it the ...

Director Timur Bekmambetov looks to combine his particular action style with a classic tale of Christian forgiveness in Ben-Hur, the latest adaptation of the 1880 novel by Lew Wallace. Of course, he’s ...

For those unfamiliar with “Ben-Hur” – or who only remember that it involves a chariot race and Jesus – a new scaled-down movie version might be deemed harmless. Anyone hoping to find something even ...

Steven Spielberg's 'The BFG' and fellow Disney release 'Alice Through the Looking Glass' are other giant-sized summer tentpoles racking up major losses. By Pamela McClintock Senior Film Writer Ben-Hur ...