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This documentary is included on the DVD of BEN-HUR and is well worth your time. It gives not only insight into the 1959 film, but also a lot of information about the original book, the famous stage production and about the 1907 and 1925 versions of the film. All the little-known information was great for fans of the golden years of Hollywood and I found out that some of what I KNEW about the 1959 version was actually untrue--I had always believed that some of the stun people were killed in the filming of the great chariot race (a common urban legend). The film is also well-constructed and interesting, with the lovely voice talent of narrator Christopher Plummer and a lot of clips from interviews done for the documentary as well as archival film of actors and the director who were deceased by the time the documentary was made.
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