Ben-Hur (2016)

Judah Ben-Hur, a prince falsely accused of treason by his adopted brother, an officer in the Roman army, returns to his homeland after years at sea to seek revenge, but finds redemption.

Director:

Timur Bekmambetov

Writers:

Lew Wallace (based on the novel by), Keith R. Clarke (screenplay)

Stars:

Jack Huston, Toby Kebbell, Rodrigo Santoro

2 wins.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jack Huston	...	Judah Ben-Hur
Toby Kebbell	...	Messala Severus
Rodrigo Santoro	...	Jesus
Nazanin Boniadi	...	Esther
Ayelet Zurer	...	Naomi Ben-Hur
Pilou Asbæk	...	Pontius Pilate
Sofia Black-D'Elia	...	Tirzah Ben-Hur (as Sofia Black D'Elia)
Morgan Freeman	...	Ilderim
Marwan Kenzari	...	Druses
Moises Arias	...	Dismas
James Cosmo	...	Quintus
Haluk Bilginer	...	Simonides (as Haluk Biligner)
David Walmsley	...	Marcus Decimus
Yasen Atour	...	Jacob
Francesco Scianna	...	Kadeem

Storyline

Judah Ben-Hur, a prince falsely accused of treason by his adopted brother, an officer in the Roman army, returns to his homeland after years at sea to seek revenge, but finds redemption.

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Plot Keywords:

coliseum | jerusalem israel | sea battle | chariot | remake | 

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Taglines:

Mentor. Trainer. Protector.

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Drama | History

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for sequences of violence and disturbing images

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official Site

Country:

USA

Language:

English Persian Greek Arabic

Release Date:

19 August 2016 (USA)

Also Known As:

Ben-Hur

Filming Locations:

Cinecittà Studios, Cinecittà, Rome, Lazio, Italy

Box Office

Budget:

$100,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$11,203,815, 19 August 2016, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$26,384,681, 2 October 2016

Company Credits

Production Co:

LightWorkers Media,Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM),Paramount Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

123 min 114 min (mainland china)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital Dolby Surround 7.1

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Tom Hiddleston was offered the lead role. He chose to do Kong: Skull Island (2017) instead.

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Goofs

The opening sets the date as "33 A.D.", but the grammatically correct way to date years after the birth of Jesus is A.D. 33 ("Anno Domini 33"). Only B.C., or the more contemporary BCE, are listed after the year.

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Quotes

Judah Ben-Hur: [to Dismas] How many Romans do you even know? Have you ever had a conversation with a single one in your life? Don't spit your hate for all when you don't even know one.

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Crazy Credits

The end credits for the director, producer and department heads are animated to look like they fly across the race track, kicking up dust as if they were horse-drawn chariots.

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Connections

Version of Ben Hur (2003)

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Soundtracks

The Only Way Out
Written by Andra Day & Dave Wood
Performed by Andra Day
Produced by Dave Wood
Andra Day performs courtesy of Warner Bros. Records and Buskin Records

User Reviews

And the Oscar for the greatest screw up in a motion picture

What a dreadful effort, it took a lot of creativity for this film to be this bad. The frustrating thing they didn't even have to take a chance, the book is over a 150 years old, there was a blockbuster stage show and 2 blockbuster films, all they had to do was minorly tweak the original book, or use one of the smash-hit films as a guide. I venture to say Ben Hur is one of our great stories, it has everything, love, spectacle, honour, adventure, redemption, meaning, a moral, and even a miracle' where could you go wrong. But wrong they went and I was never so angry and disappointed at a film and it was all down to ineptitude and pure genius at incompetence I mean how could anyone spend 100 million on Ben Hur and get it so wrong, the mind boggles. I give it 4 stars as the 2 great iconic scenes of which we all know, the Naval battle and the Chariot race were quite good. But the story around those events, the iconic Ben Hur story was complete and utter motiveless drivel.