![]() ![]() According to the National Endowment for the Humanities, inspiration for Wallace's book came from a train ride he shared with an agnostic colonel. The original novel’s author, Lew Wallace, was a general in the Union Army during the Civil War, according to .ģ. However, this new version is technically a remake of a remake of a remake of a short film adapted from a Broadway play based on a novel, according to, so the new film is the fourth film version.Ģ. When a new “Ben-Hur” was announced, many movie fans uttered a collective groan at the thought of another classic getting a pointless Hollywood remake. Though noting that its three-and-a-half-hour running time was "simply too much of a good thing," The New York Times original review of the film called it a "remarkably intelligent and engrossing human drama" that "is by far the most stirring and respectable of the Bible-fiction pictures ever made."Īnd with a new version of the story charging into theaters this weekend, here’s a look at some interesting facts about the original movie, its precursors and the book they’re all based on.ġ. Director William Wyler’s 1959 “Ben-Hur” is perhaps one of the most famous movies ever made - in no small part thanks to its record-setting 11 Oscar wins and a spectacular chariot race that, to this day, will put just about anyone on the edge of his or her seats. ![]()
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