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Who is the best Hollywood movie in the world?
IMDb Top 250 Movies
- The Shawshank Redemption (1994) 9.2.
- The Godfather (1972) 9.1.
- The Godfather: Part II (1974) 9.0.
- The Dark Knight (2008) 9.0.
- 12 Angry Men (1957) 8.9.
- Schindler’s List (1993) 8.9.
- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) 8.9.
- Pulp Fiction (1994) 8.8.
What rating is Ben-Hur?
G
Ben-Hur/MPAA rating
How much did it cost to make Ben-Hur?
15.2 million USD
15 million USD
Ben-Hur/Budget
Although the budget for Ben-Hur was initially $7 million, it was reported to be $10 million by February 1958, reaching $15 million by the time shooting began—making it the costliest film ever produced up to that time.
Who turned down the role of Ben-Hur?
Burt Lancaster, a self-described atheist, claimed he turned down the role of Judah Ben-Hur because he “didn’t like the violent morals in the story” and because he did not want to promote Christianity. In any event, Lancaster, who was 45 when the film eventually went before the cameras, was too old for the part.
What movie is considered the greatest of all time?
The Shawshank Redemption (1994) was voted the greatest film of all time by Empire readers in “The 201 Greatest Movies of All Time” poll undertaken in March 2006. Titanic (1997) was voted the greatest hit of all time in a poll of 6,000 movie fans conducted by English-language newspaper China Daily in March 2008.
What is bigger than Ben-Hur?
(informal, comical) Huge, extravagant.
Were any horses killed in the making of Ben-Hur?
During the chariot race in the 1925 film Ben-Hur, up to 150 horses were killed. Yakima Canutt, the legendary Hollywood stunt man (and occasional John Wayne double), created one dangerous procedure involving horses. The animal drowned; the horse either broke its spine or panicked.
Was anyone killed in the making of Ben Hur?
Citing the notion that “A stuntman was killed during the filming of the chariot race scene in the 1959 version of ‘Ben-Hur’ and that his death was left in the final cut,” fact-checking website Snopes rated the claim “false.” And the only death was apparently totally unrelated to filming.