On This Day 1959 🎬📽️🎞️ 'Ben Hur' ~ UK premiere. With an at the time unprecedented $15M budget, this is a biblical gladiatorial sword-and-sandal epic that has it all – including the proverbial cast of thousands and a breathtaking real chariot race. Just as heart-pounding in today's age as it was for me when I watched it as a boy for the first time. Although it is a spectacle film, the story of how a man takes on the tyranny of the Romans, with all sorts of horrible consequences to himself and

Ben hur (1959) Chariot Race scene | Tru Vu Drive In

The iconic chariot race in William Wyler's BEN-HUR ('59) took 10 weeks to shoot and was coordinated by Yakima Canutt. It has influenced filmmakers to this day including George Lucas who said this scene inspired the pod race sequence in THE PHANTOM MENACE ('99). #31DaysofOscar | Turner Classic Movies: TCM