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| You are here -> HOME - RETROVILLE - 1959 | - Academy Award - Ben Hur | ||||||||||||||
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| Welcome to Retroville! It's 1959! | |||||||||||||||
| The Academy Award winning film for best picture was Ben Hur. The dramatic epic centers on the story of a Jewish prince, Judah Ben Hur, who is betrayed by a friend and sent into slavery in 1st Century Rome. With his mother and sister imprisoned, and facing a life of slavery, Ben Hur rises up to take revenge and regain his freedom. As a sidenote, Heston was taught to ride a chariot by the stunt crew, who offered to teach the entire cast - Heston was the only one that took them up on the offer. At the beginning of the chariot race, Heston shook the reins and nothing happened; the horses remained motionless. Finally someone way up on top of the set yelled "giddy-up!" The horses then roared into action, and Heston was flung backward off of the chariot. |
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