Ben Hur (1959)
Movie Poster -
27" x
40" Movie Poster Print - Style A
Year: 1959
Condition: New
Dimension: 27" x 40"
Movie Poster Print Style A
High quality 27" x 40" reproduction, printed on satin finish paper.
Reproductions are almost identical in quality to original 1 sheet posters, and
are ideal for framing and display in your home theater.
Studios often issued many different styles of one sheets for the
same movie. They still do. To differentiate them they were often marked as
"Style A" or "Style B" etc.
Synopsis:
In the seventh year of the reign of Augustus Caesar, Prince Judah Ben-Hur is
born into a wealthy Jewish family about the same time as Jesus Christ. Years
later, he is reunited with his boyhood friend, Messala, who has taken over
command of the Roman garrison in Jerusalem. When Ben Hur refuses to inform
against other Jewish patriots, Messala condemns him to certain death as a galley
slave and imprisons his mother, Miriam, and sister, Tirzah, in a dungeon. For
three years Ben-Hur suffers the brutalities of Roman war galleys, until he is
freed, adopted, and brought to Rome by Quintus Arrius, the Roman Admiral whose
life he saves in battle. Though lauded as an athlete and desired by Flavia, a
wanton, Ben-Hur insists upon returning to Jerusalem in the hope of tracing his
family. On the way he encounters Sheik Ilderim, a lusty Arab who plans to race
his chariot against the Romans at the Jerusalem games. Having astonished the
Sheik by his horsemanship, Ben Hur arrives at his derelict home and immediately
confronts Messala, who tells him that his mother and sister are dead. Ben-Hur
now agrees to ride for Ilderim in the chariot race against Messala. He drives
Messala to the ground, fatally injured, and accepts the victor's laurel from the
Governor, Pontius Pilate. But Messala has his revenge. With his dying breath he
tells Ben-Hur that Miriam and Tirzah are alive but lepers. Heartbroken, Ben-Hur
defies Pilate and sets out to raise a rebellion. But he is caught up in the
procession to Calvary, sees Miriam and Tirzah miraculously healed, and is
converted to Christianity. With Christ's death and Ben-Hur's rebirth a new era
begins, and Ben-Hur looks forward to a happy future with Esther, the beautiful
slave girl who has loved him secretly through the years.
Cast: Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins,
Stephen Boyd, Haya Harareet, Hugh Griffith, Martha Scott, Sam Jaffe, Cathy
O'Donnell, Finlay Currie; Directed by:
William Wyler
