![]() ![]() In the city of Jerusalem, Judah Ben-Hur (Jack Huston) is part of privileged Jewish family, blessed with riches, property, and status within the community. ![]() With a new cinematic lens of today’s current movie world, does this newest film iteration breathe new life into Wallace’s iconic story or is it a sword and sandal flop of a remake? Now Paramount Pictures and director Timur Bekmambetov revive the biblical tale with the 2016 retelling version of Ben-Hur. Naturally, Hollywood has adapted the Ben-Hur source material several times, none more famous than the 1959 MGM adaption film Ben-Hur, with actor Charlton Heston playing the Judah Ben-Hur. The book went on to become best-selling book worldwide and was also praised by Pope Leo XIII (dang…that’s pretty cool!). It’s also worth noting the tale of Ben-Hur runs parallel to the events of Jesus Christ, while Wallace’s weaves powerful themes into the narrative (betrayal, love, compassion, redemption, etc). ![]() Written by author Lew Wallace and published in 1880, the story recounts the adventures of Judah Ben-Hur, a fictional Jewish prince from Jerusalem, who is enslaved by the Romans and eventually becomes a charioteer and later a Christian. The biblical tale of Ben-Hur or rather “Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ” (as it is officially called) has been hailed as “the most influential Christian book of the nineteenth century”. ![]()
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