Quantity:

More Buying Choices

18 used & new from �10.57

Have one to sell? Sell yours here

Ben Hur (4 Disc Special Edition) [1959] [DVD]

See larger image

Share your own customer images

Ben Hur (4 Disc Special Edition) [1959] [DVD]

DVD ~ Charlton Heston

4.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (13 customer reviews)

RRP:	�23.99
Price:	�17.98 & this item Delivered FREE in the UK with Super Saver Delivery. See details and conditions
You Save:	�6.01 (25%)
	o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o

In stock.
Items for dispatch to UK will be sold by Amazon's Preferred Merchant. (Why?)

12 new from �12.78 5 used from �10.57 1 collectible from �20.00

Christmas Offers--Up to 70% Off DVD and Blu-ray
Low-priced gift ideas, TV box sets, Blu-ray documentaries and recent drama, action and sci-fi hits. Go easy on your wallet this Christmas. Shop now

› See more product promotions

Rent DVDs from LOVEFiLM.com

Amazon's choice for DVD rental.
With a 14 day FREE trial. Learn more

Watch a Related Video

03:11

Frequently Bought Together

Total RRP: �52.97
Price For All Three: �30.14

Some of these items ship sooner than the others. Show details

This item: Ben Hur (4 Disc Special Edition) [1959] [DVD] DVD ~ Charlton Heston
In stock.
Dispatched from and sold by Amazon.co.uk.
This item Delivered FREE in the UK with Super Saver Delivery. See details and conditions
The Ten Commandments [DVD] [1956] DVD ~ Charlton Heston
In stock.
Dispatched from and sold by Amazon.co.uk.
This item Delivered FREE in the UK with Super Saver Delivery. See details and conditions
Spartacus [DVD] [1960] DVD ~ Kirk Douglas
Usually dispatched within 6 to 11 days.
Dispatched from and sold by Amazon.co.uk.
This item Delivered FREE in the UK with Super Saver Delivery. See details and conditions

What Do Customers Ultimately Buy After Viewing This Item?

	57% buy the item featured on this page: Ben Hur (4 Disc Special Edition) [1959] [DVD] 4.9 out of 5 stars (13) �17.98
	21% buy Ben-Hur [1959] [DVD] 5.0 out of 5 stars (18) �12.98
	10% buy Ben Hur - 50th Anniversary Edition [DVD] [1959] 4.0 out of 5 stars (1) �8.88
	8% buy The Ten Commandments [DVD] [1956] 4.3 out of 5 stars (19) �4.98

Explore similar items

Product details

Actors: Charlton Heston, George Relph, Frank Thring, Cathy O'Donnell, Haya Harareet
Directors: William Wyler
Format: Dubbed, PAL, Widescreen
Language English
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
Number of discs: 4
Classification: PG
Studio: Warner Home Video
DVD Release Date: 13 Feb 2006
Run Time: 213 minutes

Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (13 customer reviews)

ASIN: B000CDINOU
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 25,688 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?

Reviews

Special Features

Sub-titles: English, Arabic, Bulgarian, Dutch, French, Italian, Romanian.

Synopsis

Anno Domini: the seventh year of Augustus Caesar's reign. In the Roman province of Judea, Jews return to the city of their birth for the census. A bright star in the night over Bethlehem marks the birth of Jesus Christ. Years later, Roman commander Messala (Stephen Boyd), who was brought up in Judea, takes command of the Roman garrison in Jerusalem. His Jewish boyhood friend Judah Ben-Hur (Charlton Heston) greets him. Messala is delighted. But when Judah refuses to name Jewish patriots, Messala sentences him to the slave galleys and imprisons his mother, Miriam (Martha Scott), and sister, Tirzah (Cathy O'Donnell). Judah vows revenge. In BEN-HUR, William Wyler's much-lauded epic, the story of Judah's search for his mother and sister and his quest for revenge intersects with crucial biblical events such as the Sermon on the Mount and the crucifixion. Wyler gets fine performances from Heston, Boyd, Jack Hawkins (as a Roman admiral who befriends Judah), and Hugh Griffith (as an Arab sheik who dreams of racing his beautiful white horses against Messala). Among BEN-HUR's vivid dramatic sequences are a violent sea battle and the famous chariot race that pits Judah against Messala in one of cinema's great action sequences.

Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought

Gone With The Wind (4 Disc Collector's Edition Box Set) [1939] [DVD]

DVD ~ Clark Gable

4.8 out of 5 stars (13)

The Ten Commandments [DVD] [1957]

DVD ~ Anne Baxter

4.6 out of 5 stars (5)

The Ten Commandments [DVD] [1956]

DVD ~ Charlton Heston

4.3 out of 5 stars (19) �4.98

Spartacus [DVD] [1960]

DVD ~ Kirk Douglas

4.6 out of 5 stars (7) �7.18

The Robe [DVD] [1953]

DVD ~ Richard Burton

4.3 out of 5 stars (7) �4.48

› Explore similar items

Tags Customers Associate with This Product

(What's this?)

Click on a tag to find related items, discussions, and people.

historical(3)

action(2)

charlton heston(2)

classics(2)

drama(2)

adventure(1)

religious fiction(1)

Customer Reviews

13 Reviews

5 star:		(12)
4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(0)

Average Customer Review

4.9 out of 5 stars (13 customer reviews)

Share your thoughts with other customers:

Create your own review

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

36 of 37 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the greatest films ever made., 17 Feb 2006

By A Customer

Warner Bros.have gone and done it again.You know the story by now so let's just focus on this gorgeous 4 disc presentation.
The print has got to be seen to be believed,crisp sharp,colourful everything this classic deserves.
And what of the extras? WOW!!! First of all you get two documentaries-one from 1994 which was on the 2001 edition but the one made in 2005 is so impressive.
The best extra ever in this reviewers opinion has go to be disc 3 which features the entire 1925 silent version with a new score by Sir Carl Davis.
What more could you ask for? Superb,worth every penny.

Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)

21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Long overdue movie classic gets the full treatment, 16 Feb 2006

By	"r_ryan03" - See all my reviews

At long last, one of the greatest movies ever made, finally gets released as a collectors edition DVD. And what a collection it is!! The movie, the original 1925 version, and special features including commentaries, 3 documentaries, trailers and speeches from the oscars all crammed onto 4 discs.

What can be said, that hasn't already been said about this epic?? Faultless performances from the likes of Hugh Griffiths, Glengormley born actor Stephen Boyd (Messala), and the excellent Charlton Heston in the lead role. Brilliant music score and breath-taking action (to name but a few!) It's the sort of film that shouldn't just be viewed on a Good Friday afternoon!

The real gem in this collection has to be the restored 1925 original silent version. It's amazing to watch this and to compare it to its more famous remake. The 1925 version seems to focus more on the "tale of the Christ." Scenes such as the nativity and the last supper are particularly memorable with it's beautiful use of colour. It's also quite a shocking film (for it's time) with images of semi nudity and quite grotesque scenes of violence (bodies and heads impaled on spikes and swords). But don't let that put you off. Despite its flaws, even the chariot race is as spectacular to watch. Carl Davis' musical score is superb, and also quite Wagnerian in style. (Any of you musical buffs might recognise the clever use of the 'Dresden Amen' used to symbolise Jesus).

This is a must buy! It deserved it's 11 oscars, and it deserves to be viewed over and over again. Even if, like me, you already have it on video, and the first DVD that was released. I'm still delighted that it has finally come out in a special edition.

Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Real Gem, 25 Jan 2006

By	"heikkiantila" - See all my reviews

This 4-disc special edition of 1959 version of Ben Hur has already been released in Scandinavia. Nothing more to add to the abundance of previous reviews of the film. Also many of the extras have been released with the previous single disc, double sided DVD-version, including the highly informative and entertaining documantary "Ben Hur - The Making of an Epic", covering the history of not only the 1959 version, but that of the original novel, stage productions, and both previous silent versions (1905 and 1925) as well. However, the real gem in this new 4-disc release is the feature-length, beautifully restored 1925 silent version of Ben-Hur with a stereophonic orchestral score by composer Carl Davis, which, as far as I know, has never been released in DVD format before. Its presence is not very clearly stated in Amazon.co.uk's list of special features, but there it is, at least in the Scandinavian version of this box set. A real bargain, two great films in the same package, and worth every cent of it.

Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)

Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review

› See all 13 customer reviews...

Most Recent Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome!!! a must see
I bought this set for my husband and he loves it. He watched it and said: "why don't they make films like this anymore?!? Read more

Published 9 months ago by logan.uk

5.0 out of 5 stars Missing extra in box set
Ben Hur is my favourite film of all time and I have seen it many times since I first saw it as a schoolboy in Dublin in 1960. Read more

Published 12 months ago by Michael C

5.0 out of 5 stars A marvel of cinema, a tribute to Charlton Heston
Today the news told of the death of Charlton Heston. I have owned this set for some time and have waited for the right opportunity to watch the main feature - today seemed to be... Read more

Published 19 months ago by Osman

5.0 out of 5 stars The greatest roadshow epic of them all finally gets the DVD it deserves
The film that has become a by-word for the genre and the biggest of the roadshow movies of the fifties and sixties, 1959's Ben-Hur: A Tale of The Christ is from an audience... Read more

Published 21 months ago by Trevor Willsmer

5.0 out of 5 stars Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Prince Judah Ben-Hur (Charlton Heston of Ten Commandments fame) was raised up with his best Roman buddy Messala (Stephen Boyd). Read more

Published 22 months ago by bernie

4.0 out of 5 stars The Original and the Re-Make on one DVD set!!!!
BEN-HUR The Four-Disc Collector's Edition

It is an ignominious fate that the Original Ben-Hur by which I mean the 1925 silent version has appeared as a bonus feature... Read more

Published on 6 Sep 2007 by nmollo

5.0 out of 5 stars im not ageist!
nobody i know has ever heard of this movie. probably because everyone i know is 20years old and have little interest in films unless they have lots of gore in them. Read more

Published on 4 Sep 2007 by Mr. Thomas J. Sizer

5.0 out of 5 stars A worthy special edition release for a great Epic
Ben Hur is one of the greatest Epic movies of our time and no one who has seen the film can forget the awesome performance of Charlton Heston as Prince Judah Ben Hur nor of the... Read more

Published on 30 Aug 2007 by Uenna

5.0 out of 5 stars Garish Colours
Great to have the silent version and the restored version of one of the best films of all time. However, an A/B comparison with the original flipper DVD shows the restoration has... Read more

Published on 15 Jul 2007 by A. Goodall

5.0 out of 5 stars DVD Box Set of The Year?
Movie buffs like myself are being blessed at the moment with new Box Sets of Classic Movies being released in abundance. Read more

Published on 13 Feb 2006 by E. A. Redfearn

› See all 13 customer reviews...

.jsOffDisplayBlock { display: block; } .jsOffDisplayInline { display: inline; } .jsOffVisibility { visibility: visible; } .jsOnDisplayBlock { display: none; } .jsOnDisplayNoneBlock { display: block; } .jsOnDisplayNoneInline { display: inline; } .jsOnDisplayInline { display: none; } .jsOnVisibility { visibility: hidden; } .jqOnDisplayBlock { display: none; } .jqOnDisplayInline { display: none; } .jqOnVisibility { visibility: hidden; } .jqOnDisplayNoneBlock { display: block; } .jqOnDisplayNoneInline { display: inline; }

Customer Discussions

This product's forum

Discussion	Replies	Latest Post
No discussions yet

Ask questions, Share opinions, Gain insight

Active discussions in related forums

Discussion	Replies	Latest Post
drama Favourite last scene.	75	3 hours ago
drama most memorable film openings	39	4 hours ago
drama gay films	58	4 hours ago
classics Betty Grable	1	7 hours ago
action The Meanest and Best Movie Villains	25	20 hours ago
action greatest death in a movie	121	20 hours ago
classics where can i obtain................?	46	1 day ago