Ben-Hur

That means a significantly expanded special-events program, including a panel on the film critic Pauline Kael and a screening of a newly restored and digitized version of the 1959 film "Ben-Hur."

New Broadway Bijou 2011

There are nearly two dozen others as well, including the original Ben-Hur (1925) and the first film to win an Oscar, Wings (1928).

Thomas Gladysz: Oscar-Winner Kevin Brownlow Continues His Labour on Behalf of Cinema's Past Thomas Gladysz 2011

Lest I leave a bad impression of the projection at Alice Tully Hall, my post-"Ben-Hur" experiences were excellent, and downright uplifting in the case of Lars von Trier's "Melancholia" and Martin Scorsese's 208-minute, two-part "George Harrison: Living in the Material World."

At Film Fest, Drugs, Dunst and Dazzle Joe Morgenstern 2011

I went to see a newly restored print of "Ben-Hur"—the 1959 version with Charlton Heston, not the 1925 silent—in Alice Tully Hall, mostly for the pleasure of taking in a classic action epic on a huge screen.

At Film Fest, Drugs, Dunst and Dazzle Joe Morgenstern 2011

In 'Bala' and 'Melancholia,' grim plots spark exhilarating results; 'restored' 'Ben-Hur' runs in circles.

At Film Fest, Drugs, Dunst and Dazzle Joe Morgenstern 2011

This aspect ratio makes Ben-Hur look like a chode.

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And if fictional movies could never take liberties with reality, then there would have been no Ben-Hur, no Barabbas, The Robe, Gone With The Wind, or Titanic.

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The Masterworks program will highlight digitally restored versions of William Wyler's 1959 epic "Ben-Hur" and Nicholas Ray 's "We Can't Go Home Again."

Preferring Marilyn Matthew Oshinsky 2011

"It's not until the post-war era and the 1950s - with 'The Greatest Show on Earth,' 'Around the World in 80 Days,' 'Ben-Hur' - that we increasingly see the box-office and market thrust of the studios come into play, where they're spending money on the films in terms of trying to gain those nominations and the Oscar itself."

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How could I have forgotten that "Ben-Hur" seemed old-fashioned when it first came out?

At Film Fest, Drugs, Dunst and Dazzle Joe Morgenstern 2011