Ben-Hur

Part I of Essay
Every so often in cinema history there is a movie which supersedes all those before it. Only a select few films actually advance the quality of the overall cinematic world. is a movie which dared to do so. Near the end of 1959 this film crashed on to the entire world. T ....

Part II of Essay
.... of this paper is to illustrate the successful joining of fact with fiction. Ben-Hur successfully told an intriguing story of a Jew falsely accused of a crime with the backdrop of the rise of Christ and the tyrannical ruling of the Roman empire in the first century of the common era. The main character, Judah Ben-Hur had many highs and lows during the story. Religion was his backbone and strength throughout the story. Ben- Hur was able to continue through hardships because he had a desire to continue on. This inner strength is ....