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Primary date1959 (U.S. release)
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Other dates1959 (Academy Award)
1959 (Copyright year)
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LanguageEnglish (Original)
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DirectorWilliam Wyler (Directing Award Winner)
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CreditsProducer: Sam Zimbalist (Best Motion Picture Award Winner)
Art director: Edward C. Carfagno (Art Direction (Color) Award Winner); William A. Horning (Art Direction (Color) Award Winner)
Costumes: Elizabeth Haffenden (Costume Design (Color) Award Winner)
Director of photography: Robert Surtees (Cinematography (Color) Award Winner)Distribution company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Editor: John Dunning (Film Editing Award Winner); Ralph E. Winters (Film Editing Award Winner)
Music: Miklos Rozsa (Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) Award Winner)
Production company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Set decorator: Hugh Hunt (Art Direction (Color) Award Winner -- Set Decoration)
Sound: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department (Sound Award Winner -- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Franklin E. Milton, Sound Director); Franklin E. Milton (Sound director)
Special effects: A. Arnold Gillespie (Special Effects Award Winner (Visual Effects by)); Milo Lory (Special Effects Award Winner (Audible Effects by)); Robert MacDonald (Special Effects Award Winner (Visual Effects by))
Writer: Karl Tunberg (Writing (Screenplay--based on material from another medium) Nominee) -
CastHugh Griffith (Actor in a Supporting Role Award Winner)
Jack Hawkins
Charlton Heston (Actor Award Winner) -
FormFeature
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Genre
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Country of productionItaly; United States
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ID numberW060325
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Moving Image ItemsFilm (7)Safety - 35mm - color - Composite - Print - Actual length: 24000 - I27618 - complete - Number of carriers: 16
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Library Holdings
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EventsPrograms and Events (2)2002-12-09, Los Angeles (Calif.)
Facets of the Diamond: 75 Years of Best Picture Winners. BEN-HUR, 1959
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2003-06-01, London (England)
The Academy in London. Facets of the Diamond: The Academy at 75. BEN-HUR, 1959
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Awards (13)1959 (32nd) Academy Awards
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(AA) Art Direction Winner
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(AA) Actor Leading Role Winner
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(AA) Actor Supporting Role Winner
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(AA) Best Picture Winner
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(AA) Costume Design Winner
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(AA) Cinematography Winner
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(AA) Directing Winner
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(AA) Film Editing Winner
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(AA) Music (Scoring) Winner
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(AA) Sound Winner
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(AX) Special Effects (archaic) Winner
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(AA) Writing Nominee
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