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The best version ever!

posted 19 years ago by Poukram
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I realy prefer this version of Ben Hur because of two reason:

1. The Cast was great. I always shiver when I see this *beep* gunfreak Charlton Heston as Ben Hur. This guy is not an actor but a joke!

2. The "Heston"-version is nothing else but a copy of this great version. Some scenes has been copied 1 to 1.

"Death makes angels of us all, lets grow wings instead of wolves claws" (James D. Morrison)

[–] MissMellieY 10 years ago

Both versions are brilliant and both actors were phenomenal in the role of Judah Ben-Hur. However, I honestly believe that Ramon Novarro was absolutely the most beautiful actor to grace the silver screen in the silent era (and pretty much in the modern era too.)

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