Sentences with phrase «chariot race»

MGM continues to roll forward with plans to re-make Ben - Hur for a new generation of chariot racing fans.

Probably all the methane from the horses used in chariot races.

A new Ben - Hur trailer plays up the tragedy of Ben - Hur's ordeal, while a new Ben - Hur featurette reveals the practical stunt work from the climactic chariot race sequence.

Cue a quest for revenge that includes (in the 1959 Charlton Heston film, at any rate) the iconic chariot race.

Other excavations in the area have revealed gladiator epitaphs, a circus for chariot races, and thermal baths.

The actors» dialogue sounds like it's coming from a soundstage, and the climactic chariot race is a muddled montage of Go - Pro footage, murky CGI and nauseatingly quick cuts.

The new issue of Empire has an exclusive new look at the latest take on cinema's most famous chariot race.

The Ben - Hur chariot race has returned to Rome.

The 1959 version of «Ben - Hur,» already a remake of a 1925 silent movie of the same name, won a record number of Oscars and is most famous for its epic chariot race.

College students compete in the annual Red Bull Chariot Race at the 2016 Spring Fair at Johns Hopkins University's Homewood campus in Baltimore, Maryland, April, 2016.

And, of course, it culminates in one of Hollywood's most famous action sequences (a violent chariot race).

Morgan Freeman plays the man who teaches Ben - Hur all about chariot racing.

Years later, Ben - Hur returns seeking revenge via chariot race.

Here are Charleton Heston, Stephen Boyd, and director William Wyler on the huge chariot race set for Ben - Hur (1959), followed by a shot of Heston, Wyler, a visiting Kirk Douglas, and Jack Hawkins.Below, Heston talks with Sam Peckinpah while making Major Dundee (1965).

That was a time in Hollywood when chariot races were competing against one another!

Charlton Heston stars as the eponymous hero, a Roman Jew gets himself punished for something, gets sent to a galley, competes in a vicious chariot race, then meets Jesus on his way to get crucified.

The direction is uninspired, the script lacks a subtext, the two lead actors are appallingly anemic, and even the vaunted chariot race disappoints.

Morgan Freeman and Pedro Pascal will co-star in the epic period picture, which will employ today's cutting - edge technology to reimagine the original film's classic chariot race.

It started easily, ran fine with only a few miles of break - in and was a quick accelerator in the Interstate chariot races.

Not to mention chariot races and gladiator fights are a thing and they're awesome.

1 January: Calder attends Pasadena's Tournament of Roses, where he experiences the four - horse chariot races.

Ben - Hur by George Wolf It might be unfair to judge the latest version of Ben - Hur strictly by how well it handles the iconic chariot race, so let's not.

Ahead of its August release, we have a first look at Huston in the film, and notably the famous chariot race.

There were other events during the hiatus — chariot racing, bronco - busting, egg - and - spoon racing — but no football game until unbeaten Washington State accepted the challenge in 1916.

Under the sincere but inadequate handling of Mr. Marton, best known for his chariot race in «Ben Hur,» Ray Daley and Jack Warden are unable to explore the possibilities of these roles.

After a bout with slavery, Judah is back, but now the only way to really get vengeance is to take him down in a chariot race so Rome's best can see him stripped of his glory.

Seriously though, if the chariot race sequence goes on long enough and as awesome as it looks, probably this will be worth the IMAX ticket upcharge.

In this new video featurette, stars Jack Huston, Toby Kebbell, alongside director Timur Bekmambetov, they discuss how they wanted the chariot race scene of Ben - Hur to be as good as it could be and it makes it a whole new prospect...

With the help of second unit director Yakima Canutt, the legendary stunt man and stunt coordinator who helmed the chariot race on Ben - Hur, Mann stages his own chariot battle, this one through the German forests where Commodus and Livius careen down a winding path and tip precariously on the edge of a cliff.

A special award was given to Andrew Marton for «best direction of a chariot race».

Through tragedy, the brothers would eventually meet again, in the chariot races, vowing to destroy each other for the pain they have inflicted.

It begins with hints of the chariot race to come — no sense ignoring the elephant in the room — before starting its story in 25 C.E. Judah Ben - Hur (Jack Huston) and his adopted brother Messalah (Toby Kebbell) are introduced as the closest of friends, true brothers.

Home Video Notes: Ben - Hur Release Date: 13 December 2016 Ben - Hur releases to home video (Blu - ray / DVD / Digital HD) with the following bonus features: - Ben - Hur: The Legacy - The Epic Cast - A Tale for Our Times - The Chariot Race - Deleted & Extended Scenes - Music Videos

I don't see the resurgence of the sword and sandals film any time soon, so clearly the raison d'etre for remaking the Charleton Heston biblical epic, Ben Hur, is to update the iconic chariot race.

In the plot, prince Judah Ben - Hur was enslaved by a Roman tribunal friend (with a homosexual subtext provided by co-writer Gore Vidal), but then returned years later to seek revenge in the film's centerpiece, a chariot race.

Yes, it does have that chariot race.

It's a funny colloquy — Mannix expects notes on Jesus, but the Eastern Orthodox priest immediately suggests strengthening the chariot race.

I'm not big on remakes, but the Chariot Race looks amazing.

Aside from the typical «making - of» featurette / fluff piece, there are more intriguing features: a step - by - step look at the progression of the film's chariot race sequence; a fascinating multilingual presentation of the film's centerpiece song, «When You Believe»; and a revealing running commentary by directors Brenda Chapman, Steve Hickner, and Simon Wells.

After five years of survival embittering him, Judah escapes the galleys and finds a chance for vengeance in a chariot race.

Chariot racing that is.

It is clear that the filmmakers have realised how pivotal the chariot race scene is, foreshadowing it in the opening sequence.