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Ben-Hur

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Ben-Hur

19593 h 32 min
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Ben-Hur is a 1959 epic film directed by William Wyler, the third film version of Lew Wallace's 1880 novel Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ. It premiered at Loew's State Theatre in New York City on November 18, 1959. The film went on to win a record of eleven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, a feat equaled only by Titanic in 1998 and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King in 2004. It was also the last film to win the Oscar for both Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor, until nearly 44 years later when Mystic River achieved the same feat.The movie revolves around a Jewish prince who is betrayed and sent into slavery by a Roman friend and how he regains his freedom and comes back for revenge.

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Director William Wyler
Runtime 3 h 32 min
Release Date 18 November 1959
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Starring: Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Haya Harareet, Stephen Boyd, Hugh Griffith, Martha Scott, Cathy O'Donnell, Frank Thring, Sam Jaffe, Ady Berber, Finlay Currie, George Relph, André Morell, Terence Longdon, Marina Berti, Robert Brown, Lando Buzzanca, Joe Canutt, Richard Coleman, Antonio Corevi, David Davies, Liana Del Balzo, Mino Doro, Michael Dugan, Franco Fantasia, Enzo Fiermonte, Giuliano Gemma, José Greci, Richard Hale, John Horsley, Duncan Lamont, Howard Lang, Stevenson Lang, John Le Mesurier, Tutte Lemkow, Cliff Lyons, Ferdy Mayne, May McAvoy, Tiberio Mitri, Remington Olmsted, Laurence Payne, Aldo Pini, Diego Pozzetto, Stella Rho, Edwin Richfield, Hector Ross, Maxwell Shaw, Aldo Silvani, Gianni Solaro, Pietro Tordi, Ralph Truman, Raimondo Van Riel, Dervis Ward, Joe Yrigoyen, Nazzareno Zamperla

Lawrence of Arabia

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Lawrence of Arabia

19623 h 36 min
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Lawrence of Arabia is the classic film from David Lean starring Peter O’Toole and based on the autobiography from Thomas Edward Lawrence who during the first World War was on assignment by the British Empire in Arabia. The film would become a cult classic and is known today as a masterpiece.

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Director David Lean
Runtime 3 h 36 min
Release Date 10 December 1962
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Starring: Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn, Jack Hawkins, Omar Sharif, Claude Rains, Anthony Quayle, José Ferrer, Arthur Kennedy, Donald Wolfit, Zia Mohyeddin, I.S. Johar, Gamil Ratib, Michel Ray, John Dimech

The Bridge on the River Kwai

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The Bridge on the River Kwai

19572 h 41 min
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A classic story of English POWs in Burma forced to build a bridge to aid the war effort of their Japanese captors. British and American intelligence officers conspire to blow up the structure, but Col. Nicholson , the commander who supervised the bridge's construction, has acquired a sense of pride in his creation and tries to foil their plans.

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Director David Lean
Runtime 2 h 41 min
Release Date 2 October 1957
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Starring: William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Sessue Hayakawa, James Donald, Geoffrey Horne, André Morell, Peter Williams, John Boxer, Percy Herbert, Harold Goodwin, Ann Sears, Heihachirô Ôkawa, Keiichirô Katsumoto