Ben Hur

This post may fall under the ‘you might be a home schooler if. . . ‘ category.  The kids and I have had today’s event on the calendar for four months!   For one day only, today, Cinemark theaters around the country are showing Ben Hur.   Think of it, the visual splendor, thundering action and towering drama of this record-setting Academy Award-winning film. Charlton Heston, in his Best Actor Oscar-winning role, is Judah Ben-Hur, a Jewish nobleman in Palestine whose heroic odyssey includes enslavement by the Romans, vengeance against his tormentors during a furious arena chariot race and fateful encounters with Jesus Christ. Best Director Oscar-winner William Wyler masterfully grips the reins of an enduring and spellbinding spectacular. With 100,000 costumes, 15,000 extras, 300 sets and a $15 million budget that, at the time, was the most expensive in MGM’s history.

Ben-Hur is widely considered to be one of the most accomplished Biblical-era epics ever made. Based on Lew Wallace’s best-selling novel and adapted by Karl Tunber, Ben-Hur stars Charlton Heston. The film ranks #13 in all-time box office when adjusted for inflation. No computer-generated effects, and excellent cinematography all make the scene one of the most memorable in modern cinema. For this release, Ben-Hur has undergone a $1 million restoration – frame by frame from an 8k scan of the original 65 mm camera negative, making this the highest resolution restoration ever completed by Warner Bros. studio.

Today we enjoyed the chariot races in XD, meaning ceiling–to-floor and wall-to-wall screen, custom sound and leather, reclining seating.  This movie is one that we have watched a dozen times at home and remains one of Caleb's favorites.  Having been to Rome, and Jerusalem it is a movie I have always loved too!  It was four hours of awesomeness!!!!!

But I will sing of your strength, in the morning I will sing of your love;

for you are my fortress, my refuge in times of trouble.  Psalm 59:16