Cinema and Star Wars: Ben-Hur

William Wyler's 1959 adaptation of General Lew Wallace's novel Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ is an epic in every sense of the word. It tells the story of Judah Ben-Hur, a Jewish aristocrat living in a time of Jesus Christ. When Judah and his childhood friend Messala disagree on the Roman Empire's presence in the Holy Land, it sets off a series of events that eventually culminate in one of the most incredible sequences ever put to film. Join with me as we discuss...