Movie Monday - BEN-HUR

In the Roman province of Judea, Jews return to the city of their birth for the census. A bright star in the night over Bethlehem marks the birth of Jesus Christ. Years later, Roman commander Messala, who was brought up in Judea, takes command of the Roman garrison in Jerusalem. His Jewish boyhood friend Judah Ben-Hur (Charlton Heston) greets him. Messala is delighted, but when Judah refuses to name Jewish patriots, Messala sentences him to the slave galleys and imprisons his mother, Miriam, and sister, Tirzah. Judah vows revenge. Judah's search for his mother and sister and his quest for revenge intersects with crucial biblical events such as the Sermon on the Mount and the crucifixion. Among BEN-HUR's vivid dramatic sequences are an exciting sea battle and the famous chariot race that pits Judah against Messala in one of cinema's greatest action sequences.

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