General Note: Digital video disc (DVD)Disc label title.Based on the novel by Lew Wallace.Originally released as a motion picture in 1959.Special features: soundtrack remastered in Dolby digital 5.1; feature-length audio commentary by Charlton Heston; behind-the-scenes documentary, Ben-Hur: the making of an epic; screen tests; photo gallery; interactive menus; cast/director career highlights; theatrical trailers; scene access.Widescreen version.For home use only.LSC; 18.65.English and French language tracks.English, French, Spanish, Portuguese language subtitles.Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
Creation/Production Credits Note: Director of photography, Robert L. Surtees; art directors, William A. Horning, Edward Carfagno; editors, Ralph E. Winters, John D. Dunning; music, Miklos Rozsa. NOTL.
Participant or Performer Note: Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Stephen Boyd, Haya Harareet, Hugh Griffith, Martha Scott, Sam Jaffe.