BEN-HUR Chariot Race

[mightycowhero]

"welcome race fans, to the grand prix of Rome! i'm paulus pageus."

[carlocarlo2008]

Great scene

[TheRedComa]

Wow! What scenery! I've always had an appreciation for classic cinema such as this, and this footage only strengthens it! The more I watch incredible cinematography like this, the more I cannot stand the computer-generated garbage of today. It's really a shame that no filmmaker is willing to be bold enough to try and attempt to make a film that strives to meet the caliber of these timeless epics.

[SSonGoku]

Wow, i finnaly meet someone who feels that same way i do, what films do you think had the best and most "real" scenenary - Cleopatra

[TheRedComa]

Well I like ANY shot that is composed well, but one thing that really stuck out for me as a kid was Star Wars, how they specifically intended the actors to appear really small over a giant backdrop to imply the dramatic scale of these settings. I know that goes against what I said about CGI effects and all that, but that was real cinema effects back then, before computers took over and sucked out all the creativity of a scene.

[gamersrule26]

thank you for uploading , needed it for my homework lol

and the trampled guy was at the end , probably part 2

[buellfreak]

There is suppose to be a red car in the background somewhere.. Anybody see that?

[hawkman672]

yes this true the stunt got killed

[creednig14]

where did he get tramppled???

[leroy214]

during the race seen the stunt man got trampled to death. The widow gave permission to the studio to use the seen.

[brownbear1023]

no that is a really stupid rumor go to hell

[Dava1000]

OMG they used rubber dummies both in the chariot scene when getting trampled and the bodies were fake in the rowing sequence..Look carefully and you can see that they are fake. No one died during this production...The only person that died was the producer Sam Zimbalist who had a massive heart attack since the entire MGM studio was riding on the success of this film.

[UnexpectedWonder]

i agree with you completely!