{"id":51019,"date":"2016-08-08T10:30:45","date_gmt":"2016-08-08T17:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/?p=51019"},"modified":"2016-08-08T22:28:09","modified_gmt":"2016-08-09T05:28:09","slug":"watch-chariots-flip-and-crash-in-a-new-clip-from-ben-hur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2016\/08\/watch-chariots-flip-and-crash-in-a-new-clip-from-ben-hur.html","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Chariots flip and crash in a new clip from <i>Ben-Hur<\/i>"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/227\/2016\/08\/benhur2016-chariotrace.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-51029\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/227\/2016\/08\/benhur2016-chariotrace-1024x290.png\" alt=\"benhur2016-chariotrace\" width=\"600\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-51029\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If there\u2019s one thing the studio behind <i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/tag\/ben-hur-2016\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Ben-Hur<\/a><\/i> wants you to know about their film, it\u2019s that it has a chariot race. The race has been featured prominently in trailers and featurettes, and now it is central to the first two \u201cmainstream\u201d clips from the film.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->In the first clip, we saw the two main characters <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2016\/08\/watch-pontius-pilate-addresses-the-crowd-in-a-ben-hur-clip.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">getting ready for the race<\/a> \u2014 and now, in the second clip, we can see a bunch of chariots colliding within said race.<\/p>\n<p>Here is the new clip, which was released this morning:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title='Ben-Hur | Clip: \"Chariot Race\" | Paramount Pictures Australia' width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9VjkAKY4qG0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>There is, of course, <i>more<\/i> to <i>Ben-Hur<\/i> than the chariot race, and I\u2019m not just referring to the \u201cfaith-based\u201d stuff. There\u2019s Judah falling in love with Esther, there\u2019s the sea battle, there is Judah\u2019s mother and sister hiding in a leper colony, etc.<\/p>\n<p>Presumably the studio could use one of <i>those<\/i> clips in its secular publicity campaign, to convince us that there\u2019s more to this movie than a single action scene \u2014 something that hints at characters and dramatic textures beyond the chariot race.<\/p>\n<p>And maybe the studio will. The film comes to theatres in ten days, and presumably we will see even more clips and other bits of new footage by then. So, with any luck, perhaps one of <i>those<\/i> clips will depict something other than the chariot race.<\/p>\n<p>Check out earlier trailers and other videos here:<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2016\/03\/sex-violence-and-a-clear-look-at-the-face-of-jesus-all-in-3d-a-new-trailer-shows-this-isnt-your-grandfathers-ben-hur.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">The first domestic and international trailers, the \u2018Welcome to ShareBenHur.com\u2019 video, and the <i>Entertainment Tonight<\/i> promo<\/a> (March 16, 2016)\n<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2016\/03\/watch-jesus-gives-judah-a-drink-in-a-new-ben-hur-trailer.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">The \u2018Epic Faith\u2019 trailer<\/a> (March 23, 2016)\n<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2016\/03\/watch-rodrigo-santoro-talks-about-playing-jesus-in-a-new-ben-hur-featurette.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">The \u2018Rodrigo Santoro as Jesus\u2019 featurette<\/a> (March 25, 2016)\n<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2016\/06\/watch-new-ben-hur-trailer-has-even-more-footage-of-jesus.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">The second faith-based trailer<\/a> (June 8, 2016)\n<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2016\/06\/watch-new-bits-of-chariot-race-footage-in-entertainment-tonights-profile-of-the-upcoming-ben-hur-remake.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">The <i>Entertainment Tonight<\/i> reports<\/a> (June 11, 2016)\n<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2016\/06\/watch-a-new-featurette-about-the-chariot-race-in-ben-hur.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">The \u2018Chariot Race\u2019 featurette and <i>Entertainment Tonight<\/i> report<\/a> (June 13, 2016)\n<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2016\/07\/watch-ben-hur-goes-epic-in-a-new-featurette.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">The \u2018Epic\u2019 featurette<\/a> (July 6, 2016)\n<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2016\/07\/watch-for-king-countrys-music-video-for-ben-hur.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">The \u2018Ceasefire\u2019 music video<\/a> (July 13, 2016)\n<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2016\/07\/ben-hur-news-round-up-is-the-film-a-trojan-horse.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">The \u2018Revolution\u2019, \u2018Spark\u2019, \u2018Legend\u2019 and \u2018Combo\u2019 TV spots<\/a> (July 18, 2016)\n<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2016\/07\/watch-the-second-spoiler-ish-music-video-for-ben-hur.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">The \u2018Back to You\u2019 music video<\/a> (July 21, 2016)\n<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2016\/07\/ben-hur-news-round-up-lew-wallaces-novel-has-been-modernized-by-his-great-great-granddaughter-and-more.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">The second domestic and international trailer<\/a> (July 25, 2016)\n<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2016\/07\/watch-the-first-five-clips-from-the-new-ben-hur.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">The \u2018Jesus the Carpenter\u2019, \u2018Jesus Helps Judah\u2019, \u2018Jesus Protects the Leper\u2019, \u2018Judah and Esther\u2019 and \u2018Jesus\u2019 Crucifixion\u2019 clips<\/a> (July 26, 2016)\n<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2016\/08\/ben-hur-news-round-up-is-the-film-in-box-office-trouble.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">The \u2018Ceasefire\u2019 worship video, the Jack Huston interview on <i>Jimmy Kimmel Live<\/i>, and the \u2018Defy an Empire\u2019 TV spot<\/a> (August 1, 2016)\n<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2016\/08\/watch-andra-days-spoiler-ish-music-video-for-ben-hur.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">The \u2018The Only Way Out\u2019 music video, the \u2018Andra Day BTS\u2019 featurette, and the \u2018Rise\u2019, \u2018Greatest\u2019 and \u2018Revolution\u2019 TV spots<\/a> (August 2, 2016)\n<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2016\/08\/watch-pontius-pilate-addresses-the-crowd-in-a-ben-hur-clip.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">The \u2018You Should Have Killed Me\u2019 clip<\/a> (August 4, 2016)\n<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2016\/08\/ben-hur-news-round-up-the-premieres-have-begun.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">The AOL Build, WSVN News and Movieguide interviews, the Morgan Freeman interview on <i>Jimmy Kimmel Live<\/i>, and the living poster<\/a> (August 8, 2016)<\/li><\/ul>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vehicular mayhem in ancient Judea!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1116,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[411,2202],"class_list":["post-51019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-ben-hur","tag-ben-hur-2016"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Watch: Chariots flip and crash in a new clip from Ben-Hur<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Vehicular mayhem in ancient Judea!\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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