{"id":977,"date":"2009-03-31T02:07:04","date_gmt":"2009-03-30T16:07:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sisterrose.wordpress.com\/?p=977"},"modified":"2009-03-31T02:07:04","modified_gmt":"2009-03-30T16:07:04","slug":"ben-hur-redux-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/sisterrosemovies\/2009\/03\/ben-hur-redux-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben-Hur Redux – TV Miniseries Announced"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>
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<\/strong><\/span>In today\u2019s www.cynopsis.com<\/a> online newsletter (March 30, 2009)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\nOne of the original movie posters for the 1959 film. The first film version of Ben Hur was silent and released in 1925. These were all based on \"Ben Hur: a Tale of the Christ\" by Lew Wallace, 1880.\n

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ABC<\/strong><\/span> brings out the sandals, chariots and gladiators in a new miniseries version of Ben Hur<\/span><\/strong>, per Variety<\/span><\/em>. The four-hour miniseries, from Alchemy Television Group and Spain\u2019s Drimtim Entertainment, is being shopped at MIPTV this week. This new version of Ben Hur is executive produced by David Wyler, son of William Wyler who executive produced the 1959 Oscar-winning motion picture about the rebel hero in ancient Rome. Alchemy\u2019s Simon Vaughan and Drimtim\u2019s Roger Corbi will also executive produce. Production on the $22.5 million project is scheduled to begin this May in Spain, though ABC has not yet set an air date. Other co-production partners include ABC, Canada\u2019s Muse Entertainment and the CBC, Morocco\u2019s Zak Productions, Spain \u2018s Antenna 3 and Germany\u2019s Akkord Films and Pro Seiben.<\/span><\/p>\n

From Sr. Rose:<\/strong> What would make this new miniseries stand out would be if they used all the characters and story lines from Wallace\u2019s novel (much like the Charlton Heston version of Robert Bolt\u2019s play \u201cA Man for All Seasons\u201d in 1988. Heston directed and acted in the play; see Internet Movie Database<\/a>\u00a0for more info on that production. The 1966 Oscar-winning version of the film left out a character that provided a deeper dimension and understanding of the issues that sent Sir Thomas More to his death. Heston\u2019s version restored that character \u2026 to great effect I thought. I had put off watching the video (not sure you can find it any more) back then because I didn\u2019t want anything to tarnish my admiration for the Paul Scofield as Thomas. But if you ever get a chance to see Heston in the role of Thomas More, be sure to see it. <\/span><\/p>\n

In Wallace\u2019s novel Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ<\/em>, if I recall well, Balthazar\u2019s daughter plays a key role and complicates the plot to good effect making\u00a0the ending very different from that of William Wyler\u2019s 1959 film (but no less virtuous). <\/span><\/p>\n

The big question is, how can anyone ever repeat the chariot race?<\/span><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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