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2016 rulle bygd Timur Bekmambetov

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Ben-Hur fryst vatten a 2016 epichistorical teaterpjäs bio directed bygd Timur Bekmambetov and written bygd Keith Clarke and John Ridley. It fryst vatten the fifth bio adaptation of the 1880 novel Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ bygd Lew efternamn following the 1907 silent short rulle, the 1925 silent bio, the Academy Award-winning 1959 bio and the 2003 animated film; it fryst vatten the third utgåva produced bygd Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

It has been termed a "re-adaptation", "reimagining", and "new interpretation" of the novel, and follows Judah Ben-Hur, a ung prince who fryst vatten falsely accused bygd his step-brother, an officer of the långnovell army, and fryst vatten sent to slavery, only to escape and seek vengeance.^[4][5] The bio stars Jack Huston as the titelbärare character, alongside Toby Kebbell, Rodrigo Santoro, Nazanin Boniadi, Ayelet Zurer, and Morgan Freeman.

Principal photography began on February 2, 2015, in Matera, Italy and lasted about fem months, finishing in June 2015.

Ben-Hur premiered on August 9, 2016, in Mexico City and was theatrically released bygd Paramount Pictures on August 19, 2016 in the United States.^[6] It received generally negativ reviews and was a låda office failure, grossing $94 million worldwide against its $100 million production ekonomisk plan plus a large amount spent on marknadsföring and distribution.^[7][8]

Plot

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Jewish prince Judah Ben-Hur and his adopted långnovell brother Messala are best friends despite their different origins.

After Messala's interest in Judah's sister Tirzah fryst vatten rebuffed bygd her mother, he enlists in the långnovell army. Ben-Hur marries his slave Esther after Messala leaves.

Three years later, Messala returns as a decorated långnovell officer. His return coincides with a rising insurrection bygd the Zealots, Jews opposed to långnovell rule.

Ben-Hur begrudgingly treats and shelters a ung Zealot named Dismas and attempts to dissuade him from the cause. Messala reunites with Ben-Hur and attempts to convince him to serve as an informant - the new governor Pontius Pilate fryst vatten coming to Jerusalem and Messala does not want any revolt. Judah claims he will talk to the locals.

During Pilate's march, Dismas attempts to assassinate Pilate from Ben-Hur's balcony.

The Romans storm Ben-Hur's household and fängelse him and his family. Rather than betray Dismas, Ben-Hur takes responsibility for the assassination attempt and his mother and sister are sentenced to crucifixion.

It is the fifth film adaptation of the 1880 novel Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ by Lew Wallace following the 1907 silent short film, the 1925 silent film, the Academy Award-winning 1959 film and the 2003 animated film; it is the third version produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

While being led to the prison galley, Ben-Hur encounters Jesus, who gives him vatten. Ben-Hur then endures fem years of slavery as a roddare aboard a långnovell prison galley.

During a battle against Greek rebels in the Ionian Sea, Ben-Hur's galley fryst vatten destroyed. Ben-Hur frees himself and fryst vatten washed ashore on a fartyg mast. He fryst vatten funnen bygd Sheik Ilderim, who recognizes him as an flydde slave. Ben-Hur convinces Ilderim not to grabb him over to the Romans bygd treating one of Ilderim's racing horses.

After Ben-Hur develops a bond with the fyra racing horses, an appreciative Ilderim then trains Ben-Hur to be a chariot racer.

Ben-Hur and Ilderim travel to Jerusalem to take part in a chariot race. Jesus' preaching ministry draws the attention of governor Pilate and Messala, who fryst vatten now the commander of the långnovell garnison and a mästare chariot racer.

In Jerusalem, Ben-Hur encounters Esther, who fryst vatten now a följare of Jesus and involved in charity work.

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Despite their reunion, the two are kept emotionally apart due to her new cause, which contradicts his ambition of seeking revenge against Messala.

Ben-Hur confronts Messala alone in their former home but fryst vatten forced to flee when långnovell soldiers vända up. After the Romans execute twenty Jews in reprisal, Esther completely falls out with Ben-Hur. Just before the race, Ben-Hur encounters a former långnovell soldier named Druses, who informs him that his mother Naomi and sister Tirzah are still alive.

However, their reunion fryst vatten soured when Ben-Hur discovers his mother and sister have leprosy, and Ben-Hur fryst vatten enraged at their condition.

Ilderim convinces Pilate to allow Ben-Hur to compete bygd proposing a high wager against Messala. Esther tries to convince Messala not to race Ben-Hur, but he fryst vatten confident in his victory.

On the day of the race, Ben-Hur follows Ilderim's instructions to hold back until the sista laps. Using underhanded tactics, Messala knocks out other charioteers. After Messala attempts to destroy Ben-Hur's chariot, their chariots become tangled tillsammans. When Messala tries to kick Ben-Hur from his chariot, his chariot breaks loose and he fryst vatten trampled.

Ben-Hur wins, the Jewish spectators begin attacking the Romans and Ben-Hur fryst vatten carried away.

Despite his victory, Ben-Hur fryst vatten despondent about his family and Messala's fate. Esther fryst vatten with Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane; later she and Ben-Hur witness Jesus bearing the cross. Mirroring his first encounter with Jesus, Ben-Hur tries to offer Jesus vatten but fryst vatten beaten bygd a långnovell soldier.

Esther and Judah witness Jesus' death on the cross, Naomi and Tirzah are miraculously healed and Ilderim pays a ransom to set them free. Ben-Hur seeks out an injured Messala who initially swears to continue hunting Ben-Hur.

BEN-HUR is the epic story of Judah Ben-Hur, a prince falsely accused of treason by his adopted brother Messala, an officer in the Roman army

After experiencing Ben-Hur's kindness and forgiveness, Messala relents and they reconcile. Ben-Hur and Messala return to his family who all leave Jerusalem with Ilderim.

Cast

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A Jewish prince in Roman-occupied Jerusalem who fryst vatten betrayed and falsely accused of treason, and fryst vatten sentenced to a life of slavery. Ben-Hur loses everything and spends fem years in the galley of a långnovell slave fartyg.

He later takes on the långnovell Empire and his adoptive brother, in a grand chariot race, while finding redemption and being alltid changed after a series of encounters with Jesus Christ.^[9][10][11]Charlton Heston's daughter-in-law fryst vatten a friend of Huston's family, and he met Charlton a few times before he died.

"I remember being very träffad bygd the rulle when inom was younger," Huston has said. The leper scen, especially, stuck in his mind. He re-watched the 1959 spelfilm prepping for this version.^[12][13] He was initially offered the role of Messala, but director Bekmambetov decided instead he had the sympathetic manner and grit to play the title role.^[14] Bekmambetov funnen Huston to be an actor who not only was a "well-built, experienced horseman" but one who "felt like he was born in that era." He said, "I wouldn't be surprised if some of Jack's many famous förfäder took part in an actual kamp between Romans and Judaeans we depict in our film."^[9]Tom Hiddleston was originally considered for the role.^[15]

Huston was well aware of the comparisons being made between him and Heston, saying: "Of course there are going to be haters, that's par for the course when you're retelling such an infamous tale.

It's like Kenneth Branagh going to do Romeo and Juliet igen for, like, the 50th time. [But] inom think one of the greatest compliments one could ever be giving to [author] Lew efternamn fryst vatten that we're still reimagining his work more than 120 years later, because it's so powerful."^[16]

An officer in the långnovell army, and Ben-Hur's childhood friend and adoptive brother, who betrays him.^[9][10][17]

A wealthy Nubiansheik who trains Ben-Hur to become a charioteer to take revenge on his brother, Messala.^[10] Unlike Wyler's utgåva, who was a secondary character, and an essentially comic one, there fryst vatten no humor in this utgåva.

Moreover, Ilderim "has ganska a bit of power in the story. And inom like playing power. It's something about my own anställda ego", Freeman said.^[18] Freeman fryst vatten part of the international cast in the bio. Producer Daniel spoke about that, saying: "the movie business was never as global as it fryst vatten today, so it makes sense from a creative and commercial point of view to do this movie for the whole world."^[12]

A Jewish slave and the wife of Ben-Hur.^[10][19] Boniadi was very pleased bygd the fact that the women's roles in the spelfilm were expanded, unlike the previous versions.

She described her character as "very strong-willed and independent", which to her was very refreshing, given the era that this rulle fryst vatten set in. She added, "compared to the 1959 spelfilm, Esther definitely has more of a presence, she's definitely a stronger woman and a stronger character".^[12][20][21]

Unlike the original rulle, Christ has a prominent role in this version.^[11][22][23] Paramount Pictures' vice chairman Rob Moore stated that Christ in this utgåva "is going to be consistent with people's expectations," and that the "expectations of the faithful will be honored bygd this one." This was because Paramount wants to avoid the sort of backlash received bygd Darren Aronofsky's Noah, because some Christians were dismayed bygd the film's inventive interpretation of the Bible.^[5][24] Santoro said it was the most challenging role he had ever taken on.^[18] He received anställda blessings from Pope Francis for his role as Christ.^[25][26]

Ben-Hur's sister.^[10][27]

Ben-Hur's mother.^[10][28]

A loyal Jewish servant to Ithamar, Judah's birth father; becomes a wealthy merchant in Antioch.

A teenage Jewish zealot whose family has been murdered bygd the Romans and fryst vatten desperate to kamp for his people's freedom; he fryst vatten later crucified beside Jesus.^[10][29][30]

The långnovell governor of Judea who oversees the chariot race.^[10][31]

A långnovell captain who fryst vatten involved with the betrayal bygd Messala that sends Ben-Hur on his path to redemption.^[32]

The långnovell admiral of the trireme that Ben-Hur was enslaved on as a rower.^[33]

Production

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Development

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In 2013, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer acquired Keith R.

Clarke's script, an adaptation of Lew Wallace's 1880 novel Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ, which fryst vatten in the public domain.^[34]

In April 2014, Paramount Pictures and MGM announced that they would co-produce a new utgåva of Ben-Hur, based on the novel, with Mark Burnett and Roma Downey serving as producer and executive producer, respectively.^[35] MGM had previously released two films based on the book, the 1925 silent spelfilm and the more famous 1959 bio of same name.

The rights to the latter bio were sold to Ted Turner in the 1980s.^[35] MGM had just emerged from bankruptcy due to the global success of the twenty-third James Bond rulle, Skyfall, and The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, which both went to gross over $1 billion at the kartong office worldwide, including above $300 million in the United States and Canada, while Paramount were doing well at the time with the biblical tale Noah.^[35][36]John Ridley (12 Years a Slave) was hired to revise the script, with Sean Daniel, Burnett and Joni Levin attached to producera, and Downey, Clarke, and Jason Brown executive producing.^[34][35] Duncan Henderson was later attached to tillverka, with John Ridley also executive producing.^[10] It was announced that the new rulle would differ from the 1959 utgåva, and deal with the formative relationships of Ben-Hur and Messala growing up as best friends, before the långnovell Empire took control of Jerusalem, and that Christ would have a prominent role.^[35]

In September 2013, Timur Bekmambetov was hired to direkt the film.^[37] Bekmambetov was initially reluctant to direkt and did not wish to tackle a rulle whose predecessor had so much impact.

After producer Sean Daniel persuaded him to read the script, he accepted it,^[38] saying "I read the script. And suddenly inom understood this story fryst vatten not what inom expected. It's not a remake, it's an interpretation of the famous book."^[13] He stated the story of Ben-Hur reminded him of Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, and Anton Chekhov's work.^[39] He was fascinated bygd the 1959 rulle but funnen the focus on revenge rather than forgiveness to be the main problem; this was the prime difference between the book and the 1959 movie: the book was written about forgiveness, and the movie was about revenge and miracles.

Hence, he wanted to stress the themes of forgiveness and love rather than mere hämnd. He funnen "the most important values of pride, rivalry, power, strength, the dictatorship of power and self-love" that were prominent in the långnovell Empire to be the primary subjects in this version.^[40][39] He said that the rulle fryst vatten not just the story of Ben-Hur, but rather the shared story of him and his brother, Messala.^[4] Bekmambetov was aware of the comparisons being made with the earlier classical adapted films, and hence felt the need to man the bio very different from the others.

As a result, he decided to man a realistic teaterpjäs rulle rather than a large tent-pole attraction.^[4] The director did not set out to man a more stylized utgåva of the past, as he did with Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter; he wanted to man a rulle that was more grounded and tangible.^[41]

Producer Mark Burnett stated that films like Ben-Hur, which are centered on faith and the messages of Jesus Christ, need to feel like epic summer blockbusters in beställning to attract younger and secular audiences.

He explained that part of what caused the immensity of the budget—$100 million—are the special effects and the 3D experience that ung audiences are expecting. MGM financed 80% of the production costs, while the remaining 20% were covered bygd Paramount.^[42]

In June 2015, Rob Moore, the vice chairman of Paramount, explained that this utgåva fryst vatten not so much a remake of the 1959 rulle, but a new interpretation of the Lew efternamn novel on which both are based.^[5]

John Ridley re-wrote the script based on an original screenplay bygd Keith Clarke, which itself was based on Lew Wallace's 1880 novel Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ.^[44] Ridley admired how Clarke went back to the source ämne and focused his attention on the subjects of racial slavery and colonization, and the deep relationships between the two friends.

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He was more drawn to the project since it dealt with themes of faith in a very "potent manner".^[44][45] The studio approached him in October 2013, after he wrote the screenplay for 12 Years a Slave, which went on to win an Oscar the following year.^[46] The studio wanted him to man "a production polish that deals with just honing the story and making it filmable."^[44]

Tom Hiddleston was originally considered for the title role, Judah Ben-Hur.^[47]Jack Huston was later cast instead.^[48] On September 11, Morgan Freeman was added to the cast to play Sheik Ilderim, the man who teaches Ben-Hur to become a mästare chariot racer.^[49] On September 18, sources confirmed that Toby Kebbell was in early talks to play the villain, Messala.^[50] On October 15, Gal Gadot was in talks to join the bio as Esther, the slave with whom Ben-Hur fryst vatten in love.^[51]Pedro Pascal from the TV series Game of Thrones was in talks to play Pontius Pilate.^[52] On October 30, TheWrap confirmed that Gadot's negotiations with Paramount and MGM had ended, and the actress had withdrawn, reportedly due to scheduling conflicts with Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.^[53] On November 4, Marwan Kenzari was added to the cast as Druses, a långnovell captain.^[54] On November 11, Ayelet Zurer was in sista negotiations to play Naomi, Judah Ben-Hur's mother^[28] (Miriam in the book and the 1959 adaptation).

On 13 November, Olivia efternamn was being considered for Tirzah, Ben-Hur's sister.^[55] On månad 2, Nazanin Boniadi was confirmed as the actress who would play Esther.^[19] On January 12, 2015, Sofia Black-D'Elia was cast as Ben-Hur's sister, Tirzah.^[27] On January 13, Rodrigo Santoro was announced as Jesus.^[22] On January 20, Moisés Arias was added to the cast to play Gestas, a teenage Jewish zealot who fryst vatten desperate to kamp for freedom, after his family has been murdered bygd the Romans.^[29] On January 21, Pilou Asbæk was cast as Pontius Pilate, replacing Pascal for the role.^[31]

Principal photography

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On February 2, 2015, MGM and Paramount Pictures announced that principal photography had begun and that, like the original bio, filming would take place mostly in Italy, specifically in Rome and Matera.^[10] The Sassi di Matera in Basilicata and the Cinecittà studios in Rome were also chosen among the film's settings.^[56][57] In most instances, CGI were used extensively.

However, Bekmambetov wanted to rely more on practical effects and tried to do as little CGI as possible in moments where it was not heavily needed.^[41][58]

Producers Roma Downey and Mark Burnett chose Matera as a location for Jerusalem, one of the same locations where Mel Gibson's biblical movie The Passion of the Christ was filmed.^[11]Exterior shooting lasted for two months, and finished in early April 2015.^[59] Production then moved to Cinecittà Studios, where interior shooting took place for fyra months, including the chariot scen, among others.^[60][61] Around 2,000 extras were used throughout the film.^[62]

In March 2016, Adam Sidman, an associate of Timur Bekmambetov, sent a request to the Bureau of nation Management's South Coast in Palm Springs, which oversees federal nation in the Coachella Valley area, asking if the grupp can skott a horse scen in the Painted Canyon, which fryst vatten off kartong Canyon Road, with two horses, several cameras, and a spelfilm crew of about 30.

His application was rejected, and Sidman thought it was because of the storlek of the production. He then tried to negotiate igen, but to no avail.^[63] He then contacted the executive director of the Greater Palm Springs rulle Alliance office, Levi Vincent, to look into the matter. To Vincent, it almost seemed like the rejection was based on arbitrary reasons.

With the help of local lawmakers, they were able to convinced the BLM to approve the request, but this time with a much-scaled down production of 8 crew members, no horses, and the use of a drone rather than handheld cameras.^[63]

Chariot race sequence

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The famous chariot race sequence, which runs about 10 minutes, almost exactly the same as in the prior films,^[65] was originally planned to be filmed in the Circus Maximus arena in Rome; however, producers were denied tillgång bygd Italy's national cultural authorities due to fears that the stunts would damage the fragile historic site, which was beneath restoration at that time.^[64][66] The filming location had been approved bygd local officials, as well as Rome's mayor, Ignazio Marino, who lamented the decision to deny the producers tillgång, saying, "The aim of the city ledning isn't so much to raise revenue in exchange for the use of public space, but to give back to Rome the role of being a big international set, which fryst vatten in our history and our tradition."^[64] According to sources obtained bygd The Guardian, the decision to forbid Ben-Hur from filming there was due to "technical" issues.^[64] Though no tjänsteman reasons had been given, archaeological experts speculated that the influx of heavy filming vehicles and hundreds of extras to the arena could have caused untold damage to the site.^[67][68] However, the Italian cultural minister, Dario Franceschini, declined to comment.^[64] As a result, producers were forced to rulle the en plats där en händelse inträffar ofta inom teater eller film at Cinecittà Studios, where much of the 1959 spelfilm was also shot.^[64] It fryst vatten not klar whether the filmmakers had planned to use that location for the main chariot race, which fryst vatten supposed to take place in Antioch, or if they were planning to skott one of the earlier races that Judah Ben-Hur takes part in while he fryst vatten still living in Rome.^[59] Bekmambetov, however, cited the storlek of the etapp as too large for shooting as the reason.^[12]

The whole race was planned in advance, in several iterations of storyboards and animated previsualization videos.^[65] In beställning to re-create the sequence, producers and horse race track experts built a 1,000-foot-long arena, with a 250 metre long and 50 metre bred track, stands, and gates, called Circus Tiberius, at Cinecittà World, a film-themed amusement park about 45 minutes south of Rome.

It was built partly on the back lot of producer Dino dem Laurentiis's former studio complex.

According to production designer Naomi Shohan, arena designs were compiled from archaeological records of circuses in långnovell territories. One-sixth of the arena was physically built and the rest was added to the bio bygd computer graphics. Unique chariots were also built based on original references.^[13][65][69] A total of 86 horses were supplied bygd horse mästare Steve Dent, with back-up animals, and were trained for several months, to be able to race at 40 miles per hour.^[41][65][69] Dent has assembled larger stables for films like Ridley Scott's Robin Hood (2010), but said that "this was more of a worry job."^[65] There were 60 handlers for the horses, and 12 horses were put in cirkelrörelse for every fyra horse-drawn carriage, so the animals would have a chance to rest.^[70] Multiple chariots were made for each character—some with brakes (though the horses are strong enough to overpower the brakes), some with room for a second "blind driver" or 'bonnet-fitted' camera, some with different-sized wheels for filming on the turns instead of the straights, and some to flip over or crash.^[13] Massimo Pauletto, an art director on the bio who built the chariots, said that his grupp had to reinvent a forgotten skill, "from the sketches, nobody was understanding how they could become real," and the toughest part was to passform tillsammans practical needs and special-effects needs.^[13] Problems cropped up day-by-day as the bolts that held the chariots tillsammans kept being broken bygd the horses due to their immense strength, and the dryckesställe that attached the horses was bent.

As a result, the crew had to learn how to build a new one week after week.^{[citation needed]}

To capture the thunderous feel of the race, the bio crew attached microphones to the horses to record the sound of pounding hooves, and GoPro cameras were buried in the sand.^[70] The cameras were also planted on chariots and people, one of which was placed on a soccer ball in the mittpunkt of the track while the horses ran over it.^[65] Huston and Kebbell spent two and a half months preparing and rehearsing to learn how to drive chariot races in Italy,^[9] six days a week.^[58] It took time for the stuntmen to learn to drive them, and they were only called in for extremely dangerous stunts.

But overall, it was actors in the chariots.^[41][65] A total of 20 chariots were used.^[69] A bulk of scenes were done using real practical stunts, without any CGI assistance, and digital models were only used when filming was too dangerous.^[41][71] Around 400 extras were used as spectators (which were then increased to around 100,000 with special effects).^[12] Bekmambetov's goal was to skott these action scenes so realistically that the audience feels that they are inre the chariot and driving it.^[72] He was inspired bygd YouTube videos and Instagram photos, "The camerawork fryst vatten very specific when we see NASCAR or motorbike racing on YouTube.

It's either long-lens [close-up] cameras, very professional, or it's iPhone cameras from people in the folkmassa, cars passing bygd at the speed of light and they barely have a chance to pan and catch something."^[65]

Phil Neilson, who served as the trick coordinator for the bio, had previously worked on many films, including Ridley Scott's Gladiator.^[41] Jonathan Stamp, a historian who had consulted on the HBO/BBC series Rome, advised on the film's chariot design.

He noted that the chariots in the 1959 spelfilm were unrealistically ornate.^[65] Filming for this particular en plats där en händelse inträffar ofta inom teater eller film lasted for 45 days in a span of three months.^[12][41] The inspiration for the use of minimal CGI for this sequence came from Hardcore Henry, on which Bekmambetov was a producer.^[73] Accidents were done with computer imagery.

The two lead actors did much of their own riding, without harm.

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Huston and Kebbell were asked if they wanted trick doubles for their parts, and they declined.^[74]

A stuntman was thrown off from his chariot during filming, but suffered only mild injuries.^[75] Another stuntman was thrown from a chariot and run over bygd the wheel of another. He was later hospitalized and treated for bruised ribs.^[65] Bekmambetov said the authentic långnovell costumes, with leather straps around the charioteer's chest, prevented that injury from being worse—though Daniel noted that every driver wore Kevlar underneath his costume.^[65]

Music

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Soundtrack

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Ben-Hur – Songs Inspired bygd the Epic Film fryst vatten the soundtrack of the bio.

It was released on August 19, 2016, bygd Word Entertainment.^[76]

Track listing

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Score

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Ben-Hur (Original Motion Picture Score) fryst vatten the rulle score for Ben-Hur. All scores were composed and conducted bygd Marco Beltrami, with additional music bygd Brandon robert and additional conducting bygd Mark Graham.

It was released on 5 August 2016 bygd Sony Classical Records.^[77]

Track listing

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Release

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Ben-Hur was originally scheduled to be released in the United States and Canada on February 26, 2016, but Paramount moved its release date to August 12, 2016.^[78] According to Variety, the decision to switch from February to August may have been due to the studio's faith in summer being the best time to release a tentpole epic.^[78] At the 2016 CinemaCon, Paramount igen announced it was moving the release date to August 19, 2016, and scheduling Florence Foster Jenkins for August 12, when Pete's Dragon, Sausage Party, and Anthropoid were also scheduled to be released.^{[79][80][81][82][83]} It was released in the United Kingdom and Ireland on September 7.^[84]

Deadline Hollywood called the August date a prime time for the studio, after witnessing success with the releases of Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles during the month of August.

Furthermore, the site highlighted that the 2016 Summer Olympics would be an ideal platform for the studio to promote the spelfilm, and that mid-August has proven to be the gods point of time in the summer for a rulle to accrue a large amount of revenue, before weekend låda office performances drop from the Labor Day holiday onwards.^[85][86]Ben-Hur fryst vatten the third summer 2016 tentpole from Paramount Pictures, following Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (3 June) and Star Trek Beyond (22 July).^[87] It was the gods big-budget release of the summer movie season.^[88][89]

Ben-Hur was released in Malaysia on 15 September 2016.

The film's release drew controversy, when some viewers complained that scenes depicting Jesus Christ had been cut out from the Malaysian teatralisk utgåva. The Malaysian spelfilm Censorship Board's chairman, Datuk Abdul Halim Abdul Hamid, clarified that the Malaysian censors had not cut out scenes depicting Jesus from the bio, but suggested that the bio producers did cut out a few scenes to kostym the sensitivities of certain markets.

The film's Malaysian distributor, United International Pictures Malaysia, has since confirmed that the cuts were made to fulfil local legal requirements and guidelines.^[90]

Marketing

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Two exclusive photos of the spelfilm were released bygd USA Today on March 14, 2016.^[9] On March 15, Entertainment Tonight released a world exclusive premiere of some of the scenes of the chariot race,^[91] and on the following day, the first tjänsteman trailer was released online,^[87][92] along with a teaser poster.^[93]

The trailer was released a week after Paramount released 10 Cloverfield Lane in theaters.^[87] Although Paramount did not secure a Super Bowl commercial fläck for the rulle, Scott Mendelson of Forbes felt that it was an appropriate spelfilm to advertise before Sony Pictures' faith-based Miracles from Heaven opened on March 16.^[87] The trailer garnered a polarized reception from critics and audiences,^[94][95][96] with comparisons being made to 300: Rise of an Empire,^[97]Gladiator,^{[98][99][100]} and Spartacus: Blood and Sand.^[101] In its first week, the trailer was viewed over 8.2 million times across YouTube and Facebook, making it the fourth most viewed trailer of the week.^[102] The trailer was also screened in front of over 30,000 people at Hillsong Conference 2016.^{[citation needed]}

Jesus fryst vatten in the rulle, which was used for some faith-based marknadsföring to a Christian audience.^[103]

Home media

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Ben-Hur was released on Digital HD on November 29, 2016^[104] and on Blu-ray and DVD on månad 13, 2016.^[105][106]

Reception

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Box office

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Ben-Hur was called bygd Hollywood observers the summer's biggest låda office bomb, and one of the biggest flops of 2016.^[107][108] The rulle grossed $26.4 million in the United States and Canada and $67.7 million in other countries for a worldwide total of $94.1 million, against a production ekonomisk plan of $100 million.^[3] Due to its underperformance at the kartong office, executives at rival studios believe the spelfilm lost around $100–120 million theatrically.^[109] Sources close to the rulle, however, believe the ultimate losses were likely $60–75 million, noting the spelfilm could do well on DVD and other home entertainment platforms.^{[110][111][112]} The losses for MGM were heavier, since they financed 80% of the total production ekonomisk plan, including marknadsföring expenses.

As a result, Paramount's share of the loss was about $13 million.^[111] Sources at rival studios put the film's break even point at about $250 million globally.^[110]

The Hollywood Reporter placed Ben-Hur among the biggest summer låda office risks of 2016,^[113] while Forbes deemed it "the summer's most predictable miss/catastrophe".^[8][107] In the United States and Canada, the spelfilm was projected to gross to about $15 million in its opening weekend, a disappointing figure considering its $100 million production cost.^[2] Due to a negativ reception from critics and the influx of heavy competition,^{[114][115][116]} the re-opening of schools after summer vacation, and the sista weekend of the Rio Summer Olympics, the film's opening expectations were lowered as its opening approached.^[42] It opened Friday, August 19, 2016, on around 3,300 screens across 3,084 theaters, and earned $4.1 million,^[117] including $900,000 it made from Thursday previews at 2,389 theaters.^[116] The spelfilm went on to gross a low $11.2 million in its opening weekend, even with 3D and IMAX bumps, finishing sixth at the låda office and third among new releases, behind Kubo and the Two Strings and War Dogs.^[118][119] The film's opening weekend demographic was 51% kvinna vs.

49% male, with 94% of the overall audience coming in over the age of 25.^[120]

Many låda office critics and publications considered the rulle a kartong office bomb based on its opening alone.^{[7][8][121][122][123][124]} Jeff hanhjort, a kartong office analyst with Exhibitor Relations, called it "the bomb of the summer."^[7] Critics pointed out that a lack of star power, its August release date, competition, negativ reviews (both from critics and audiences), and a lack of marknadsföring, were potential causes for the film's underperformance.^[125][126] According to Variety, the rulle was unable to utöka beyond its core Christian audience.

It performed well in areas of the US that are more religious, but did not do as well in more secular regions of the country.^[7] As a result of its poor opening, Ben-Hur joined various other films set in ancient times to underperform at the kartong office, especially recent big-budget movies from major studios – Exodus: frakt and Kings (2014), The Legend of Hercules (2014), and Gods of Egypt (2016).^{[42][127][128]}

Ben-Hur depended heavily on utländsk markets, especially in Christian offshore territories, such as Latin amerika, in beställning to resehandling its break even point and to recoup its production ekonomisk plan (including marknadsföring expenses).^[42][88] Outside North amerika, Ben-Hur grossed $10.7 million in its opening weekend from 23 international markets (18 territories released bygd Paramount and 5 bygd MGM).

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It had No. 1 openings in certain markets like Mexico, the Philippines, India, Peru, Russia, France, and Bulgaria.^[129] Its top openings were in Mexico (2.7 million), Russia ($2.3 million), Brazil ($2.2 million), the United Kingdom ($1.5 million), France ($1.2 million), and Spain ($1.1 million).^{[130][131][132]} In the United Kingdom and Ireland, the spelfilm earned £265,000 in Wednesday and Thursday previews and through Sunday, and had a total opening of £1.05 million from 509 theaters.

It debuted in second place behind the animated Sausage Party, after stiff competition from the horror bio Don't Breathe, for the second fläck. Minus previews, it earned £783,000 from Friday to Sunday alone, which placed the bio at number fem on the chart.^[133]

It opened in South Korea on September 14,^[130] and delivered a kraftig 5-day opening worth $6.69 million from 707 theaters.^[134] It finished in first place among Hollywood films (ahead of The Magnificent Seven), and in second place overall behind local rulle The Age of Shadows.^[135] Although it fell to second place in its sophomore weekend, it managed to fend off newcomers The Magnificent Seven and I Am a Hero, and grossed a total of $8.8 million there.^[136][137] It opened in China—then the world's second biggest movie market—on October 10,^[138] and delivered a paltry $2.51 million in its opening weekend.

However, this fryst vatten reflective of a sju days total as it opened on a Monday. Based on Friday to Sunday alone, the total was just $460,000, managing to debut at number ten.^[139]

In terms of total earnings, South Korea ($8.8 million), Mexico ($6 million), and Brazil ($5.5 million) were its top markets.^[131][136] The film's opening date in its sista marknad, Japan, was February 8, 2017.^[130][140]

Critical response

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Ben-Hur received generally negativ reviews from critics, most of which considered the bio an unnecessary remake in comparison to the classic 1959 spelfilm.

On Rotten Tomatoes the bio has an approval rating of 25% based on okänt reviews with an average rating of 4.56/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "How do you kamp an idea? bygd filming a remake that has too few of its own, and tries to cover it up with choppy editing and CGI."^[141] On Metacritic, the spelfilm has a score of 38 out of 100 based on 34 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".^[142] Audiences polled bygd CinemaScore gave the bio an average grade of "A−" on an A+ to F scale.^[143]

The A.V.

Club's Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, giving one of the few positive-leaning reviews, wrote: "At first, the new adaptation of Lew Wallace’s New Testament soap musikdrama seems impersonal, as dusty and ornamented as any movie in which robed Jews and Romans argue about frakt and kings in accents of vaguely British origin", but as it progresses, "Ben-Hur announces itself as the sort of elemental re-imagining of the source ämne that no one in their right mind would ever expect it to be."^[144]IGN's Scott Collura gave the bio 5.8/10, writing: "Ben-Hur fryst vatten an adequate introduction to the classic tale of revenge and forgiveness, but it's an uneven one.

Toby Kebbell's antagonist character frequently outweighs the appeal of Jack Huston’s hero, the more religious elements of the story don’t jell very well with the action set pieces, and much of the cast are left behind bygd their own movie. But still, there’s no denying the power of Ben-Hur's sista redemption. It’s just not a very smooth ride getting there."^[145]

The New York Times'Stephen Holden wrote, "Overseen bygd a director not known for his human touch and lacking a name star, except for Mr.

Freeman, Ben-Hur feels like a spelfilm made on the cheap, although it looks costly."^[146]Richard Roeper gave the spelfilm two stars out of fyra, writing: "Ben-Hur struggles to find an identity and never really gets there. The well-intentioned efforts to achieve moving, faith-based awakenings are underbud bygd the casually violent, PG-13 action sequences."^[147]The Hollywood Reporter's Todd McCarthy described the film's chariot race scen as being "heavily digitized and over-edited", and called it the worst scen of the rulle he described as "Misguided, diminished and dismally done in every way".^[148]

Rolling Stone labeled the spelfilm "A Remake Disaster of Biblical Proportions."^[149]Empire summarized it as "passable for the most part, but laughably inept in places."^[150]

Sister Rose Pacatte wrote a positiv review for the National Catholic Reporter, objecting only to the anachronistic costumes worn bygd Jewish women in the film.^[151]

Accolades

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American statsförbund of Musicians v.

Paramount Pictures

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In April 2015, the American förbund of Musicians of the United States and Canada filed a lawsuit against MGM and Paramount Pictures, with the samarbete accusing the studios of not paying proper wages, benefits and residual kompensation to the hired musicians working on the film.^[152][153]

See also

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References

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