Ben-Hur (1959) (3 Blu-ray) Collector's Edition

Release date: September 27, 2011

Audio:
English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
French Dolby Digital 5.1
Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1
Italian Dolby Digital 5.1
German Dolby Digital 5.1
Portuguese Dolby Digital Mono
Czech Dolby Digital Mono
Hungarian Dolby Digital Mono
Polish Dolby Digital 5.1

Subtitles:
English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek, Hungarian, Hebrew, Icelandic, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Swedish, Thai

Runtime: 212 min. / 03:32

Media: BD-50 + 2 x BD-25

Region: A, B, C

Director: William Wyler

Cast: Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Haya Hararit, Stephen Boyd, Hugh Griffith, Martha Scott, Cathy O'Donnell, Sam Jaffe, Finlay Currie, Frank Thring

Extras:

DISC ONE (Blu-ray)
*"Ben-Hur" (1959) movie (Part 1 - 141:52)
Audio commentary by actor Charlton Heston and film historian T. Gene Hatcher
Isolated music score (in Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround)
Trailers (with 'Play all' option - 14:15):
- "1959 Loew's" teaser trailer (0:59)
- "1959" theatrical trailer (3:00)
- "1961 General Release" theatrical trailer #1 (3:05)
- "1961 General Release" theatrical trailer #2 (3:05)
- "1969 70mm Reissue" theatrical trailer (4:05)

DISC TWO (Blu-ray)
*"Ben-Hur" (1959) movie (Part 2 - 80:34)
Audio commentary by actor Charlton Heston and film historian T. Gene Hatcher
Isolated music score (in Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround)

DISC THREE (Blu-ray)
*"Ben-Hur" (1925) movie
"Behind the Scenes":
- "Charlton Heston & Ben-Hur: A Personal Journey" documentary (78:06)
- "Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema" documentary (57:46)
- "Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic" documentary (58:15)
- "Ben-Hur: A Journey Through Pictures" featurette (5:09)
"Additional Footage":
- "Screen Tests" (with 'Play all' option - 29:18):
-- "Leslie Nielsen and Cesare Danova" (7:02)
-- "Leslie Nielsen and Yale Wexler (Without Sound)" (11:30)
-- "George Baker and William Russell" (5:36)
-- "Haya Harareet Hair and Makeup Test (Without Sound)" (5:09)
- "Vintage Newsreels" (with 'Play all' option - 9:45):
-- "Costliest Film Makes Screen History" (1:06)
-- "The Night Ben-Hur Comes to Broadway" (1:48)
-- "West Coast Welcomes Ben-Hur" (1:17)
-- "VIP Opening: Capital Welcome for Ben-Hur" (1:23)
-- "Japan's Emperor Goes to the Movies" (1:11)
-- "Oscar Likes Ben-Hur" (2:57)
- "Highlights from 4/4/1960 Academy Awards Ceremony" featurette (9:47)