Ben-Hur

Alt Titles: Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (alternative title)
William Wyler’s Ben-Hur (complete title)
Company:Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Award Year:1959
Country:USA
Language:English
Genre:Adventure, Drama, History
Length:212 minutes   (3:32)
Rating:G
More Info:Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Academy Award Nominations (Winner marker =  winner  ):
Winner markerBest Motion Picture. Sam Zimbalist, Producer.
Winner markerBest Actor. Charlton Heston.
Winner markerActor in a Supporting Role. Hugh Griffith.
Winner markerDirecting. William Wyler.
Winner markerArt Direction-Set Decoration (Color). Art direction by William A. Horning and Edward Carfagno; set decoration by Hugh Hunt.
Winner markerCinematography (Color). Robert L. Surtees.
Winner markerCostume Design (Color). Elizabeth Haffenden.
Winner markerFilm Editing. Ralph E. Winters and John D. Dunning.
Winner markerMusic (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture). Miklos Rozsa.
Winner markerSound. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Franklin E. Milton, Sound Director.
Winner markerSpecial Effects. Visual effects by A. Arnold Gillespie and Robert MacDonald; audible effects by Milo Lory.
Writing (Screenplay—based on material from another medium). Karl Tunberg.

12 Nominations