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RARE VINTAGE 1959 MGM RECORDS DELUXE EDITION.
ACADEMY AWARD WINNER FROM METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER MGM WILLIAM WYLER'S PRESENTATION OF BEN-HUR LP VINYL RECORD SET WITH HARDBACK BOOK THE STORY OF THE MAKING OF BEN-HUR AND HAS SOME
FRAME ABLE ART IN THE BOOK AS WELL.
ALL ARE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION.
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Ben-Hur is a 1959 American religious epic film directed by William Wyler, produced by Sam Zimbalist, and starring Charlton Heston as the title character.

Ben-Hur had the largest budget ($15.175 million), as well as the largest sets built of any film produced at the time. There was a staff of 100 wardrobe fabricators to make the costumes, and a workshop employing 200 artists and workmen provided the hundreds of friezes and statues needed in the film. Filming commenced on May 18, 1958, and wrapped on January 7, 1959, with shooting lasting for 12 to 14 hours a day and six days a week. Pre-production began in Italy at Cinecitta around October 1957, and post-production took six months. Over 200 camels and 2,500 horses were used in the shooting of the film, with some 10,000 extras. The sea battle was filmed using miniatures in a huge tank on the back lot at the MGM Studios. The nine-minute chariot race has become one of cinema's most famous action sequences, and the score, composed and conducted by Miklos Rozsa, is the longest ever composed for a film, and was highly influential on cinema for over 15 years.