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The original Ben Hur movie was made during film’s silent era in 1925. The chariot race was real and as an incentive, the winner was offered a bonus of $100.00! One of the losers and about a hundred horses however were killed during the scene.  In 1954, production began on one of the biggest movie projects of the time. Starring the iconic Charlton Heston, Ben Hur was released in 1959. It cost a whopping  $15 million to produce and won 11 Oscars.  Touted as one of the greatest stories ever told, based on the 1880 novel by Lew Wallace, Ben Hur: A Tale of the Christ, Ben Hur 2016 will be in theatres this August.

Click here for the Ben Hur 2016 trailer.