1959 classic, there was a 1925, 1959 with charlton heston and the animated voice by heston. and the '59 version won a lot of awards. this does a good job of recreating that chariot race. that was one of the things i worried about, how would they top the 1959 chariot race, it was so well shot. but that did come at a cost that 1959 production did have horses die in the production of that movie. in this particular movie now, they obviously learned thousand do it with special effects. i gave it a 3.5 out of 5. i think it pacing issues in the middle. it felt a little rushed but it's worth the entire price of admission. 3.5 out of 5. get this, morgan freeman plays a nubian sheik who trains ben hur how to ride in the movie and he was actually 22 years old when the 1959 version came out. i wanted to know where was he and i spoke to jack houston about shooting that famous chariot race. >> i got out of the military in