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The new movie version of Ben-Hur that’s about to land in ... would easily dwarf that “more” of 1925: the 1959 Charlton Heston epic, photos from the making of which can be seen here.

Charlton Heston will reprise his role of “Ben Hur” for an upcoming remake of the movie. But instead of the months of work he put in on the first one in 1959, his role this time required only a ...

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Charlton Heston, who won a best actor Oscar for his starring role in the epic Ben-Hur, has died aged 84, a spokesman for his family has said. Heston died on Saturday at his home in Beverly Hills.