· He’s portraying Jesus Christ in the upcoming new version of Ben-Hur, and now he’s doing it with a special blessing by Pope Francis. Rodrigo Santoro, 39. Ben-Hur (1959) is MGM's three and a half hour, wide-screen epic Technicolor blockbuster - a Biblical tale, subtitled A Tale of the Christ. HDMOVIESSITE Direct Download Full Movie Free Latest,New MP4,MKV,AVI for free. Get top most popular hollywood,bollywood films,Tv shows without any cost or paying. Judah Ben-Hur, a prince falsely accused of treason by his adopted brother, an officer in the Roman army, returns to his homeland after years at sea to seek revenge.

Million. The cast of Bad Santa 2. Getty)Since Bad Santa 2‘s release on November 2. How could it compete with Disney’s Moana? The film has taken in just $1. That actually doesn’t sound too bad for an R- rated sequel to a cult movie, but it cost $2. Clearly, Broad Green Pictures was hoping it would catch on like the 2. Zoolander 2 – $2.

Million ($5. 5. 9 Million Worldwide)Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson. Getty)Ben Stiller’s original Zoolander was a flop when it was released in September 2. Over time, the film became a cult hit and its box office failure was explained as “The audience just didn’t get it at the time.” The same probably won’t be said for Stiller’s ill- advised sequel, which came 1. Critics hated it and once audiences saw it, they did too. It made 4. 8 percent of its total gross in its first weekend.

The Divergent Series: Allegiant – $6. Million ($1. 79 Million Worldwide)Shailene Woodley.

Getty)Lionsgate’s Divergent franchise, based on the Veronica Roth novels, were supposed to help the studio survive the end of The Hunger Games. Even though 2. 01. Insurgent made $2. Divergent did in 2.

Allegiant wouldn’t be received as poorly as it was. But the moment the film only made $2.

Allegiant ended its run with just $6. It did OK overseas with $1. The last film might never be made, especially since Theo James and Shailene Woodly have refused to be a part of a TV movie. Popstar: Never Stop Stopping – $9. Million. The Lonely Island. Getty)Popstar: Never Stop Stopping isn’t a movie that would resonate with the general public at large. Andy Samberg and his Lonely Island crew have a wacky sense of humor and it showed in their first full- length movie.

It stars Samberg as a Justin Bieber- type pop superstar and is told in the mockumentary form. In other words, this was a cult movie in the making. In fact, it currently holds a 7.

Rotten Tomatoes. Despite good reviews, Popstar failed at the box office, grossing just $9. It made 4. 9. 5 percent of its total on opening weekend. Independence Day: Resurgence – $1. Million ($3. 89. 6 Million Worldwide)Liam Hemsworth. Getty)It took Pixar 1. Finding Nemo and Ben Still 1.

Zoolander 2. But that was nothing compared to the 2. Independence Day.

Director Roland Emmerich had been talking about a sequel for years – in fact, he had plans to make a two- part movie at one point – and the ultimate result was Independence Day: Resurgence. Without Will Smith, the movie flopped at home, making $1.

Overseas, the film did make $1. Day franchise won’t be a trilogy. The BFG – $5. 5. 5 Million ($1. Million Worldwide)Mark Rylance and Ruby Barnhill were the stars of The BFG. Getty)The BFG sounded like a sure bet. Mixing director Steven Spielberg with the late children’s author Roald Dahl, add in the fact that Disney co- produced it, and it should have been a hit. The reviews for the film were even pretty good.

But the movie was lost in the fall shuffle and didn’t connect with American audiences. Costing $1. 40 million, it only made $5. Overseas, it did better, grossing $1. Alice Through The Looking Glass – $7. Million ($2. 99. 5 Million Worldwide)Sacha Baron Cohen, Mia Wasikowska, Anne Hathaway and Johnny Depp. Getty)Disney might have had plenty of hits this year, but Alice Through The Looking Glass was not one of them.

It was released six years after Tim Burton‘s Alice In Wonderland inexplicably grossed $1 billion worldwide, successfully battling whatever critics had to say about it. The same couldn’t be said for Alice Through The Looking Glass, which made just $7.

Again, the film was saved by the overseas markets, adding $2. But it still dwarfed the success of Alice In Wonderland.

Ghostbusters – $1. Million ($2. 29. 5 Million Worldwide) Melissa Mc. Carthy. (Getty)Although Ice Age: Collision Course made just $6. U. S., its $3. 43. Sony’s 2. 01. 6 Ghostbusters, which made $1. Sony and Village Roadshow spent $1.

The film replaced the cast of the beloved original Ghostbusters with Kate Mc. Kinnon, Kristen Wiig, Leslie Jones and Melissa Mc. Carthy and Sony went all out on marketing the movie. Variety reported that the studio spent $1. While its domestic total doesn’t sound terrible, Ghostbusters really needed the international box office to help cover its cost. But the nostalgia for the franchise just wasn’t there outside the U. S. and it stalled at $1.

It was not good for Sony, a studio that didn’t have a superhero movie this summer. Gods of Egypt – $3. Million ($1. 50. 7 Million Worldwide)Gerard Butler. Getty)Gods of Egypt was released back in February and caused a buzz for one reason: the completely bizarre casting choices. It’s a movie about Egypt, in which no Egyptian actor has an important role. Astonishingly, director Alex Proyas and Lionsgate admitted it was a mistake before the movie came out.

So once it hit theaters, the $1. At least it made $1.

Ben- Hur – $2. 6. Million ($9. 4. 1 Million Worldwide. Jack Huston. (Getty)No list of the flops of 2. Ben- Hur. The idea of remaking Ben- Hur isn’t a crime, since the 1. Charlton Heston was a remake of a 1. The crime was picking Timur Bekmambetov – the guy who made Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter – to direct a Biblical epic and then casting unknowns in the major roles.

Jack Huston might be a good actor, but he’s not a big enough star to headline a $1. Ben- Hur was poorly received by critics and did even worse with audiences (if that’s possible). It only made $2. 6. The international box office didn’t even help, as the film made just $6.

Now that you’ve read about the biggest bombs, read about the biggest hits of 2.

Ben- Hur (1. 95. 9)Background. Ben- Hur (1. 95. 9). MGM's three and a half hour, wide- screen epic Technicolor blockbuster. Biblical tale, subtitled A Tale of the Christ. Director William Wyler's film was a retelling of the.

Fred Niblo's and. MGM's Ben- Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1. Both films were. adapted from the novel (first published in 1. Civil. War General Lew Wallace.

Wyler had been an 'extras' director on the. De. Mille's original film in the silent era. MGM's Ben- Hur. A Tale of the Christ (1.

Italy. in 1. 92. 3, and starred silent screen idols Ramon Novarro and Francis. X. Bushman. This figure is equivalent to $3. This remake of the novel was inspired by the fact that. Cecil B. De. Mille and Paramount had remade the. Biblical tale. titled The Ten Commandments (1. The heroic figure of Charlton Heston (an iconic and righteous Moses. Jewish nobleman (the Prince of Judea) - after the role.

Burt Lancaster, Rock Hudson and Paul Newman. In. the plot, prince Judah Ben- Hur was enslaved by a Roman tribunal friend. Gore Vidal), but. Ultimately, he would find redemption and forgiveness. The colorful 1. 95. At $1. 5 million and shot on a grand scale, it was a tremendous. MGM Studios - and ultimately saved the studio.

It was a big dual win for MGM, since they had won. Best Picture race the previous year for Gigi (1. It took six years to prepare for the film shoot, and over a half. Italy, with thousands of extras. It featured. more crew and extras than any other film before it - 1. Ben- Hur proved to be an intelligent, exciting.

Biblical. pageants with Hollywood actors and actresses. Its depiction of the. Jesus Christ figure was also extremely subtle and solely as a cameo. Christ's face but only the reactions of other characters. It was one of the most honored, award- winning films.

It was nominated for twelve Academy Awards, Best Picture. Best Actor (Charlton Heston - his sole career Oscar), Best Supporting. Actor (Hugh Griffith), Best Director (William Wyler), Best Color. Cinematography, Best Color Art Direction/Set Decoration, Best Sound. Best Score, Best Film Editing, Best Color Costume Design, Best Special.

Effects, and Best Screenplay (sole- credited Karl Tunberg). It was. the first film to win eleven Oscars - it lost only in the Screenplay. Maxwell Anderson. Christopher Fry, and Gore Vidal were all uncredited). Titanic. (1. 99. 7) and The Lord. Rings: The Return of the King (2.

Oscars. Many felt that Heston's. Best Actor category.

Jack Lemmon in Some Like It Hot or. Laurence Harvey in Room at the Top, and James Stewart in Anatomy.

Murder. The chariot race sequence in the Circus Maximus (an. Rome) is one of the most thrilling. Homage was paid to it with George Lucas'. Star Wars: Episode.

I - The Phantom Menace (1. The site of the race, the. Circus Maximus in Jerusalem (Judea), was constructed on over 1.

Cinecitta Studios outside Rome, and the filming. Except for two of the most. Charlton Heston and Stephen Boyd did all. There are contradictory reports about the fatality of a stuntman. Charlton Heston's 1. In. the Arena specifically stated that no one was seriously injured. The Story. A prologue describes the historical background - the.

Jerusalem during the time that Jesus was born and. Anno Domini - In the year of our Lord, Judea for.

Rome. In the seventh. Augustus Caesar, an imperial decree ordered. Judean each to return to his place of birth to be counted. Converging ways of many of them led to the gates of. Jerusalem, the troubled heart of their land.. Even. while they obeyed the will of Caesar, the people clung proudly. Redeemer. to bring them salvation and perfect freedom.

Joseph of Nazareth, of the family of David of Bethlehem. Roman officials. As originally. Christ Nativity sequence and the coming of the Magi. The next scene, "Anno Domini XXVI," is in. Nativity scene. The newly appointed Roman Tribune. Messala (Stephen Boyd), the ambitious commander of the legion that.

Roman governor, rides through Nazareth, on his way. Jerusalem. Messala is returning to his boyhood.

Rome. The pagan ruler Sextus (Andre Morell). Messala is replacing, tells him that the country is changing.

Rome: I think you'll find the people changed since you. They won't pay their taxes in a rational resentment. Rome.. then there's religion. I'll tell you, they're drunk with. Emperor. Autocratic in nature, Messala intends to "punish. Emperor's command upon the "rabble.

Judea may be a more obedient. Unrest is also due to the preachings about. Messiah, a "King of the Jews who will lead them all into some.

Roman paradise." There's also a wild man in the. John the Baptist and a young carpenter's son "who. This man. is different.

He teaches that God is near, in every man. It's actually. quite profound, some of it." "To fight an idea," Messala. A centurion informs Messala that "there's a Jew. The other Roman soldiers are. Messala agree to greet a Jew, a potential enemy. Rome. Messala has respect for the influential Jewish prince Judah.

Ben- Hur (Charlton Heston) and tells his centurion: "This was. Don't forget that." The two. The stout, handsome. Ben- Hur, who belongs to one of the country's wealthy families in.

Judea, arrives to pay his respects to his boyhood friend. They embrace. each other warmly in the long, stone- columned hallway of the Roman. Ben- Hur says he "drank a toast" to. Messala when he heard the news he had become a tribune. They challenge each other to a friendly competition. Down Eros, up Mars!" Their.

One is a Roman, one is a Jew. Messala realizes it will be a difficult province to govern and asks.

Ben- Hur's help and advice. Ben- Hur is opposed to Roman domination. Withdraw your legions. Give us our freedom." But. Messala cannot - he is second in command to the new governor who. Ben- Hur is more.

Roman anti- Semitism and argues against his childhood. Messala warns: "There is rebellion in the wind. It will. be crushed." Messala has traveled and fought extensively throughout.

Roman Empire - in Britain, Africa, and Spain, and he sees a Roman. Be wise, Judah. It's a Roman world. If you want to. live in it, you must become part of it.. I tell you, Judah, it's. Tiber was chosen to rule. It wasn't just our legions.. No, it was fate that chose.

Our roads and our ships. Roman law, architecture, literature. Ben- Hur believes in the Hebrew people of Judea: "I. Messala asks that Ben- Hur. Rome that would only end in the extinction. But Ben- Hur finds it difficult to join in a pact against.

Jewish rebels. Messala realizes the difficulty of what he asks, as. It's an insane world, but in it. Judah, we must believe.

They cross arms and drink to that pledge. The next day, Judah's mother Miriam (Martha Scott). Tirzah (Cathy O'Donnell) also receive Messala warmly.

Messala presents a. Libyan brooch to Tirzah. Likewise, Ben- Hur gives Messala a valuable. Arabian horse as a token of their friendship (foreshadowing. Messala thanks him: "It's going. I know it."Messala also asks about their previous day's conversation. Roman rule. In effect, Messala asks Ben- Hur to turn traitor on his people, and.

Jewish underground resistance leaders. Judah refuses to betray his. In return for bringing order into Judea with Ben- Hur's. Messala promises him advancement in the eyes of the new Emperor.

Tiberius. To Messala, the Emperor "is God, the only God, he. Earth." Ben- Hur responds by pledging. Watch New Year`S Eve Online Free 2016 more. Roman world: "You may conquer the land, you may slaughter the.

That is not the end. We will rise again." Judah turns. Messala with an angry denounciation: Rome is an affront to God.

Rome is strangling my.