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EPISODE DESCRIPTION
On today’s adventure, Adolfo and Mark unsheathe their swords and grab some sandals as they discuss William Wyler’s 1959 cinematic epic, BEN-HUR! On this week’s show:
- Sauce or gravy?
- Thanksgiving Movie Traditions
- William Wyler’s work on the original BEN-HUR
- “It took a Jew to make a good movie about Jesus.”
- The genre of Christian Epics
- Not showing Jesus’ face
- No CGI, just a lot of money put into practical effects, props and sets
- Charlton as a Jew or as a Mexican?
- Homoerotic subtext?
- Christian fan service
- Jesus cameos
- Heston is JACKED
- BROWN FACE!!
- Leprechaun Colonies
- Ben-Her and Ben-His
FILMS REFERENCED:
- THE BIRTH OF A NATION (1915)
- BEN-HUR: A TALE OF THE CHRIST (1925)
- ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (1930)
- GONE WITH THE WIND (1939)
- MIRACLE ON 34th STREET (1947)
- QUO VADIS (1951)
- THE ROBE (1953)
- THE TEN COMMANDMENTS (1956)
- TOUCH OF EVIL (1958)
- SPARTACUS (1960)
- BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY’S (1961)
- THE KING OF KINGS (1961)
- LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (1962)
- THE FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE (1964)
- THE GREATEST STORY OF EVER TOLD (1965)
- THE BIBLE… IN THE BEGINNING (1966)
- CALIGULA (1979)
- REDS (1981)
- PLANES, TRAINS AND AUTOMOBILES (1987)
- THE LAST TEMPTATION OF CHRIST (1988)
- FORREST GUMP (1994)
- TITANIC (1997)
- SAVING PRIVATE RYAN (1998)
- STAR WARS: EPISODE I - THE PHANTOM MENACE (1999)
- THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING (2003)
- THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST (2004)
- THE HATEFUL EIGHT (2015)
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