Classic Films

Amazon UK is currently listing the blu-ray of Ben Hur for 11.99 pounds as a disc only release without the junk. Comes to a little over 13 pounds when you remove the VAT and add standard shipping to the US, Extra containt seems the same as US version. Listed as Region Free. Release date is September 5, 2011.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B003BNY6X...29&camp=211189

Description
This 1959 version of Lew Wallace's best-selling novel, which had already seen screen versions in 1907 and 1926, went on to win 11 Academy Awards. Adapted by Karl Tunberg and a raft of uncredited writers including Gore Vidal and Maxwell Anderson, the film once more recounts the tale of Jewish prince Judah Ben-Hur (Charlton Heston), who lives in Judea with his family during the time that Jesus Christ was becoming known for his "radical" teachings.

Ben-Hur's childhood friend Messala (Stephen Boyd) is now an ambitious Roman tribune; when Ben-Hur refuses to help Messala round up local dissidents on behalf of the emperor, Messala pounces on the first opportunity to exact revenge on his onetime friend. Tried on a trumped-up charge of attempting to kill the provincial governor (whose head was accidentally hit by a falling tile), Ben-Hur is condemned to the Roman galleys, while his mother (Martha Scott) and sister (Cathy O'Donnell) are imprisoned. But during a sea battle, Ben-Hur saves the life of commander Quintus Arrius (Jack Hawkins), who, in gratitude, adopts Ben-Hur as his son and gives him full control over his stable of racing horses. Ben-Hur never gives up trying to find his family or exact revenge on Messala. At crucial junctures in his life, he also crosses the path of Jesus, and each time he benefits from it. The highlight of the film's 212 minutes is its now-legendary chariot race, staged largely by stunt expert Yakima Canutt. Ben-Hur's Oscar haul included Best Picture, Best Director for the legendary William Wyler, Best Actor for Heston, and Best Supporting Actor for Welsh actor Hugh Griffith as an Arab

Extra Content

• Charlton Heston & Ben-Hur: A Personal Journey
• Ben Hur 1925 Version
• Ben Hur:The Epic That Changed Cinema
• Ben Hur: The Making of an Epic
• Ben Hur: A Journey Through Pictures
• Screen Tests: Leslie Nielsen and Cesare Danoya
• Screen Tests: Leslie Nielsen and Yale Wexler
• Screen Tests: George Baker and William Russell
• Screen Tests: Haya Harareet Hair and Make-Up Test
• Vintage Newsreels: Costliest Film Makes Screen History
• Vintage Newsreels: The Night Ben Hur Comes to Broadway
• Vintage Newsreels: West Coast Welcomes Ben Hur
• Vintage Newsreels: VIP Opening: Capital Welcome for Ben Hur
• Vintage Newsreels: Japan's Emperor Goes To The Movies
• Vintage Newsreels: Oscar Likes Ben Hur
• Highlights from 4/4/1960 Academy Awards Ceremony
• Commentary with T. Gene Hatcher and Charlton Heston Part 2
• Music Only Track Part 2

blokhed

! Are they really fitting all that on one disc? For a movie of Ben-Hur's length? I am dubious...

seether254

um I think those extras may be the "junk" that the OP is talking about.

Kory

Blokhed is referring to all of the bonus features on the disc. OP is referring to all of the extra trinkets that come in the big collector's box along with the disc(s). Seether is confused. Kory is helpful.

Classic Films

I am guessing that like the UK version of Gone With The Wind that came out at the same time as the big box in the US that the blu ray content will be the same. The only difference between the content in the UK and big box Gone With The Wind was that the big box and the later Scarlett edition had a DVD of MGM: When The Lion Roared. I would therefore be surprised if the UK version is only one disc. The US version will be 2 discs. This movie is listed as region free and I think Warner uses the same discs everywhere. in world on region free releases. Again this is all speculation as the US version isn't even up for preorder yet.