Ben-Hur

Ben-Hur
MGM
November 18, 1959
Historical Drama
DVD
D

Six-and-a-half minutes of overture, then five-and-a-half-minutes for the Birth of Jesus, and then the opening credits.  2001 was more eventful!  At least this led to one of the funnier sequences of Celluloid Closet, where Gore Vidal claims he put homosexual subtext into the movie.  (I wouldn't know from what I watched today.  There was barely any text.)  William Wyler directed.