There were Three remakes of Ben Hur. Heston was in remake II it was the best IMHO!
The 1959 Ben Hur with Chuck Heston was magnificent, and it was done in a time when there was no CGI.
The chariot race was as an exciting a scene ever filmed in movies, and it was all done using nothing but great stunt men and camera work. Chuck Heston was born to play the role, he was so good!
The idiots who made the 2016 disaster thought they could top a movie that had won 11 Oscars. Whose brainchild was that, LOL.
Wasn’t the first one done in the 30’s?