NEW Ben-hur (DVD)Author: Various Format: Color Release Date: 27 09 2011 Details: Ben Hur scooped an unprecedented 11 Academy Awards' in 1959 and, unlike some later rivals, richly deserved every single one. This is epic filmmaking on a scale that had not been seen before and is unlikely ever to be seen again. But it's not just running time or a cast of thousands that makes an epic, it's the subject matter, and here the subject Prince Judah Ben Hur (Charlton Heston) and