Timur Bekmambetov’s "Ben-Hur" unveils 1st trailer, angers purists (video)  March 17, 2016 - 09:57 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - Following the release of its first official photos, "Ben-Hur" is previewed in a trailer. The video offers a glimpse of the titular character's (Jack Huston) life before he's betrayed by his adopted brother Messala (Toby Kebbell), sent into slavery and separated from his family. After he is freed when his slave ship is attacked, Judah Ben-Hur returns to Jerusalem to avenge the deaths of his mother and sister. Under the guidance of Morgan Freeman's Ilderim, a wise sheik, Ben-Hur challenges his brother in a chariot race. "If you're brother is the pride of Rome, defeat him and you'll defeat an empire," Ilderim explains. "Then you will have your vengeance." He also advises Ben-Hur, "Remember - first to finish," and Ben-Hur adds, "Last to die." The movie directed by Timur Bekmambetov is an adaptation of 1880's biblical novel "Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ" by Lew Wallace, which was already turned into a 1959 movie starring Charlton Heston as the title character. Purists who consider the original film is sacred are clearly not impressed with the reboot. Shortly after the trailer hit the web, they criticized the upcoming movie. "The chariot scene in the original is epic. No way that can be duplicated," wrote one user named Cindy. Another named Lee Perry added, "Ben Hur remake .... is nothing sacred?" The historical drama will open in theaters across the nation on August 12.  Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running”   Partner news |  Latest news U.S. warns Georgia not to side with Moscow against the west  Georgia has been warned by the U.S. not to become an adversary of the west by falling back in line with Moscow.Power of One Dram sums up two-year program with Teach for Armenia Idram Junior also joined the companies during the visit, bringing with it a fascinating intellectual game for childrenMoscow slams EU mission in Armenia for “provocative activity” The EU mission is doing more and more against Armenia’s neighbors Russia, Azerbaijan and Iran, Mikhail Galuzin said.Yerevan Mayor to travel to Paris on May 15-19 The official delegation headed by Yerevan Mayor Tigran Avinyan will travel to Paris from May 15 to 19. |
