During the late '50s, I had worked on the script of Ben-Hur in an office next to that of the producer Sam Zimbalist.
The first movie I saw - and I don't know if it influenced me - was Ben Hur. We watched it outside in a corn field, and it ran backwards, so the first movie I ever saw was Ben Hur backwards.
ELANTRIS is a new BEN HUR for the fantasy genre, with a sweeping, epic storyline and closely personal characters.
I didn't want to be an actor. I wanted to design historical movies like 'Ben-Hur'. I saw this as my life.
To prevent the theft of 'Ben-Hur's sets, guards were prowling the back lot long after production had been shut down.
The first movie I saw - and I don't know if it influenced me - was 'Ben Hur'.
You can be sure that they'll be showing 'Ben-Hur' somewhere for a long, long time to come.
