Ben-Hur (1959) (4K+2D Blu-ray SteelBook) [UK]

[paulboland]

Release date: March 23, 2026
Purchase links: Amazon UK - Zavvi - HMV
Price: £37.99
Notes: 3 Discs Film on 2 UHD Discs - Blu-ray is Extras only

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[TheWildEye]

Slowly putting up prices again.
£37.99

Let's add another 10% they'll never notice...

 

[Lord Vader]

Its an essential pickup for me but might just go with the amaray

 

[Lollard2002]

I really hope that is not the artwork!

 

[Roofr4sh]

What is this, popular film tax, not doing it.

 

[paulboland]

Artwork

 

[paulboland]

Extras:

• Commentary by Film Historian T.Gene Hatcher with Charlton Heston and Music-Only Track on 4K Discs.
• Bonus Blu-ray Disc Includes Two All-New Special Features:
• Ben-Hur: Anatomy of an Epic (New)
• The Cinematography of Scale (New)
• Plus Charlton Heston Documentary
• Making-of Featurette
• Screen Tests and More

 

[djjez83]

£37.99. JFC!

 

[paulboland]

HMV had release date listed eariler today as February 16 2026 but is now showing Released: Coming soon

 

[paulboland]

The 2 new extras that will be on the Blu-ray Extras disc is

• Ben-Hur: Anatomy of an Epic
• The Cinematography of Scale

The Blu-ray Disc will also have some of the previous extras on same disc

 

[TheWildEye]

£37.99. JFC!

Didn't Charlton Heston once play JFC!?

 

[Lenny Nero]

The 2 new extras that will be on the Blu-ray Extras disc is

• Ben-Hur: Anatomy of an Epic
• The Cinematography of Scale

The Blu-ray Disc will also have some of the previous extras on same disc

The 50th BD editions had 2 hour long documentaries ported over from DVD releases, besides the then new Charlton Heston doc, I wonder if those will be dropped due to some rights or space or something, making previous BD extras disc worth keeping:

- "Charlton Heston & Ben-Hur: A Personal Journey" documentary (78:06)
- "Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema" documentary (57:46)
- "Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic" documentary (58:15)

 

[paulboland]

The 50th BD editions had 2 hour long documentaries ported over from DVD releases, besides the then new Charlton Heston doc, I wonder if those will be dropped due to some rights or space or something, making previous BD extras disc worth keeping:

The Charlton Heston & Ben-Hur: A Personal Journey" documentary and Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic is included on the blu-ray

It’s possible Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema" documentary will also be on the disc but I’m not 100% at the moment if included

When iTunes USA listing extras get added more will be known then that will happen likely before the physical media release

 

[paulboland]

@Lenny Nero

Blu-ray Bonus Disc
Extras

• Ben-Hur: Anatomy of an Epic (NEW) (7 minutes)
• The Cinematography of Scale (NEW) (8 minutes)
• Charlton Heston & Ben-Hur: A Personal Journey
• Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic
• Ben-Hur: A Journey Through Pictures
• Screen Tests: George Baker and William Russell
• Screen Tests: Leslie Nielsen and Cesare Danova
• Screen Tests: Leslie Nielsen and Yale Wexler
• Screen Tests: Haya Harareet and Make-Up Test

4K UHD Discs

• Commentary by Film Historian T. Gene Hatcher with Charlton Heston (2 Parts)
• Music Only Track Showcasing Mikos Rózsa’s Award-Winning Score (2 Parts)

In regards to previous 50th anniversary Blu-ray release the 1925 silent version and The Epic That Changed Cinema extras looks to be not included this time going by info available at the moment

 

[paulboland]

Release date changed to March 23 2026

 

[spookz]

Received this today. Not bad in hand and the debossing of "Ben Hur" was a surprise.