[drivingpairs] Re: Ben Hur

".The climactic chariot race scenes were directed by notable stunt man Yakima 
Canutt. It was the most expensive 65mm shoot in history with just one foot of 
film making it to the final cut for every 263 feet of film exposed. Canutt's 
son 
was the Charleton Heston stand-in when his horses attempted to jump over a 
spilled chariot on the course. He was thrown out, landing on the tongue between 
the horses. He scrambled back into the chariot, got the horses under control, 
and continued on in the race. The accident sequence looked so good that it was 
left in, complete with a Heston close-up as he climbed back into the vehicle. 
The only injury sustained was the stand-in's cut chin. The rumors that Stephen 
Boyd's double was killed are false.

...Some of the race sequences were filmed using only three horses per chariot 
instead of four. This allowed the camera car to move in closer, resulting in 
the 
destruction of one of the few, and very expensive, 65mm cameras in the world.

-- 
noel jones, aago
athens, tennessee, usa
423 887-7594
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frog music press, publishing MIDI music
moderator, rodgers organ users group
at www.frogmusic.com

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