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ILDERIM: In the time of the Messiah,

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the Roman Empire grows
to span thousands of miles.

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It is an empire nourished by blood

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and secured by fear.

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They will take everything you have.

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They will invite you
to their games to watch others suffer

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and forget what you have lost.

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They will leave you with
nothing but bitterness...

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- (HORSE NEIGHS)
- (SHUSHING)

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...and desire for revenge.

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You should have stayed away.

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You should have killed me.

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I will.

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(CROWD CHEERING)

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JUDAH: Don't burn out
your horse too soon.

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Three laps to go!

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MESSALA: Try keeping up, Judah!

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Don't embarrass yourself!

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Watch your back, brother!

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You're a prince, not a warrior!

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ILDERIM: Prince Judah Ben-Hur, a Jew.

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(BOTH LAUGHING)

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Messala Severus,
his adopted brother, a Roman.

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(URGING HORSES)

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They were as devoted to each
other as they were competitive.

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(GRUNTING AND LAUGHING)

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MESSALA: You're a cheat!

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Cheat? All is fair to you Romans!

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Oh, that's low!

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ILDERIM: Judah's father passed away

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holding onto the hope
that the two brothers

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could be an example of unity
in this divided land.

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Cheat!

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(BOTH URGING HORSES)

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JUDAH: One more lap to go!

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- (GRUNTING)
- (LAUGHING)

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(BOTH URGING HORSES)

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- (LAUGHING)
- (GRUNTS)

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Judah.

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(GRUNTS) Judah!

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Judah!

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(GROANING WEAKLY)

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Help!

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(MESSALA GRUNTING)

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- (DOOR OPENS)
- MESSALA: Mother?

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Judah's hurt! Someone help!

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- Mama!
- (WOMAN SCREAMS)

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Nanny. Nanny, help.
Take him. Take him.

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- Careful, careful.
- What happened? Judah?

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TIRZAH: Judah!

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- He's lost a lot of blood.
- Is he all right?

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- What happened?
- MESSALA: There was a rock.

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TIRZAH: Mother?

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Quick, fetch a doctor for your brother.

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SIMONIDES: Tirzah! Run!

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- Esther?
- ESTHER: Yes, Father?

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Prepare the room for Master Judah.

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NAOMI: Get water.
SIMONIDES: Hurry, Esther.

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Careful, careful.

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Get some water.

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- Up.
- (GRUNTING)

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He's badly hurt. What have you done?

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I haven't done anything.
It was an accident.

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Judah was thrown from his horse.

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- We were riding and...
- Racing!

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Mum...

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What should I do?

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NAOMI: You've done enough. Now pray.

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My son, will he live?

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MESSALA: Minerva...
NAOMI: He will recover.

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- The doctor reassured us.
- MESSALA:... Mother Goddess,

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restore him by the skin.

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TIRZAH: But, Mother, he looks
like he's in so much pain.

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NAOMI: Thank your Messala for that.

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(DOOR OPENS)

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ESTHER: Be strong, Master Judah.

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(JUDAH BREATHING RAGGEDLY)

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JUDAH: Wait. Wait.

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You are like an angel.

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(BIRDS CHIRPING)

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Tirzah.

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Go to bed.

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Good night.

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We have different gods, Messala.

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(SIGHS)

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Did we have fun?

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(CHUCKLES)

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- (MUSIC PLAYING)
- (LAUGHING)

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(CROWD SINGING)

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- Esther, dance with me.
- I'm not allowed.

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Well, we can give people
something to talk about.

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We can cause a scandal. Come on.

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(SNORING)

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Oh, let me help you.

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I have it. It's not your place.

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You know there's a whole
world beyond Jerusalem.

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Greece, Persia, Egypt.

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I just want to experience it.

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I'm tired of reading about it,

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hearing about it from travelers.

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- Are you?
- Yes.

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- But you make it sound so easy.
- It's not easy.

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But that's life.

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NAOMI: Tirzah.

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Could you help me
to my bedroom, please?

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(SIGHS)

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(SIGHS)

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You spend
too much idle time with Messala.

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(SCOFFS) If I didn't,
you'd have nothing to complain about.

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"Oh, have mercy on me, world!

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"Not one of my 359 gods
will smile upon me."

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- Don't mock.
- (CHUCKLES)

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What's wrong with you?
It's supposed to be a celebration.

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It's a celebration of your faith, not mine.

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Well, that's the virtue of wine.
It doesn't discriminate.

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So what happened with you and Tirzah?

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Your mother doesn't want us speaking.

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And who cares what Mother wants?

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Your mother cares.

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And?

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- Listen, Judah, I...
- You have feelings for Tirzah.

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Messala, admit it.

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What am I supposed to do with them?

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You and your family are royalty.

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And what does that matter?

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I'd rather she was paying attention to you

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than some other brute.

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Thanks.

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I'm not saying you're a brute,
I'm saying you're brutish.

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Oh...

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Simonides, go to bed. Messala!

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- You and Tirzah would be like...
- Like what?

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Like we were family.
We're not family, are we?

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Are we?

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I'm just a lowly orphan
your family took in.

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Oh, my God. Of course we're family!

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You're my brother.
You'll always be my brother.

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Everything I own is yours.

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No. I'll never have your name.

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And every time my name is spoken,

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it will be spoken alongside
stories of my grandfather.

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Until I earn it back.

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Messala, wait. Wait!

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Messala.

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- Where are you going?
- I'm going to Rome.

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Wait. What do you mean,
you're going to Rome?

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Messala, stop.

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The Emperor's called for men to put
down the rebellion in Germania.

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He's called for idiots to fight and die.

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I can't believe this.

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After everything we've done for you,

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you still want to go and fight
for those murderers!

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The pay's steady.

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"The pay's steady"?

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So I can come back to Tirzah
with stature and wealth.

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But wealth doesn't mean anything.

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- It never does if you're rich.
- Messala, please.

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Look, tell Tirzah...

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If you have something
to say to her, say it yourself.

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Otherwise you're just walking away.

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(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

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Judah?

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Where's Messala?

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(MEN YELLING AND GRUNTING)

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JUDAH: Messala,

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I hope this letter finds
you well, if at all.

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As with all the others
I've sent over the past three years,

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I expect no response.

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(MEN YELLING)

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I can only hope that it is by your choice
and not by the way of your demise.

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I always prefer
not to see my food before I eat it.

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That's probably the best idea.

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You would hardly recognize
your Jerusalem now.

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What? What are you looking at?

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ESTHER: The circus.

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The Romans continue
to leave their mark

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and build their circus.

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When you come home,
I will honor the monstrosity

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by humiliating you in one of those
chariots you Romans so love.

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MAN: Yes, of course.

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But, brother, I do have news to tell you.

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Here, try it.

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Two months ago,

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Esther's father found
a wealthy Roman for her to marry.

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- Hmm.
- Hmm.

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We still have to find you
something special.

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Oh, no, that's okay. I don't want anything.

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I gave my blessing knowing
in my heart it was a mistake.

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I was reminded of how
I used to jest to Mother

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that one day we would wed...

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Go with God.

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...knowing the thought
of her son, a prince,

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marrying a servant
would send her to an early grave.

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I couldn't let her go.

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(BREATHING HEAVILY)

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If you leave me,
you leave me with nothing.

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She is now my wife, brother.

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Despite the wonderful life
we have together,

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Rome has come to lay
a hard hand on the city.

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Repeated attacks have left
them with little patience.

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Thankfully,
we've been able to retain their favor.

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Well, for now.

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Hear my plea.

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Be safe. Return home.

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I will listen to stories of your travels.

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Judah.

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- What have you found?
- I don't know what it is.

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I know what this is!
This is a Senet board.

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- How much for this?
- Five shekels.

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A Zealot,
and that he will be subject today

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to the customary punishment
of crucifixion.

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- MAN: No!
- May his punishment

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stand as a warning.

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- Ah, the Zealots.
- All they want is freedom.

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And at what cost?

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If they had their way,

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they'll bring the whole
of Rome down on us.

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Then where will our freedom be?

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- How much is it? Five?
- Thank you, My Lord.

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There's freedom elsewhere.

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Excuse me?

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Love your enemies.

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"Love your enemies."
Well, that's very progressive.

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JESUS: It's the truth.

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(BLOWS)

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God is love.
He made us to share that love.

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And where will your love be
when the Romans

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turn their anger on the rest of us?

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Hate and fear are lies.

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They turn us against each other.

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Those are the lies that make us slaves.

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He has a path planned for you.

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If He has a path planned for me,

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how am I better off than a slave?

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Why don't you ask her?

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Esther.

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There's truth to what he's saying.

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There must be something better.

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Better than what?

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Look around you.

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The roads are lined
with the sick and poor.

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We should be grateful
we're not one of them.

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- Can you spare something, please?
- We can be more than grateful.

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Esther, I'm not denying
the fact that the world is a cruel place.

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But it's our responsibility
to take care of ourselves

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and the ones we love.

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If people took care
of themselves, we'd all be saved.

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If God is righteous,
then we should do righteous things.

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If there is a God, then why
doesn't He do right by the world?

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MAN: (WHISPERING) Come. Follow me.

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(WHISPERING) Follow me.
Follow me. This way.

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Let's go. Stay with me.

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(HORSE GRUNTING)

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Who's there?

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(GASPS) Jacob, stop. He's my brother.

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Put the knife down.

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Put it down.

258
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- TIRZAH: Judah.
- (MAN 1 WHIMPERING)

259
00:16:48,840 --> 00:16:50,558
(BREATHING SHAKILY)

260
00:16:57,040 --> 00:16:59,315
JUDAH: What happened to him?
MAN 2: He's wounded.

261
00:16:59,400 --> 00:17:01,960
- Yes, I can see that. How?
- The cemetery.

262
00:17:02,080 --> 00:17:04,992
Romans take the stones of our ancestors

263
00:17:05,080 --> 00:17:06,308
to build their circus.

264
00:17:06,400 --> 00:17:08,470
Not anymore.

265
00:17:08,560 --> 00:17:11,120
- You're Zealots!
- We fight for your freedom.

266
00:17:11,200 --> 00:17:13,080
From what I can see,
you get young boys injured.

267
00:17:13,760 --> 00:17:14,760
We need a doctor.

268
00:17:14,880 --> 00:17:16,836
JUDAH: No, a doctor would
inform the centurions.

269
00:17:16,920 --> 00:17:18,672
Go and get a candle. Go.

270
00:17:18,760 --> 00:17:20,159
(MAN 1 WHIMPERING)

271
00:17:24,560 --> 00:17:26,039
I need your knife.

272
00:17:32,720 --> 00:17:34,039
What's your name?

273
00:17:34,920 --> 00:17:37,036
- Dismas.
- Dismas.

274
00:17:39,000 --> 00:17:40,877
(BREATH TREMBLING)

275
00:17:40,960 --> 00:17:43,428
- (DISMAS WHIMPERING)
- I hope you're proud of yourselves.

276
00:17:43,920 --> 00:17:45,638
JACOB: You know our aim.

277
00:17:45,720 --> 00:17:49,030
Independence from Caesar,
ending the occupation of the Holy Land.

278
00:17:49,120 --> 00:17:51,350
- By killing Romans?
- We settle scores.

279
00:17:51,440 --> 00:17:53,431
Not here. Not in Jerusalem.

280
00:17:53,520 --> 00:17:57,479
Dismas, it's a little bit
of pain and then it's done.

281
00:17:57,800 --> 00:17:59,119
Let me see.

282
00:17:59,200 --> 00:18:00,838
(MUFFLED SCREAMING)

283
00:18:07,760 --> 00:18:09,079
JUDAH: You're a part of this?

284
00:18:09,520 --> 00:18:11,192
The man you love is a Roman!

285
00:18:11,280 --> 00:18:12,508
We don't kill all Romans.

286
00:18:12,600 --> 00:18:14,670
Well, that's not very
comforting to the dead ones.

287
00:18:15,520 --> 00:18:17,397
If your father was alive,
he would support us.

288
00:18:17,480 --> 00:18:19,516
You, I don't know,
so you can shut your mouth.

289
00:18:19,600 --> 00:18:22,194
JACOB: This is your home,
this is your land, too.

290
00:18:22,280 --> 00:18:23,838
They turn our brothers into slaves

291
00:18:23,920 --> 00:18:25,512
and that doesn't move you?

292
00:18:25,600 --> 00:18:27,192
Killing doesn't get us up from under.

293
00:18:27,280 --> 00:18:29,714
- Being passive has done what?
- It keeps the peace.

294
00:18:29,800 --> 00:18:31,199
You confuse peace with freedom.

295
00:18:31,320 --> 00:18:32,594
Jacob.

296
00:18:32,680 --> 00:18:36,070
The High Priests,
you in the privileged class...

297
00:18:36,160 --> 00:18:38,993
You get Caesar's favor
in exchange for obedience.

298
00:18:39,120 --> 00:18:40,439
(MUFFLED SCREAMING)

299
00:18:40,520 --> 00:18:42,192
The rest of us get scraps.

300
00:18:45,760 --> 00:18:47,034
(FLESH SIZZLING)

301
00:18:48,000 --> 00:18:49,513
I won't condone violence.

302
00:18:51,520 --> 00:18:52,999
Nobody's asking your permission.

303
00:18:57,560 --> 00:19:01,792
You keep my family
and my house clean of this.

304
00:19:10,200 --> 00:19:11,599
Now get out.

305
00:19:12,680 --> 00:19:15,240
- The boy?
- JUDAH: He's safe here.

306
00:19:15,320 --> 00:19:16,639
Safer than with you.

307
00:19:19,160 --> 00:19:20,832
I said get out!

308
00:19:21,040 --> 00:19:23,031
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

309
00:19:24,440 --> 00:19:26,556
JUDAH: You know, Mother has
hopes for a grandchild.

310
00:19:26,640 --> 00:19:28,631
She asks me every day. I tell her, "Soon."

311
00:19:28,720 --> 00:19:30,039
(BOTH CHUCKLE)

312
00:19:30,120 --> 00:19:32,998
But I know "soon"
isn't soon enough for her.

313
00:19:37,640 --> 00:19:39,119
That sounds wonderful.

314
00:19:48,440 --> 00:19:49,440
Judah Ben-Hur?

315
00:19:49,840 --> 00:19:51,193
- Yes?
- Follow us.

316
00:19:51,280 --> 00:19:52,536
ESTHER: Where are you taking him?

317
00:19:52,560 --> 00:19:54,080
Don't worry, we've done nothing wrong.

318
00:19:54,120 --> 00:19:55,917
It's all right, go inside.

319
00:19:59,160 --> 00:20:01,196
(MEN SHOUTING)

320
00:20:16,200 --> 00:20:17,713
I've brought the Jew.

321
00:20:29,840 --> 00:20:31,910
I haven't changed that much, have I?

322
00:20:33,160 --> 00:20:34,752
You look like one of those statues

323
00:20:34,840 --> 00:20:36,990
you Romans insist on
putting everywhere.

324
00:20:37,480 --> 00:20:39,630
You look like the clay
they make them from.

325
00:20:39,960 --> 00:20:41,757
Statues are made of marble, not clay.

326
00:20:41,840 --> 00:20:43,353
Not the one they'd make of you.

327
00:20:44,960 --> 00:20:46,678
(BOTH LAUGHING)

328
00:20:50,960 --> 00:20:52,552
(SIGHING)

329
00:21:05,840 --> 00:21:07,353
Look at this.

330
00:21:08,720 --> 00:21:09,789
Wow.

331
00:21:11,480 --> 00:21:13,710
Well, come on, tell me.
Tell me everything.

332
00:21:16,520 --> 00:21:18,317
(MEN YELLING)

333
00:21:19,080 --> 00:21:20,308
Up Mars!

334
00:21:26,880 --> 00:21:28,472
Move forward!

335
00:21:28,840 --> 00:21:30,671
- Move forward!
- (GROANS)

336
00:21:31,600 --> 00:21:33,536
MESSALA: I'm not sure
you want to hear everything.

337
00:21:33,560 --> 00:21:35,516
And you were right
about life as a soldier.

338
00:21:35,600 --> 00:21:36,999
(CHOKING)

339
00:21:37,640 --> 00:21:40,108
Sleepless nights in the mud.
Cold and wet.

340
00:21:40,920 --> 00:21:42,592
Drusus, move forward!

341
00:21:42,680 --> 00:21:45,069
- If we stay here, we'll die!
- Then you go!

342
00:21:45,520 --> 00:21:46,748
One night in Persia...

343
00:21:46,840 --> 00:21:47,909
Your name?

344
00:21:48,000 --> 00:21:49,274
...I met him.

345
00:21:49,360 --> 00:21:52,955
- Your name!
- Messala Severus.

346
00:21:53,080 --> 00:21:57,596
Captain Messala Severus.
These are your men now.

347
00:21:58,440 --> 00:22:00,590
- Start leading!
- Sir!

348
00:22:00,680 --> 00:22:02,910
His name was Pontius Pilate.

349
00:22:03,000 --> 00:22:04,592
He gave me a chance.

350
00:22:04,680 --> 00:22:07,319
He reminded me of
what we were fighting for.

351
00:22:07,400 --> 00:22:09,038
Things you and I believe in, Judah.

352
00:22:09,720 --> 00:22:13,554
A civilized world, progress,
prosperity, stability.

353
00:22:15,440 --> 00:22:17,271
I battled and marched through countries

354
00:22:17,360 --> 00:22:20,477
and across continents
I'd once dreamed of.

355
00:22:24,440 --> 00:22:25,998
(GRUNTING)

356
00:22:29,240 --> 00:22:31,117
(YELLING)

357
00:22:31,560 --> 00:22:34,870
I led my men from battle to battle,
to the heights of glory.

358
00:22:36,480 --> 00:22:38,520
But we crushed the freedom
of innocent civilizations

359
00:22:38,560 --> 00:22:40,790
simply because they were different.

360
00:22:40,960 --> 00:22:42,552
(GRUNTING SOFTLY)

361
00:22:42,640 --> 00:22:44,631
I saw much blood spilled.

362
00:22:45,760 --> 00:22:47,478
(KID LAUGHING)

363
00:22:47,560 --> 00:22:49,755
More than I can describe.

364
00:22:50,920 --> 00:22:52,399
MAN: Attention!

365
00:22:52,480 --> 00:22:54,994
My true fight became
with my commander,

366
00:22:55,080 --> 00:22:56,399
Marcus.

367
00:22:56,640 --> 00:22:58,278
(SHEEP BLEATING)

368
00:22:58,520 --> 00:23:00,158
Why haven't you attacked the city?

369
00:23:00,240 --> 00:23:02,595
An attack wasn't needed.
My orders were to pacify the city.

370
00:23:02,680 --> 00:23:04,477
Leaving no able-bodied man alive.

371
00:23:04,600 --> 00:23:06,477
Well, who will till the field or harvest...

372
00:23:06,600 --> 00:23:09,876
We need to stamp out
revolt in every corner of the Empire.

373
00:23:09,960 --> 00:23:11,996
If you want to offer up
another lifeless husk

374
00:23:12,080 --> 00:23:13,752
- to the Empire...
- Messala Severus?

375
00:23:14,200 --> 00:23:16,919
We've heard the stories
about your grandfather.

376
00:23:17,360 --> 00:23:19,271
His hand in betraying Julius Caesar.

377
00:23:21,360 --> 00:23:23,590
And how he wailed
when he was crucified.

378
00:23:24,760 --> 00:23:28,116
MESSALA: In spite of that,
I'm thankful Pilate's on my side, brother.

379
00:23:28,640 --> 00:23:30,915
More thankful to see you.

380
00:23:31,960 --> 00:23:33,188
Me, too.

381
00:23:35,520 --> 00:23:37,496
To think you were just
a lowly Hur before you left.

382
00:23:37,520 --> 00:23:38,999
(BOTH CHUCKLE)

383
00:23:41,640 --> 00:23:43,000
Well, Mother missed you every day.

384
00:23:43,600 --> 00:23:45,636
Ah, I'm sorry I left you alone with her.

385
00:23:46,480 --> 00:23:47,629
Tirzah?

386
00:23:48,120 --> 00:23:49,473
How is she?

387
00:23:49,880 --> 00:23:51,711
Tirzah's good, she's well.

388
00:23:53,880 --> 00:23:54,960
Judah, will you tell her...

389
00:23:55,040 --> 00:23:57,120
No, you can tell her yourself.
She's not yet married.

390
00:23:57,200 --> 00:23:58,474
(CHUCKLES)

391
00:23:59,400 --> 00:24:02,119
My God, you still have it. (CHUCKLES)

392
00:24:04,320 --> 00:24:05,639
Why didn't you write?

393
00:24:06,680 --> 00:24:08,193
What would I say?

394
00:24:09,920 --> 00:24:13,151
I don't know.
That you're alive? That you're well?

395
00:24:13,760 --> 00:24:15,716
Anything would have sufficed.

396
00:24:15,800 --> 00:24:17,153
Judah,

397
00:24:17,280 --> 00:24:19,953
I had to be able to come back
on my own terms.

398
00:24:20,520 --> 00:24:22,238
Your family gave me everything.

399
00:24:23,040 --> 00:24:25,713
I wanted to be able to return the favor.

400
00:24:25,800 --> 00:24:26,915
Now I can.

401
00:24:30,080 --> 00:24:31,957
Mmm. Judah, listen.

402
00:24:32,040 --> 00:24:33,520
- I need your help.
- FLORUS: Messala.

403
00:24:42,160 --> 00:24:44,754
You're needed outside.
There's been another attack.

404
00:24:44,840 --> 00:24:46,671
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

405
00:24:48,840 --> 00:24:50,637
ROMAN SOLDIER:
Stretcher bearer, over here.

406
00:24:51,320 --> 00:24:53,436
What's being said about Pontius Pilate?

407
00:24:53,520 --> 00:24:54,919
To be honest, nothing good.

408
00:24:56,160 --> 00:24:58,016
In a few days, he wants
to ride through Jerusalem

409
00:24:58,040 --> 00:24:59,473
at the head of a legion.

410
00:24:59,720 --> 00:25:00,869
JUDAH: Why?

411
00:25:01,720 --> 00:25:03,472
The Zealots.

412
00:25:03,560 --> 00:25:06,518
I've tried to deal with them peacefully.
Peace doesn't work.

413
00:25:07,040 --> 00:25:10,396
- So now you try a legion.
- That's not my choice.

414
00:25:11,760 --> 00:25:13,751
All they want from Rome
is their land back.

415
00:25:14,440 --> 00:25:17,318
It was never their land.
It belonged to you, the wealthy.

416
00:25:17,400 --> 00:25:19,960
You don't really believe
in a return to the Age of Solomon.

417
00:25:20,080 --> 00:25:22,216
When the Zealots
are done with us, they'll turn on you.

418
00:25:22,240 --> 00:25:25,118
I don't care about their politics.
I just care about keeping the peace.

419
00:25:25,200 --> 00:25:26,269
Then we're agreed!

420
00:25:26,360 --> 00:25:28,635
Look, Zealots are the common enemy.

421
00:25:28,720 --> 00:25:31,871
Listen, you're a prince.
You have the ear of your people.

422
00:25:32,400 --> 00:25:34,994
Pontius Pilate has to
ride through Jerusalem with no trouble.

423
00:25:35,080 --> 00:25:36,911
That's all I'm asking.

424
00:25:38,200 --> 00:25:39,918
Brother, I've been away a long time.

425
00:25:40,880 --> 00:25:44,190
If I come back now,
believe me, it's important.

426
00:25:47,440 --> 00:25:48,919
I want to give you this.

427
00:25:50,720 --> 00:25:52,631
I've done a lot of work with this.

428
00:25:54,960 --> 00:25:56,473
It would give me nothing but joy

429
00:25:56,560 --> 00:25:59,074
to know it was in your hands
and lay forever idle.

430
00:26:08,400 --> 00:26:10,789
I'll speak to my people,
find out what I can.

431
00:26:10,920 --> 00:26:11,920
Thank you.

432
00:26:12,240 --> 00:26:15,312
- But you must come to dinner.
- (CHUCKLES) I will.

433
00:26:15,400 --> 00:26:17,595
But nothing special. Just a simple meal.

434
00:26:17,720 --> 00:26:19,711
I