New on Home Video: “Ben-Hur” and “All the President’s Men” on 4K Ultra HD + Digital

Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment is bringing two Academy Award winning classics to 4K Ultra HD for the first time. William Wyler’s 1959 religious epic “Ben-Hur” won eleven Academy Awards including Best Picture. Alan J. Pakula’s 1976 biographical political thriller “All the President’s Men” was nominated for eight Academy Awards, winning four. Both beloved films get their own individual home video edition that features stunning 4K resolution and loads of great special features.

These wonderful 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray editions of “Ben-Hur” and “All the President’s Men” include digital copies and will be available to purchase on February 17th. See below for a full synopsis of the films as well as a list of the special features.

“Ben-Hur”

About the Film:

Year: 1959

Runtime: 212 Minutes

Director: William Wyler

Screenwriters: Karl Tunberg

Cast: Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Haya Harareet, Stephen Boyd, Hugh Griffith, Martha Scott, Cathy O’Donnell, Sam Jaffe

Rating: G

A member of the Jewish nobility living in Jerusalem, Judah Ben-Hur (Charlton Heston) lives a religious life and peacefully opposes the tyrannical occupation of Judea by Rome. When a boyhood friend, Messala (Stephen Boyd), returns to the region as a Roman official, he and Judah become estranged due to Messala’s fanatical loyalty to Rome and ruthless indifference to the fate of Judea. Casting friendship aside, Messala fabricates a charge of treason against Ben-Hur, his sister and mother, all of whom are arrested by Roman soldiers.

Special Features:

“Ben-Hur” Digital release and 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Disc contains the following new and previously released special features:

Ben-Hur: Anatomy of an Epic (NEW)
The Cinematography of Scale (NEW)
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
Commentary by Film Historian T. Gene Hatcher with Charlton Heston (2 Parts)
Music Only Track Showcasing Mikos Rózsa’s Award-Winning Score (2 Parts)

“All the President’s Men”

About the Film:

Year: 1976

Runtime: 138 Minutes

Director: Alan J. Pakula

Screenwriters: William Goldman

Cast: Robert Redford, Dustin Hoffman, Jason Robards, Jack Warden, Martin Balsam, Hal Holbrook, Jane Alexander, Stephen Collins, Ned Beatty, Meredith Baxter, Penny Fuller, F. Murray Abraham, David Arkin, Penny Peyser, Lindsay Crouse, Richard Herd, Rob Hale

Rating: PG

Academy Award winners Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman star in this true story as Washington Post reporters Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward, whose investigation of a seemingly minor hotel room break-in uncovers the greatest political scandal in United States history and leads to the downfall of President Richard Nixon.

Special Features:

“All the President’s Men” Digital release and 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Disc contains the following new and previously released special features: