Wikipedia's own article on William Wyler's 1959 film Ben-Hur is a tertiary encyclopedic source. Its strength is that it is a reliable place to check ordinary production and reception facts, the November 18, 1959 release, the record eleven Academy Awards, the nine minute chariot race, and Claude Heater's uncredited, faceless portrayal of Jesus. Its limit is the ordinary one for a crowd edited encyclopedia entry: it summarises settled facts about the production rather than offering independent critical analysis of the film.
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Reliability Tier3
Wikipedia's article on William Wyler's 1959 film Ben-Hur is a tertiary encyclopedic source with no named author or peer review process, hence the lower tier, though useful here for ordinary production facts. NotesEncyclopedic production, plot and reception facts for William Wyler's 1959 film: its November 18, 1959 release, its record eleven Academy Awards, the nine-minute chariot race, and Claude Heater's uncredited, faceless portrayal of Jesus.
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AuthorWikipedia contributors
PublisherWikipedia
Publication Year2026
URLhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben-Hur_(1959_film)
Source Typereference
Claims Backed By This Source (23 claims)
This source backs 23 claims across the atlas. As facts: 16 well-attested. As cited relationships: 6 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Screen Works, 14 claims: 7 well-attested, 6 holds, 1 general references.
- Sources, 8 claims: 8 well-attested.
- Articles, 1 claims: 1 well-attested.
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