The Ed Morrissey Show: Jeb Bradley; Top 5 Heston films of all time
posted at 1:30 pm on April 10, 2008 by Ed Morrissey
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Today, on the Ed Morrissey Show (3 pm ET), I’ll speak with former Congressman Jeb Bradley about tax reform and veteran affairs, and catch up with his plans for the future. In the second half, Betty Jo Tucker joins me for a fun look at the best movies from Charlton Heston’s career. Betty Jo has an encyclopedic knowledge of film, as her website shows, so we’ll have a good time.
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Ben-Hur is not only the best Heston film, it’s the best film of all time.
jgapinoy on April 10, 2008 at 1:37 PM
The Warlord isn’t one of the top five, but it is a good movie, and a fascinating time period. Without Heston in the star role, the movie would not have been worth the mention. Interesting cast otherwise and some great shots of medieval man-to-man combat.
Ben Hur has got to be the greatest movie ever made.
Wonder when Clooney will star himself in that remake?
Hening on April 10, 2008 at 1:41 PM
I agree, Ben Hur. I just loved to hear Mr. Heston talk. His voice was wonderful. A great American.
L
letget on April 10, 2008 at 1:51 PM
Five Best Charlton Heston films?
Ben-Hur
The Ten Commandments
Planet Of The Apes
Touch Of Evil
Major Dundee
Runner-ups:
Soylent Green
Omega Man
The President’s Lady
The Bucaneer
Will Penny
pilamaye on April 10, 2008 at 2:03 PM
Are you serious? Ben Hur? A good film? Take away the spectacular chariot scenes and the epic historical drama props, and you have a cardboard script acted out by come-to-life mannikins from the Norman Rockwell Museum of Bible History.
Grow Fins on April 10, 2008 at 2:09 PM
Soylent Green and Planet of the Apes are the two best, imho.
Grow Fins on April 10, 2008 at 2:10 PM
Sure–A cardboard script acted by mannequins won eleven Academy Awards.
jgapinoy on April 10, 2008 at 2:17 PM
I just saw on the news Jimmuh Cahtuh is talking with Hamas in Syria. If he can’t be tried and hung for treason, can we at least make him into Soylent Green? Then again, socialists probably taste real sour, or is it bitter??????
adamsmith on April 10, 2008 at 2:38 PM
Damn, who peed in your corn flakes?
jewells45 on April 10, 2008 at 2:41 PM
Five Best Charlton Heston films?
Planet Of The Apes
The Ten Commandments
Ben-Hur
Soylent Green
Omega Man
While the “damn dirty apes” line is classic, my favorite part of the movie is the trial where he has the frank discussion with Dr. Zaius and as they’re dragging him away, he yells “What are you afraid of, Doctor!?” The next best is the final scene where he finds the Statue of Liberty and everything becomes crystal clear. “You MANIACS! G-d damn you all to HELL!”
Kafir on April 10, 2008 at 2:43 PM
Gotta add Midway to the list…
RMCS_USN on April 10, 2008 at 3:26 PM
Planet Of The Apes
Ben Hur
Will Penny
The Big Country
Omega Man
One of Heston’s movies that gets overlooked is Khartoum. Not among his best, but still a good movie.
Mark1971 on April 10, 2008 at 3:47 PM
Will Penny,
Definitely
TexasJew on April 10, 2008 at 3:50 PM
Waynes World
hahaha
firepilot on April 10, 2008 at 4:21 PM
Captain,
By the way, I just viewed the feed and while the video is fine, the audio is garbly in places.
Just an FYI.
Weebork on April 10, 2008 at 4:45 PM
I haven’t seen all of his films but loved Ben Hur, Touch of Evil and Planet of the Apes.
aengus on April 10, 2008 at 5:12 PM
Turner Classic Movies will be showing some of Heston’s more obscure films starting Friday afternoon, along with an interview he did with TCM host Robert Osborne.
Del Dolemonte on April 10, 2008 at 5:19 PM
Earthquake!!!
hadsil on April 10, 2008 at 5:49 PM
“Are you serious? Ben Hur? A good film? Take away the spectacular chariot scenes and the epic historical drama props etc”
That’s the heart of the movie, though – the spectacle. You might as well argue that, without the special effects and the camerawork and the music, “2001″ would have been a jumped-up episode of Star Trek. It’s broadly true, but a film is more than just a lot of words, it’s an audio-visual experience.
Apeking on April 10, 2008 at 6:30 PM
Wasn’t he in “Bowling for Columbine”?
B26354 on April 10, 2008 at 6:39 PM
I saw the screencap and thought you were going to interview Moses or at least Heston, either would be amazing.
Speakup on April 10, 2008 at 7:48 PM
The very first movie I can remember seeing as a 6yr old child was my parents taking me to see the wonderful “El Cid” with Sophia Loren.
I still consider it one of my all time favorites.
It is important for ppl to see or rewatch this today, as it is the heroic struggle of the 11C Spanish kingdoms fighting against vicious Islamic invasions.
auzerais on April 10, 2008 at 8:51 PM
Ben Hur (Miklos Rosza’s score is also classic); Will Penny; Planet of The Apes (never saw any of the “sequels”, on purpose, since they were pointless); El Cid, and the flawed, but fascinating Touch of Evil (Orson Wells’ last hope in Hollwood, with a stunning, loooooooong opening sequence).
Also like Soylent Green, which was Joseph ["Citizen Kane'] Cotton’s last film, and Pony Express, The Savage Jungle, Khartoum and The Agony and the Ecstasy, with The Warlord a strong runner-up (Richard Boone almost stole the film).
Heston was a good guy, who will be missed greatly, but who got a lot of fine work recorded for future generations to savor.
Unless the Statue of Liberty ends up in sand to her navel…
profitsbeard on April 10, 2008 at 9:13 PM
Erratum: THE NAKED JUNGLE (not “Savage”).
(And don’t forget 55 Days at Peking and Midway.)
profitsbeard on April 10, 2008 at 9:19 PM
BEN HUR
TEN COMMANDMENTS
EL CID
55 DAYS AT PEKING
KHARTOUM
while i enjoy a good SCI-FI FLICK it was my opinion they were not his best movies. he will always be to me the the GREAT EPIC MOVIE ACTOR OF ALL TIME.
bootheel on April 10, 2008 at 10:21 PM
this last deer season i took my 30-40 KRAG and my son took his 8MM MAUSER. both historical weapons we pretended we were in the BOXER REBELLION. LOL
bootheel on April 10, 2008 at 10:22 PM
You mean WAYNE’S WORLD wasn’t on the list. Have you no humanity???
…From my cold dead hands…
Mojave Mark on April 10, 2008 at 11:58 PM
Midway! Planet of the Apes, Ben Hur, Ten Commandments, A Touch of Evil and The Naked Jungle.
Johan Klaus on April 11, 2008 at 12:17 AM
Grow Fins on April 10, 2008 at 2:09 PM
You don’t like Norman Rockwell?
Johan Klaus on April 11, 2008 at 12:22 AM
In order:
1. The Agony and the Ecstacy
2. Will Penny
3. Ben Hur
4. The Greatest Show on Earth
5. The Ten Commandments
Runners up: The Private War of Major Benson and Dark City.
srhoades on April 11, 2008 at 9:35 AM
dont overlook Agony and the Ecstasy…..
I have a memory of Charlton Heston on a night time TV show a long time ago as an expert on Michaelangelo. They had some other expert on Michaelanglo on who started spouting off about Michaelanglo’s alleged homosexuality and going all down that path.
After he was done, Heston spent the next 10 minutes explaining to the moron about the immense research he did on Michaelangelo for the part in the film and how he was basically wrong about everything he just said about Michaelangelo the queer.
pwned – big time – by Heston.
wildweasel on April 11, 2008 at 9:35 AM
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