Anatomy of a Murder (1959)Movies

Between my recent column on Christian film making and the arrival of Holy Week, I decided that it was time for me to watch Ben Hur again.  As I did so, I found myself wondering what would have happened if Disney had approached Star Wars in the same way that MGM approached Ben Hur.  That is to say, what if The Mouse had recognized that they had a franchise with near-universal awareness, a vast fan base and an opportunity to print limitless amounts of money simply by respecting the source material?

  Because that’s what MGM did, and in the process gave us one of the greatest films of all time.

    The 1959 version of Ben Hur was actually a remake of a 1925 silent...