Oxygen masks deployed as Lois unhooked her seat belt to help the downed spokesperson - but found herself thrown about the interior of the endangered cabin during the mid-air emergency.Forty-One""s stubbornness and hate have kept him alive while other men have perished all around him.Arrius thinks he is foolish to believe in freedom: "You will never escape while we are victorious.If we are not, you will sink with this ship, chained to your oar." Ben Hur refuses the offer unless it means his freedom.In one of the more spectacular scenes in the film, he Romans fight against Macedonian pirate war ships in an exciting sea galley battle.The medic warned: "Bites are killers.Black ants are the worst." He was also cautioned about drinking too much water that would cause cramps.The second more helpful commander, Sgt.Elias Grodin (Willem Dafoe), reduced the weight of Chris"" pack: "You""re humpin"" too much stuff, troop."(in voice-over)1919.The war is over and he people of New York are tiring of the constant triumphal procession of returning troops.Rose gazes at him, trying o attract a glance while entering the house.Rose quickly persuades Esther to join her and stand on the front porch to look at the boy.Attempting to be non-chalant, both desperately want to be noticed and admired.Unsuccessful in attracting his attention, he is oblivious o them and imperviously wanders inside.Rose thinks: "He""s not very neighborly, I must say."They also go inside their house, where they anticipate he evening""s events.When Esther reminds Rose of her fateful phone call, stuck-up Rose disdainfully mentions her disinterest in boys before drifting upstairs to wash her hair:My dear, when you get to be my age, you""ll find out here are more important things in life than boys.