 Huston suggested cuts, but Sartre submitted an even longer script of eight hours, justifying the even longer version by saying, "On peut faire un film de quatre heures s'il s'agit de "Ben Hur", mais le public de Texas ne supporterait pas quatre heures de complexes" ("We can make a film of four hours in the case of "Ben Hur", but the Texas public couldn't stand four hours of complexes.