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Spartacus
Release date 6th October 1960
Country : USA
Running time : 184 mins
Genre : Action/Adventure/Epic
Starring Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Peter Ustinov, Charles Laughton
Screenplay by Dalton Trumbo
Directed by Stanley Kubrick
A slave Spartacus leads a revolt against the might of the Roman empire.
Anthony Mann was orginally set to direct but fell out with Kirk Douglas.
As producer Douglas insisted on blacklisted Dalton Trumbo (in the Communist witch hunts) to write the screenplay.
Release date 6th October 1960
Country : USA
Running time : 184 mins
Genre : Action/Adventure/Epic
Starring Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Peter Ustinov, Charles Laughton
Screenplay by Dalton Trumbo
Directed by Stanley Kubrick
A slave Spartacus leads a revolt against the might of the Roman empire.
The best and the most
literate of the ancient epics of the 50s and 60s. The acting is superb
from Douglas in the title role and Olivier to the character parts of
Ustinov and Laughton. The film does more than simply portray an era of
history and have exciting gladiatorial scenes but makes the audience
relate to the characters like no other ancient epic I've ever seen.
Anthony Mann was orginally set to direct but fell out with Kirk Douglas.
As producer Douglas insisted on blacklisted Dalton Trumbo (in the Communist witch hunts) to write the screenplay.
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