Spartacus (1960) United States
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Director:Stanley Kubrick
Studio:Bryna Productions
Producer:Kirk Douglas, James C. Katz, Edward Lewis
Writer:Howard Fast, Dalton Trumbo
Rating:8
Date Added:2013-06-10
UPC:025193129222
Awards:Won 4 Oscars. Another 4 wins & 9 nominations
Genre:Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, History
IMDb:0054331
Duration:184
Aspect Ratio:2.20:1
Sound:DD+
Languages:English
Subtitles:English, French, German, Portuguese, Dutch, Turkish, Hungarian, Danish, Swedish, Finnish, Czech, Norwegian, Bulgarian, Polish
Features:New transfer of the 1991 fully restored Super Technirama version
Screenwriter Dalton Trumbo's scene-by-scene analysis
Restoration demonstration
Rare deleted scenes
1960 promotional interviews with Jean Simmons and Peter Ustinov
Behind-the-scenes "gladitorial school" footage
Original storyboards by Saul Bass
Sketches by director Stanley Kubrick
Stanley Kubrick  ...  (Director)
Howard Fast, Dalton Trumbo  ...  (Writer)
 
Kirk Douglas  ...  Spartacus
Laurence Olivier  ...  Marcus Licinius Crassus
Jean Simmons  ...  Varinia
Charles Laughton  ...  Sempronius Gracchus
Peter Ustinov  ...  Lentulus Batiatus
John Gavin  ...  Julius Caesar
Nina Foch  ...  Helena Glabrus
John Ireland  ...  Crixus
Herbert Lom  ...  Tigranes Levantus
John Dall  ...  Marcus Publius Glabrus
Charles McGraw  ...  Marcellus
Joanna Barnes  ...  Claudia Marius
Harold Stone  ...  David (Jewish gladiator) Woody Strode ... Draba (Ethiopean gladiator) Peter Brocco ... Ramon (Batiatus' Greek accountant) Paul Lambert ... Gannicus
Russel Metty  ...  Director of Photography
Harold J. Stone  ...  David
Woody Strode  ...  Draba
Paul Lambert  ...  Gannicus
Peter Brocco  ...  Ramon
Robert J. Wilke  ...  Guard captain
Alex North  ...  Composer
Nick Dennis  ...  Dionysius
Clifford Stine  ...  Cinematographer
Russell Metty  ...  Cinematographer
John Hoyt  ...  Caius
Robert Lawrence  ...  Editor
Irving Lerner  ...  Editor
Frederick Worlock  ...  Laelius (patrician senator) Tony Curtis ... Antoninus
Alexander Golitzen  ...  Production Designer
Tony Curtis  ...  Antoninus
Terrence De Marney  ...  Majordomo
Johnny Duncan  ...  Beheaded man
Roy Engel  ...  Pirate
Richard Farnsworth  ...  Pirate
Seamon Glass  ...  Pirate
Harold Goodwin  ...  Slave
Sol Gorss  ...  Slave leader
James Griffith  ...  Otho
Harry Harvey Jr.  ...  Slave
Joe Haworth  ...  Marius
Vinton Haworth  ...  Metallius
Chuck Hayward  ...  Soldier
Howard Fast  ...  Original Material By
Charles Horvath  ...  Slave leader
Aron Kincaid  ...  Crassus' standard-bearer) Stubby Kruger ... Pirate
Stubby Kruger  ...  Pirate
Edward Lewis  ...  Producer
Carey Loftin  ...  Guard
Dayton Lummis  ...  Symmachus
Cliff Lyons  ...  Soldier
Arthur Batanides  ...  Legionaire
Gordon Mitchell  ...  Galeno (paired with Crixus) Boyd 'Red' Morgan ... Bit
Bob Morgan  ...  Galeno (paired with Crixus) Boyd 'Red' Morgan ... Bit
Boyd 'Red' Morgan  ...  Bit
Eddie Parker  ...  Slave
Harvey Parry  ...  Guard
Regis Parton  ...  Gladiator
Leonard Penn  ...  Garrison officer
Gil Perkins  ...  Slave leader
Vic Perrin  ...  Narrator
Bill Raisch  ...  Soldier
Chuck Roberson  ...  Slave
George Robotham  ...  Pirate
Calder Willingham  ...  Screenwriter
Russell Saunders  ...  Soldier
Charles Schaeffer  ...  Soldier
Jim Sears  ...  Gladiator
Tom Steele  ...  Gladiator
Robert Stevenson  ...  Legionaire
Ken Terrell  ...  Bit
Dale Van Sickel  ...  Trainer
Carleton Young  ...  Herald
Ted de Corsia  ...  Legionaire
Buff Brady  ...  Soldier
Rudy Bukich  ...  Gladiator
Bob Burns  ...  Pirate
Paul E. Burns  ...  Fimbria (pigeon vendor) Joe Canutt ... Soldier
Joe Canutt  ...  Soldier
Tap Canutt  ...  Soldier
Al Carmichael  ...  Gladiator
Chuck Courtney  ...  Soldier
Stanley Kubrick  ...  Director
Dick Crockett  ...  Guard
Hallene Hill  ...  Beggar Woman
Jil Jarmyn  ...  Julia (slave woman of Gracchus) Valley Keene ... Soldier
Valley Keene  ...  Soldier
Autumn Russell  ...  Slave Girl
Robert Wilke  ...  Guard captain
Jo Summers  ...  Slave Girl
Louise Vincent  ...  Slave at Gracchus's home
James Katz  ...  Producer
Dalton Trumbo  ...  Screenwriter
Eric Orbom  ...  Art Director
Russell A. Gausman  ...  Set Decoration
Julia Heron  ...  Set Decoration
Bill Thomas  ...  Costume Design
Valles  ...  Costume Design
Larry Germain  ...  Hairstylist
Bud Westmore  ...  Makeup Artist
Ronald Pierce  ...  Sound Designer
Murray Spivack  ...  Sound Designer
Waldon O. Watson  ...  Sound Designer
Summary: The rebellious Thracian Spartacus, born and raised a slave, is sold to Gladiator trainer Batiatus. After weeks of being trained to kill for the arena, Spartacus turns on his owners and leads the other slaves in rebellion. As the rebels move from town to town, their numbers swell as escaped slaves join their ranks. Under the leadership of Spartacus, they make their way to southern Italy, where they will cross the sea and return to their homes. Meanwhile, in Rome, the slave revolt has become a deciding factor in the power struggle between two senators: the republican Gracchus and the militarist Crassus, each of whom sees the fortunes of the rebellion as the key to his own rise to power or humiliating defeat. As the two statesmen attempt to aid, hinder and manipulate the rebels for their own benefit, Spartacus and his followers press on toward freedom.