Overview:
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.Status: | Released (1960-10-13) |
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Awards: | Won 4 Oscars. 12 wins & 11 nominations total |
BoxOffice: | $1,830,650 |
Screen: | Dalton Trumbo, Howard Fast, Peter Ustinov |
Productions: | Bryna Productions, Universal Pictures |
Production Countries: | United States of America |
Spoken Languages: | English |
Casts
- 2090: Kirk Douglas - Spartacus
- 3359: Laurence Olivier - Marcus Licinius Crassus
- 14500: Jean Simmons - Varinia
- 10921: Charles Laughton - Sempronius Gracchus
- 14501: Peter Ustinov - Lentulus Batiatus
- 7304: John Gavin - Julius Caesar
- 3150: Tony Curtis - Antoninus
Crews
- 240: Stanley Kubrick - Director - Directing
- 14489: Howard Fast - Novel - Writing
- 11993: Dalton Trumbo - Screenplay - Writing
- 14490: Edward Lewis - Producer - Production
- 2090: Kirk Douglas - Executive Producer - Production
- 10536: Alex North - Original Music Composer - Sound
- 13809: Russell Metty - Director of Photography - Camera
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Reviews
John Chard
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The sword and sandal epic that has everything. Spartacus is the Thracian slave who refused to be a Roman plaything, breaking out of their clutches he led the slave revolt that panicked the Roman Rebublic in circa BC 73, this film is based on that period in history. Spartacus go ....
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This historical/epic drama was one of those 50-60's movies that lasted for 3 and a half hours. It isn't perfect despite the production have being great in some points. The main issue is that it isn't historical based (and who knows the history to the full extend?), but it was base ....
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Kirk Douglas had the vision to back the previously black-listed Dalton Trumbo with his excellent screenplay for this epic tale of slavery and the struggle for freedom. He also led a cast with some of the best actors to ever grace the silver screen. Olivier, Laughton, Ustinov, Curtis ....
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