SPARTACUS

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Spartacus (Kirk Douglas) is actually a rebellious servant purchased by Lentulus Batiatus (Peter Ustinov), owner on the school to get gladiators. For any entertainment with corrupt Roman senator Marcus Licinius Crassus (Laurence Olivier), Batiatus' gladiators are to step a fight to your death. To the night before the event, a enslaved students are "rewarded" with female friendship. Spartacus' companion for any evening is definitely Varinia (Jean Simmons), your slave out of Brittania. When Spartacus eventually learns that Varinia is sold to be able to Crassus, your dog leads 77 fellow gladiators in revolt. Word of your rebellion distributes like wildfire, and in the near future Spartacus' armed service numbers while in the hundreds. Escaping to attend his induce is Varinia, who includes fallen fond of Spartacus, plus another with Crassus' dwelling slaves, a sensitive Antoninus (Tony Curtis). The revolt becomes the key cog in the wheel on the political have a problem between Crassus including a more temperate senator named Gracchus (Charles Laughton). Anthony Mann was the director with Spartacus, finally replaced by way of Stanley Kubrick, who would previously carefully guided Douglas by Paths for Glory. A film got 4 Academy Awards, including Best Supporting Professional for Ustinov. A significant scene amongst Olivier plus Curtis, removed with the 1967 reissue to its subtle lgbt implications, appeared to be restored around 1991, which includes a newly taped soundtrack featuring Curtis mainly because his younger self not to mention Anthony Hopkins standing in for the departed Olivier.

Genre:	Drama, Action & Adventure, Classics
Directed By:	Anthony Mann, Stanley Kubrick
Written By:	Dalton Trumbo
In Theaters:	Oct 7, 1960 Wide
On DVD:	Apr 24, 2001
Runtime:	3 hr. 4 min.