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Spartacus (1960)

PG-13 10/13/1960 (US) History, War, Drama, Adventure 3h 17m

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They trained him to kill for their pleasure ... but they trained him a little too well

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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.

Stanley Kubrick

Director
Howard Fast

Novel
Peter Ustinov

Screenplay
Dalton Trumbo

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Plutarch

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Kirk Douglas

Spartacus
Laurence Olivier

Marcus Licinius Crassus
Jean Simmons

Varinia
Charles Laughton

Sempronius Gracchus
Peter Ustinov

Lentulus Batiatus
John Gavin

Julius Caesar
Tony Curtis

Antoninus
Nina Foch

Helena Glabrus
John Ireland

Crixus
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A review by John Chard

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Written by John Chard on September 15, 2019

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 got off to a troubled start, original director Anthony Mann was fired by leading man Kirk Douglas (Spartacus) after a falling out, some of Mann's work does remain in the final picture, though, notably some of the early scenes in the desert are thought to be at Mann's direction. In came then director for hire Stanley K... read the rest.

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