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Spartacus (1960)
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The slave Spartacus leads a violent revolt against the decadent Roman empire. Director:Stanley Kubrick |
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| Kirk Douglas | ... | ||
| Laurence Olivier | ... | ||
| Jean Simmons | ... | ||
| Charles Laughton | ... | ||
| Peter Ustinov | ... | ||
| John Gavin | ... | ||
| Nina Foch | ... | ||
| John Ireland | ... | ||
| Herbert Lom | ... | ||
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John Dall | ... | |
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Charles McGraw | ... | |
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Joanna Barnes | ... | |
| Harold J. Stone | ... | ||
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Woody Strode | ... | |
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Peter Brocco | ... | |
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In 73 BCE, a Thracian slave leads a revolt at a gladiatorial school run by Lentulus Batiatus. The uprising soon spreads across Italy involving thousand of slaves. The plan is to acquire sufficient funds to hire ships from Silesian pirates who could the transport them to other lands from Brandisium in the south of Italy. The Roman Senator Gracchus schemes to have Marcus Publius Glabrus, Commander of the garrison of Rome, lead an army against the slaves who are living on Vesuvius. When Glabrus is defeated his mentor, Senator and General Marcus Licinius Crassus is greatly embarrassed and leads his own army against the slaves. Spartacus and the thousands of freed slaves successfully make their way to Brandisium only to find that the Silesians have abandoned them. They then turn north and must face the might of Rome. Written by garykmcd
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Spartacus: Rebel Against Rome See more »Box Office
Budget:
$12,000,000 (estimated)Gross:
$60,000,000 (Worldwide) (1 January 1998)Company Credits
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Runtime:
(premiere version) | Sweden: (1968 re-release) | USA: (1967 re-release) | USA: (1991 restored version)Sound Mix:
70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) | Dolby SR (35 mm prints, restored version) | Mono (Westrex Recording System) (35 mm prints, original release)Color:
Color (Technicolor)Aspect Ratio:
2.20 : 1
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Narrator: In the last century before the birth of the new faith called Christianity, which was destined to overthrow the pagan tyranny of Rome and bring about a new society, the Roman Republic stood at the very center of the civilized world. "Of all things fairest," sang the poet...
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Charles Laughton threatened to sue Kirk Douglas many times during filming. These threats never came to fruition, and Douglas felt Laughton was simply being a prima donna. See more »Goofs
Revealing mistakes: During the scene where the slaves are storming a wall, the slaves who die at the wall can be seen rolling under it to jump over again later. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Narrator: In the last century before the birth of the new faith called Christianity, which was destined to overthrow the pagan tyranny of Rome and bring about a new society, the Roman Republic stood at the very center of the civilized world. "Of all things fairest," sang the poet...
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Crazy Credits
The opening titles appear in a montage of silhouetted Roman sculptures and tablets, which according to title designer Saul Bass is meant to evoke the strength and power of the Roman Empire. The montage ends with a zoom into the eye of a crumbling Roman bust, which hints at the Empire's coming decline and fall. See more »
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