Gift SubscriptionsSpartacus (1960)
- Starring:
- Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, (more)
- Director(s):
- Stanley Kubrick
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Spartacus (Kirk Douglas) is a rebellious slave purchased by Lentulus Batiatus (Peter Ustinov), owner of a school for gladiators. For the entertainment of corrupt Roman senator Marcus Licinius Crassus (Laurence Olivier), Batiatus' gladiators are to stage a fight to the death. On the night before the event, the enslaved trainees are "rewarded" with female companionship. Spartacus' companion for the evening is Varinia (Jean Simmons), a slave from Brittania. When Spartacus later learns that Varinia has been sold to Crassus, he leads 78 fellow gladiators in revolt. Word of the rebellion spreads like wildfire, and soon Spartacus' army numbers in the hundreds. Escaping to join his cause is Varinia, who has fallen in love with Spartacus, and another of Crassus' house slaves, the sensitive Antoninus (Tony Curtis). The revolt becomes the principal cog in the wheel of a political struggle between Crassus and a more temperate senator named Gracchus (Charles Laughton). Anthony Mann was the original director of Spartacus, eventually replaced by Stanley Kubrick, who'd previously guided Douglas through Paths of Glory. The film received 4 Academy Awards, including Best Supporting Actor for Ustinov. A crucial scene between Olivier and Curtis, removed from the 1967 reissue because of its subtle homosexual implications, was restored in 1991, with a newly recorded soundtrack featuring Curtis as his younger self and Anthony Hopkins standing in for the deceased Olivier. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 196 mins
Complete Cast:
- Kirk Douglas - Spartacus
- Jean Simmons - Varinia
- Peter Ustinov - Lentulus Batiatus
- John Gavin - Julius Caesar
- Herbert Lom - Tigranes
- John Dall - Glabrus
- Harold J. Stone - David
- Peter Brocco - Ramon
- Robert J. Wilke - Guard Captain
- John Hoyt - Caius
- Arthur Batanides
- Chuck Hayward
- Joe Haworth - Marius
- Brad Harris
- Sol (Saul) Gorss
- Wally Rose - Gladiator
- Wayne Van Horn
- Anthony Hopkins - Marcus Licinius Crassus (some scenes, 1991 restoratio
- Carleton Young - Herald
- Kay Stewart
- Harold Goodwin
- Jo Summers
- Rube Schaffer - Soldier
- Bob Stevenson - Legionnaire
- Aaron Saxon
- Autumn Russell
- Larry Perron
- Louise Vincent - Slave Girl
- Lili Valenty - Old Crone
- Leonard Penn - Garrison Officer
- Eddie Parker
- Charles McGraw - Marcellus
- Jill Jarmyn - Julia
- Terence de Marney - Major Domo
- Paul E. Burns - Fimbria
- Ted de Corsia
- Buff Brady
- Laurence Olivier - Marcus Licinius Crassus
- Charles Laughton - Sempronius Gracchus
- Tony Curtis - Antoninus
- Nina Foch - Helena Glabrus
- John Ireland - Crixus
- Joanna Barnes - Claudia Marius
- Woody Strode - Draba
- Paul Lambert - Gannicus
- Nick Dennis - Dionysius
- Dayton Lummis - Symmachus
- Hallene Hill - Beggar Woman
- Vinton Haworth - Metallius
- Harry Harvey, Jr.
- James Griffith - Otho
- Seamon Glass
- George Robotham
- Carey Loftin - Guard
- Joe Canutt
- Frederic Worlock - Laelius
- Harvey Parry
- Bob Burns
- Tap Canutt
- Harold Kruger - Pirate
- Tom Steele
- Russell Saunders
- Chuck Roberson - Slave
- Gil Perkins - Slave Leader
- Dale Van Sickel - Trainer
- Ken Terrell
- Regis Parton
- Bob Morgan
- Cliff Lyons
- Charles Horvath
- Jerry Brown
- Dick Crockett
- Chuck Courtney
- Director(s):
- Stanley Kubrick
- Writer(s):
- Dalton Trumbo
- Producer(s):
- Edward Lewis
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- 1960 - Spartacus - Academy - Best Color Cinematography
- 1960 - Spartacus - Academy - Best Color Costume Design
- 1960 - Spartacus - Academy - Best Supporting Actor
- 1960 - Spartacus - Academy - Best Color Art Direction
- 1960 - Spartacus - Academy - Best Color Costume Design
- 1960 - Spartacus - Academy - Best Color Art Direction
- 1960 - Spartacus - Academy - Best Color Art Direction
- 1960 - Spartacus - Academy - Best Color Art Direction
- 1960 - Spartacus - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie - Best Color Art Direction
- 1960 - Spartacus - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie - Best Color Art Direction
- 1960 - Spartacus - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie - Best Color Art Direction
- 1960 - Spartacus - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie - Best Color Costume Design
- 1960 - Spartacus - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie - Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Pic
- 1960 - Spartacus - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie - Best Color Costume Design
- 1960 - Spartacus - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie - Best Color Art Direction
- 1960 - Spartacus - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie - Best Color Cinematography
- 1960 - Spartacus - Golden Globe - Best Picture - Drama
