Spartacus
Stanley Kubrick directed a cast of screen legends—including Kirk Douglas as the indomitable gladiator who led a Roman slave revolt—in this sweeping epic, which defined a genre and helped usher in a new era of Hollywood filmmaking. The film’s assured acting, lush Technicolor cinematography, bold costumes, and visceral fight sequences won Spartacus widespread recognition, including four Oscars, while its blend of politics and sexual suggestion scandalized audiences. Today the film—the first to openly defy Hollywood’s blacklist, by employing screenwriter Dalton Trumbo—remains a landmark of cinematic artistry and history. But despite its acclaim, the production was a dispiriting one for hired gun Kubrick, and it proved to be the last major studio feature of his on which he lacked full creative control, and his last time shooting in Hollywood.
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Collector's Set
Cast
- 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
- Herbert Lom
- Tigranes Levantus
- John Ireland
- Crixus
- John Dall
- Marcus Publius Glabrus
- Charles McGraw
- Marcellus
- Woody Strode
- Draba
- Joanna Barnes
- Claudia Marius
Credits
- Director
- Stanley Kubrick
- Based on the novel by
- Howard Fast
- Screenplay
- Dalton Trumbo
- Producer
- Edward Lewis
- Cinematography
- Russell Metty
- Editing
- Robert Lawrence
- Executive producer
- Kirk Douglas
- Music
- Alex North
- Main title designed by
- Saul Bass
- Production design
- Alexander Golitzen
- Art direction
- Eric Orbom
- Set decoration
- Russell A. Gausman
- Set decoration
- Julia Heron
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