Spartacus [videorecording] / [Universal Pictures] ; [presented by] Bryna Productions, Inc. ; screenplay, Dalton Trumbo ; produced by Edward Lewis ; directed by Stanley Kubrick.
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FilmPublisher number: 20181 | Universal Studios Home VideoLanguage: engfre Summary language: engspa Original language: English Publication details: Universal City, CA : Universal Studios Home Video, [1998].Description: 1 videodisc (196 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN: - 0783226039 :
- Director of photography, Russell Metty; editor, Robert Lawrence; music, Alex North; restored by Robert A. Harris and James C. Katz.
- Academy Awards: Best supporting actor (Ustinov) and 3 other awards.
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Dr. James Carlson Library | DVD | DRAMA Spartacu | Available | 33111005854068 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
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, Rovi
Based on the novel by Howard Fast.
Contains an additional 5 min. of footage cut from the original.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1960.
Special features: production notes, cast and filmmakers, theatrical trailers.
Director of photography, Russell Metty; editor, Robert Lawrence; music, Alex North; restored by Robert A. Harris and James C. Katz.
Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons, Charles Laughton, Peter Ustinov, John Gavin, Tony Curtis.
Spartacus is the bold gladiator slave who leads a massive slave revolt against Imperial Rome in this epic true account of man's eternal struggle for freedom.
Rated PG-13.
DVD; Dolby 5.1 surround, Dolby surround; widescreen (2.21:1).
In English with optional sountrack in French; optional subtitles in Spanish; closed-captioned in English for the hearing impaired.
Academy Awards: Best supporting actor (Ustinov) and 3 other awards.