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	Spartacus (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Spartacus was the biggest project of Kubrick's career at that point with a budget of twelve million dollars and a cast total of 10,500 actors, which was very impressive for such a young director, although his contract did not give him complete control over the filming.
		Spartacus was actually one of numerous rebel slaves, and not the sole leader of the Roman slave revolts, as portrayed in the film.
		Spartacus' motivation to free the slaves is presented in the film as a fundamental opposition to the institution of slavery, an assertion that is not supported by historical evidence.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Spartacus_(movie) (2296 words)

	Spartacus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Spartacus, who was believed to be a Thracian (born in what is now Sandanski in present-day Bulgaria), was enslaved by the Romans and led a large slave uprising in modern-day Italy during the period 73 BC to 71 BC.
		Spartacus managed to break through Crassus's lines, and escaped towards Brundisium (modern-day Brindisi), but Crassus's forces intercepted them in Lucania, and Spartacus was killed in a subsequent battle at the river Silarus.
		Spartacus has been compared by many to American Civil War abolitionist John Brown, citing both their "extreme" views of slavery (respective of their time periods),and willingness to follow their own path, regardless of the consequences; in both cases they are killed due to their beliefs.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Spartacus (1616 words)

	Spartacus - LearnThis.Info Enclyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Different sources claim that Spartacus was either a captured Thracian soldier or a deserter who had served in the Roman Army for while.
		At the end of 72 BC Spartacus was camped in Rhegium (Reggio Calabria) near the Straits of Messina.
		In it, Spartacus is depicted as a sort of early communist who fights against the wealthy Roman establishment by liberating the slaves.
	encyclopedia.learnthis.info /s/sp/spartacus.html (605 words)

	Spartacus Plot Summary
		Spartacus is among those chosen, but although he is defeated in the fight, his opponent refuses to kill him - instead he attempts an attack on Crassus and is himself killed.
		As the escapees sweep through the southern part of Italy, looting villas and freeing slaves, Spartacus is chosen as their natural leader.
		Spartacus has his force in respectable shape as the Romans approach.
	www.historyinfilm.com /spart/sparplt1.htm (464 words)

	Spartacus (2004) (TV) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Spartacus' body was never identified, but many were crucified along the road all the way to Rome.
		Spartacus and his army made the Romans pay in much blood and defeat leading up to his and their ultimate defeat, though, requiring 15 or 16 legions to chase them down.
		Spartacus is a favorite hero of the Communists, BTW, being the working stiff rising up against the ruling class, etc...
	us.imdb.com /title/tt0361240 (571 words)

	Stanley Kubrick's Spartacus
		Spartacus was the film that broke the Hollywood fllist, giving open credit to screenwriter Dalton Trumbo who had been fllisted during the McCarthy era.
		The film was shot in Super Technirama 70, a format which ran 35mm film through the camera horizontally, creating a very large negative 8 perforations wide and also incorporated 150% anamorphic compression.
		The scenes of the final battle were filmed in Spain and took 12 weeks to rehearse and shoot, using 8,000 Spanish Army infantrymen.
	pages.prodigy.com /kubrick/kubsp.htm (454 words)

	Historical Background for Spartacus
		Spartacus subsequently defeated two forces of legionary cohorts; he wanted to lead his men across the Alps to escape from Italy, but the Gauls and Germans, led by Crixus, wanted to stay and plunder.
		Spartacus defeated Lentulus, and then Publicola; to avenge Crixus, Spartacus had 300 prisoners from these battles fight in pairs to the death.
		Spartacus and his companions sought to break the bonds of their own grievous oppression.
	www.vroma.org /~bmcmanus/spartacus.html (1541 words)

	Virtual Urth - Spartacus DVD Reviewed By Peter Suciu (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Both Spartacus and Wallace are men whose attempts to change the course of history failed, and within a few years after either of their deaths, the impact of their efforts forgotten.
		The film is presented in 2.35:1 widescreen, so don't bother watching the film on a 14 inch TV because you must be able to marvel at the large sets, the grand scenery and the massive soundstage sets.
		Spartacus says in the film that the gladiators have little military training, yet the real Spartacus served as a soldier in a Roman Auxiliary Legion-not a full-fledged Legion, but rather a unit that received less dedicated training and lower pay.
	www.virtualurth.com /dvd/spartacus.html (1527 words)

	Spartacus
		Spartacus was based on a 1952 novel by Howard Fast, detailing a true account of a gladiator who led a slave uprising against Rome in 73 BC.
		In 1992, Spartacus was restored by acclaimed film restorer Robert A. Harris (with backing from Steven Spielberg, Stanley Kubrick and Universal) at a cost of nearly $1 million.
		Challenged by the power-hungry General Crassus (Laurence Olivier), Spartacus is forced to face his convictions and the power of Imperial Rome at its glorious height.
	kubrickfilms.warnerbros.com /video_detail/spartacus (415 words)

	Film/Classic: Spartacus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Above all, however, "Spartacus" is a movie about revolution and the forces of good and evil and the noble potential of man, as well as his potential for cruelty, and the difference that an individual can make in society.
		The highlights of this exhilarating film are a fight-to-the-death between Douglas and Woody Strode, who as always is excellent, for the entertainment of Graccus and his lady friend, played with great coquettishness by Nina Foch, and the great, final battle scene.
		Much has been made by some critics of a restored version of the film that includes a scene between Crassus and one of Spartacus's men, played by Tony Curtis, that had been cut from the original release, presumably because it suggested to some that Crassus's reference to oysters indicated he might be bisexual.
	www.thecityreview.com /spartacus.html (1151 words)

	The Kubrick Site: Duncan Cooper on "Spartacus"
		Deservedly respected for his epic westerns and film's noire, Mann supervised, along with Douglas, the four months of pre-production preparations for the film and presumably participated in the complete rewrite of the script which was done in the Fall of 1958.
		Working on the film in secret from his home, locked out of the real decision-making process during the last months of principle shooting, reduced as he described it "to the role of a competent secretary", Trumbo was finally smuggled onto the studio lot to view the film's first rough cut.
		For Trumbo, the rest of the film was to consist of scenes alternating between the love story, the slave community, and the Roman political struggle, with all this punctuated by a series of bitter battle scenes and successive victories for the slaves over larger and larger Roman armies.
	www.visual-memory.co.uk /amk/doc/0102.html (9330 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Spartacus [1960]: DVD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		A Thracian slave called Spartacus assumed leadership of the revolt and expanded his army to a 120,000 strong force which won significant victories over Roman forces until ultimately the might of the combined legions of Crassus,Lucullus and Pompey routed them utterly.
		"Spartacus" is an epic film and there are epic performances from Kirk Douglas (Spartacus) and Lawrence Olivier (Crassus),with the latter a particularly well-constructed villain.
		However unlike that film there is hardly any gore in "Spartacus" ; the fighting is sanitised, there are no gratuitous close-ups of bloody and violent acts and as a result the viewers attention is focused more on the actors and the storyline.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000505HG (1172 words)

	Spartacus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		But Spartacus is not just a physical assault on the senses; the political battle for the future of Rome is depicted in exciting fashion in the philosophical clash between Gracchus, spiritual leader of the Roman senate and the aristocratic Crassus.
		Less prominent as a major element in the structure of the film is the romance between Spartacus and Varinia, which is developed to humanize the larger than life figure of the rebel leader, and on this level it does work.
		Behind the scenes, author Howard Fast was battling to make the film of Spartacus faithful to his book, particularly his vision of Spartacus the man. On the secondary audio track, Fast complains that Douglas's Spartacus is too physical, not the thinker that he depicted in his novel.
	www.filmsondisc.com /LaserReview/Spartacus.htm (1862 words)

	Typotheque: Taking Credit: Film title sequences, 1955-1965 / 6: Musical Statues: Spartacus, 1960 by Emily
		Stanley Kubrick, the film’s director, is given the last credit, superimposed over the centre of a full face view of the sculpted head of a young Roman man. After Kubrick’s name disappears from the screen the statue appears to age.
		Liberties taken by the film, both with the facts known about the true Spartacus story and with what was known about life in ancient Rome, were motivated by the desire to draw parallels between the politics of the Spartacus fable and those of the mid-twentieth century.
		They had designed opening sequences for 9% of the films which grossed over $5 million at the box office in the period between 1951 and 1960, as well as those for a number of films which were successful on a smaller scale.
	www.typotheque.com /site/print_article.php?id=94 (3581 words)

	I Viddied It On the Screen-Spartacus
		This isn't typically the sort of film that he reviews for his "Great Movies" section, and when he does (as with Gone with the Wind and Birth of a Nation) it's usually in reverence to their place in film history.
		In the audio commentary for the film (pulled off the 1992 Laserdisc release for the film it seems) he mentions how, at the film's world premier, he held his breath during the moment where "Spartacus" says that he never had a woman.
		Very much unlike Spartacus he would rather die in the war then win it (the dishonesty of "Braveheart" is the central reason that despite my enthusiasm for much of it, it does not and will not have a hallowed place in my DVD collection the way that "Spartacus", "JFK" and "Platoon" do).
	cc.usu.edu /~alexjack/viddiedreviews/spartacus.html (3539 words)

	Amazon.com: Spartacus: DVD: Kirk Douglas,Laurence Olivier,Jean Simmons,Charles Laughton,Peter Ustinov,John Gavin,Nina ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Kirk Douglas' bold decision to produce the film himself (with Universal-International distributing)was a leap of faith in both the material and the talented director.
		Spartacus is a wonderful, bigger than life film, about a slave who led a revolt against the Roman Empire.
		This is, first and foremost, the story of Spartacus, a slave and the son of a slave, a man who never knew freedom, until one day he was mad as hell and not going to take it any more.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0783226039?v=glance (2457 words)

	Spartacus (1960) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Russell Metty complained about this up until the release of the film and even, at one point, asked to have his name removed from the credits of the film.
		He was making an epic film about a slave in the roman republic who rebels against his masters.
		Filmed in a grand scope and in such great detail, Spartacus is eye candy for fans of epic film making.
	imdb.com /title/tt0054331 (501 words)

	Spartacus
		Spartacus courts Varinia with an elegance that belies his origins, a surreptitious courtship accomplished with beautiful short strokes: a touch of hands, an exchange of looks, a breathlessness when they are in close proximity.
		Behind the scenes, author Howard Fast was battling to make the film of Spartacus faithful to his book, particularly his vision of Spartacus the man. On the commentary track Fast complains that Douglas's Spartacus is too physical, not the thinker that he depicted in his novel.
		The new anamorphic transfer of Spartacus enhances the grand epic vision with remarkable clarity in the battle sequences, capturing the breathtaking sweep of the countryside and the fervor of battle alike.
	www.filmsondisc.com /dvdpages/spartacus_se.htm (2134 words)

	Spartacus - The Movie; Kirk Douglas, Jean Simmons, et al.
		Based on fact, and beautifully made, this film is laden with talent, with the precocious Stanley Kubrick directing, outstanding, beautiful and original music from Alex North, and evocative Oscar-winning photography from Russell Metty.
		Draba attacks his tormentors and ends up losing his life, but inspires Spartacus to rebel against his captors, and when he sees the love of his life, Varinia, being taken from him, he finally cracks, and the revolt begins.
		Spartacus lives to see his son, and Varinia tells him, as he is dying on the cross, that his son is free.
	www.geocities.com /p_rance/Spartacus.htm (514 words)

	Questions on Spartacus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The 1913 Italian film based on this novel, Spartaco, directed by Giovanni Enrico Vidali, changes the gender dynamics, having Spartacus fall in love with Narona, the fictional daughter of Crassus, with whom he is triumphantly united at the end of the film, after Crassus frees him and makes him the commander-in-chief of the Roman army!
		In the 1952 Italian film Spartaco, directed by Riccardo Freda, Spartacus is seduced by Crassus' evil daughter Sabina and almost betrays his followers, though at the end he dies on the battlefield in the arms of Amitis, his lover and ex-slave from Thrace, who is herself a revolutionary.
		Is the appearance of the army—from legionary soldiers to officers and standards—correctly portrayed in the film?
	www.vroma.org /~bmcmanus/spartacusquest.html (607 words)

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		In the film, Spartacus was prevented from escape by the silly contrivance of a pirate leader who reneged on a deal to take the slave army away in his ships.
		If Spartacus wins I intend to ask the Senate to emancipate his whole army." Eliminated from the film's first rough cut this scene was belatedly restored as a result of Trumbo's Report on SPARTACUS and went in and out of the picture several times.
		Thus, although Stanley Kubrick and the SPARTACUS restoration team wanted to restore the full 202 minute June 1960 Final Preview version of the film, the best they were able to do was a shortened 196 minute version of the 199 minute July 1960 studio censored cut which was shown to the press.
	www.cc.gatech.edu /classes/AY2005/cs6300_fall/projects/project5/movies/39/3928 (4028 words)

	Spartacus Home Page - History in Film
		The characters of the slaves in general, and Spartacus and Varinia in particular, have been improved upon by Hollywood.
		She almost certainly was not a Briton as shown in the film.
		The film follows the life of the Thracian slave, Spartacus, from his purchase by a trainer of gladiators (Peter Ustinov as Lentulus Batiatus) and his leadership of the revolt (in Part I) to the climactic battle with the Roman Army and his eventual crucifixion at the order of Crassus (Olivier)(in Part II).
	www.historyinfilm.com /spart (454 words)

	DVD Reviews - Spartacus (original & Criterion)
		NOTE: The DTS track that was originally to have been included on the new Criterion Spartacus DVD was omitted to allow for the highest possible picture quality.
		Trained in the ancient art, Spartacus himself (played by producer and "shot caller" Kirk Douglas) ends up leading a revolt across Imperial Rome and the rest of Italy, fighting for his rights as a man. It's a great film...
		We get lots of info on the origins, the filming, the struggles and the restoration of this epic film, straight from the mouths of Kirk Douglas (pre-stroke), the late Saul Bass, Peter Ustinov, novelist Howard Fast and producer Edward Lewis.
	www.thedigitalbits.com /reviews/spartacus.html (1689 words)

	The Criterion Collection: Spartacus
		Stanley Kubrick directed a cast of screen legends—including Kirk Douglas as the indomitable gladiator that led a Roman slave revolt—in the sweeping epic that defined a genre and ushered in a new Hollywood era.
		Today Kubrick’s controversial classic, the first film to openly defy Hollywood’s fllist, remains a landmark of cinematic artistry and history.
		This version of Spartacus is presented in its original theatrical Super Technirama aspect ratio of 2.2:1.
	www.criterionco.com /asp/release.asp?id=105 (336 words)

	BBC - Films -article article - Kirk Douglas - Bucking the studio system
		Kirk Douglas set up Bryna (named after his illiterate mother) which produced "Paths of Glory", "The Vikings", and "Spartacus" - and is still going strong.
		And at a time when the industry kow-towed to Senator McCarthy and his appalling red-hunting cronies, Douglas hired a disgraced and imprisoned screenwriter called Dalton Trumbo and broke the fllist by crediting him for writing the script of "Spartacus".
		It's hard not to watch that film's famous scene where the slaves stand up to the Romans by saying "I am Spartacus...
	www.bbc.co.uk /films/2000/12/19/kirk_douglas1_article.shtml (357 words)

	Amazon.com: Spartacus (1960 Film): Music: Alex North (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Listening to Alex North's score for Spartacus again after several years of not having a copy is a revelation.
		I had a copy of the LP version of the score and it is good to see the notes included in the booklet.
		His music is perfect for Spartacus evoking not only the passions of the characters but a feeling for the later first century BCE.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000002OGF?v=glance (1155 words)

	Spartacus Film Review - Time Out Film
		Although not a Kubrick project (he took over direction from Anthony Mann, and had no hand in Dalton Trumbo's script), this epic account of the abortive slave revolt in Ancient Rome emerges as a surprisingly apt companion piece to Paths of Glory in its consideration of the mechanisms of power.
		Thereafter some excellent performances come into play (Laughton, Olivier, Ustinov) as vested interests spark an involved struggle for power in the senate, but tension is simultaneously dissipated by the protracted battle sequences, and by a fulsome account of joyous fraternisation amid the slave army (sing-songs, swimming in the nude, having babies, etc).
		The sentimentality, rampant in the finale (Spartacus dying on the cross, his wife holding up his baby son before they walk free into the sunset) seems alien to Kubrick.
	www.timeout.com /film/75109.html (185 words)

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