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Spartacus
1960 -
Rated
PG-13 (MPAA)
Release Date: 04/24/2001
Features:
DVD Features:
2-Disc Set
Region 1
Collectors Edition
Letterbox - 2.20
Disc 1: SPARTACUS
Anamorphic Widescreen - 2.20
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
Dolby Digital Stereo - English
Additional Release Material:
Additional Audio Material: Additional Alex North Score Compositions
Audio Commentary: Kirk Douglas, Peter Ustinov - Stars, Howard Fast - Source Writer, Edward Lewis - Producer, Robert A. Harris - Restoration Expert, Saul Bass - Designer
Documentary: Restoration Demonstration
Making Of: Scene-by-Scene Analysis
Disc 2: Supplementary Material
Additional Release Material:
Deleted Scenes
Behind the Scenes: GLADIATORIAL SCHOOL
Trailers: Original Theatrical Trailer
Documentary: THE HOLLYWOOD TEN (1960)
Bonus Footage: Vintage Newsreel Footage
Production Interviews:
1. Jean Simmons, Peter Ustinov - Stars
2. Peter Ustinov - Star
Text/Photo Galleries:
Production Art
Lobby Card
Poster
Production Stills
Publicity
Storyboards
Time:
196
mins.
J&R Item # 1019544_13
UPC # 715515011723
Label: Criterion Collection
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Spartacus
1960 -
Rated
PG-13 (MPAA)
Release Date: 01/02/2002
Features:
DVD Features:
Region 1
Keep Case
Single Side - Dual Layer
Letterbox - 2.35
Widescreen - 2.35
Audio:
Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo - French
Dolby Digital 5.1 English
Subtitles - English (SDH), Spanish - Optional
Interactive Features:
Interactive Menus
Text/Photo Galleries:
Production Notes
Biographies: Cast & Crew
Time:
196
mins.
J&R Item # 1019544_9
UPC # 025192018121
Label: Universal Studios Home Video
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SPARTACUS, based on Howard Fast's popular novel, is Stanley Kubrick's glorious masterpiece about a slave uprising in Rome in 70 B.C. Kirk Douglas, who also served as executive producer, stars as the title character, a man born of a slave woman and a slave master who has known nothing but chains his entire life. After being forced to put on a gladiator show--that almost leads to his death--for wealthy Romans (including a marvelously conniving Laurence Olivier as the power-hungry Crassus), Spartacus leads a slave revolt across Italy that soon has thousands marching on Rome. Meanwhile, he has fallen in love with the beautiful Varinia (an effervescent Jean Simmons), pledging his life to her.
Douglas assembled a fabulous all-star cast for the film; in addition to himself, Simmons, and Olivier, terrific performances are turned in by Charles Laughton as the curmudgeonly senator Gracchus, John Gavin as the young Julius Caesar, Tony Curtis as Antoninus (a "singer of songs," with all lines delivered in a beautifully thick New York accent), and especially Peter Ustinov, an Oscar winner for his portrayal of the businessman Batiatus, who always wants to know what's in it for him. Blacklisted writer Dalton Trumbo's melodramatic script and Alex North's thrilling, soaring score add a majesty that helps make SPARTACUS one of the finest costume epics to ever come out of Hollywood.
Cast:
"...Amazing depth-of-field....Terrific performances..."
-- Mike Clark
, (USA Today)
"...One of the last truly great Roman epics, the Kirk Douglas-starrer boasts a true cast-of-thousands battle..." -- Ceri Thomas , (Total Film) "The entire film was an immediate hit with cinemagoers and the majority of critics....Unquestionably it is Douglas' film..." -- Angie Errigo , (Empire)
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