Spartacus

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Awards

Academy Awards 1961 - Nominated - Best Editing

Academy Awards 1961 - Nominated - Best Score

Academy Awards 1961 - Won - Best Art Direction

Academy Awards 1961 - Won - Best Cinematography

Academy Awards 1961 - Nominated - Best Editing

Academy Awards 1961 - Nominated - Best Score

Academy Awards 1961 - Won - Best Art Direction

Academy Awards 1961 - Won - Best Cinematography

Academy Awards 1961 - Won - Best Costume Design

Academy Awards 1961 - Won - Best Supporting Actor

BAFTA Awards 1961 - Nominated - Best Film from any Source

Golden Globe Awards 1961 - Nominated - Best Actor in a Drama

Golden Globe Awards 1961 - Nominated - Best Director

Golden Globe Awards 1961 - Nominated - Best Score

Golden Globe Awards 1961 - Nominated - Best Supporting Actor

Golden Globe Awards 1961 - Won - Best Drama

Laurel Awards 1961 - 2nd Place - Top Male Supporting Performance

Laurel Awards 1961 - 3rd Place - Top Male Dramatic Performance

Motion Picture Sound Editors Awards 1961 - Won - Best Sound Editing

Writers Guild of America Awards 1961 - Nominated - Best Written American Drama

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Spartacus

Director:
Stanley Kubrick
196 Minutes
 

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Film Synopsis

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. The assured acting, lush Technicolor cinematography, bold costumes and visceral fight sequences won Spartacus four Oscars ; the blend of politics and sexual suggestion scandalized audiences. Today Kubrick's controversial classic, the first film to openly defy Hollywood's blacklist, remains a landmark of cinematic artistry and history.

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Details

Runtime:
196 min.

Genre:
Period Drama

Country:
UNITED STATES

Language:
English/American

Color:
Color

Plot Summary

SPECIAL FEATURES: 

Disc One

  • Stunning new 16x9 transfer of the 1991 fully restored Super Technirama version
  • Dolby Digital 5.1 surround soundtrack
  • Audio commentary by producer - actor Kirk Douglas, actor Peter Ustinov, novelist Howard Fast, producer Edward Lewis, restoration expert Robert A. Harris, and designer Saul Bass
  • Screenwriter Dalton Trumbo's scene - by - scene analysis
  • Additional Alex North score compositions
  • English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired
  • Restoration demonstration

 

Disc Two

  • Rare deleted scenes
  • Vintage newsreel footage
  • 1960 promotional interviews with Jean Simmons and Peter Ustinov
  • 1992 video interview with Peter Ustinov
  • Behind - the - scenes "gladiatorial school" footage
  • The 1960 documentary The Hollywood Ten, plus archival documents about the blacklist
  • Original storyboards by Saul Bass
  • Hundreds of production stills, lobby cards, posters, print ads, and a comic book
  • Sketches by director Stanley Kubrick
  • Original theatrical trailer

 

 

 

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