Criterion Collection: Spartacus
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- Released
- 24/04/2001
- Film and TV Genre
- Adventure
- Video Format
- NTSC
- DVD Region
- Region-free
Description
US IMPORT NTSC REGION 1 FORMAT
Spartacus (Kirk Douglas) is a rebellious slave purchased by Lentulus Brutus (Peter Ustinov), owner of a school for gladiators. For the entertainment of corrupt Roman senator Marcus Licinus Crassus (Laurence Olivier), Lentulus' 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 Antonius (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 Oliver 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.
Spartacus (Kirk Douglas) is a rebellious slave purchased by Lentulus Brutus (Peter Ustinov), owner of a school for gladiators. For the entertainment of corrupt Roman senator Marcus Licinus Crassus (Laurence Olivier), Lentulus' 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 Antonius (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 Oliver 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.
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Product Details
- Actors
- Director
- Stanley Kubrick
- Audio Format
- English Audio Commentary Dolby Digital
- Series
- Criterion Collection
- Media Format
- DVD-Video
- Year of release
- 1960
- Number of Discs
- 2
- Aspect Ratio
- 2.35:1
- Disc Layers
- 2
- Disc Features
- Featurette
- Interactive Menus
- Making Of
- Production Notes
- Scene Selection
- Theatrical Trailer
- Anamorphic
- Film Format
- Anamorphic
- Photos and storyboards
- Yes
- Film Rating (Australia)
- M
- Run Time (minutes)
- 196
- Label / Studio
- CRITERION COLLECTION
- Subtitle Language
- Spanish
- Cast & Crew
- Alex North (Composer)
- Bill Thomas (Costume Designer)
- Russell Metty (Director of Photography)
- Robert Lawrence (Editor)
- EDWARD LEWIS (Producer)
- Alexander Golitzen (Production Designer)
- Dalton Trumbo (Screenwriter)
- Hugo Butler (Screenwriter)
- Robert Rich (Screenwriter)
- Clifford Stine (Additional DOP)
Additional Information
- Biographies - 1. Cast & Crew
- Interactive Menus
- Production Notes
Tracklisting
Disc 1:
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Intro - Screw Crew
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Ain't Worth No Cash - Top Authority
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I've Been Down Too Long - E.L. Me
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Mr. Bigglesworth - Cadillac Man/Bro-Ham
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Rolling 4-Deep ('98 Remix) - 4-Deep
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Straight Butta - Coolio
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Talkin' Bout Hoes - Tag
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The Battle - Tag/Cadillac Man/Bro-Ham
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Tha Mutha Phukkin Real - Eazy E
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Down for My Scratch - Top Authority
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Rhyme or Crime - 4-Deep
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My Dog - Bro-Ham
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On the Cool - 4-Deep
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Mr. Loverman - Shabba Ranks
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Outro - Screw Crew
