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Spartacus (1960)
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Stanley Kubrick was only 31 years old when Kirk Douglas (star of Kubrick's classic Paths of Glory) recruited the young director to pilot this epic saga, in which the rebellious slave Spartacus (played by Douglas) leads a freedom revolt against the decadent Roman Empire. Kubrick would later disown the film because it was not a personal project--he was merely a director-for-hire--but Spartacus remains one of the best of Hollywood's grand historical epics. With an intelligent screenplay by then-blacklisted writer Dalton Trumbo (from a novel by Howard Fast), its message of moral integrity and courageous conviction is still quite...
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This Stanle Kubrick classic appears to have it all. The set decoration, cinematography and costuming are all superior. Also excellent was the editing, score, and, of course, the direction by Kubrick.
The cast was superlative. Kirk Douglas (Lust for Life, The Bad and the Beautiful, Champion) as Sparticus really gave us an...
(complete Spartacus review by B Movie Ben)
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(6/9/2007)