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Stanley Kubrick's star-studded, historical epic concerns the efforts of the slave-gladiator Spartacus (Kirk Douglas) to lead the slaves of the Roman Empire in a rebellion against their masters. The ranks quickly swell as the slave army makes its way across Italy towards the coast. But the despotic Roman senator Crassus (Laurence Olivier) determines to quell the revolt for his own selfish ends, and the stage is thus set for a tremendous battle.
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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 powerful, and the all-star cast (including Charles Laughton in full toga) is full of entertaining surprises. Fully restored in 1991 to include scenes deleted from the original 1960 release, the full-length Spartacus is a grand-scale cinematic marvel, offering some of the most awesome battles ever filmed and a central performance by Douglas that's as sensitively emotional as it is intensely heroic. Jean Simmons plays the slave woman who becomes Spartacus's wife, and Peter Ustinov steals the show with his frequently hilarious, Oscar-winning performance as a slave trader who shamelessly curries favor with his Roman superiors. The restored version also includes a formerly deleted bathhouse scene in which Laurence Olivier plays a bisexual Roman senator (with restored dialogue dubbed by Anthony Hopkins) who gets hot and bothered over a slave servant played by Tony Curtis. These and other restored scenes expand the film to just over three hours in length. Despite some forgivable lulls, this is a rousing and substantial drama that grabs and holds your attention. Breaking tradition with sophisticated themes and a downbeat (yet eminently noble) conclusion, Spartacus is a thinking person's epic, rising above mere spectacle with a story as impressive as its widescreen action and Oscar-winning sets. --Jeff Shannon
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Mr. Laurence Williams
TOP 1000 REVIEWER on 6 Feb. 2016
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I, like many other fans of this excellent 'swords and sand' (well 'Italian grass' really) classic film from 1960, bought the 50th Anniversary 'Restored' Blu-ray back in 2011 as it offered the chance to see it at it's best - it rightly won 4 Oscars....
Well, again perhaps like many, I was a little disappointed with the release as it was certainly cleaned-up, but a little dark and occasionally weirdly-'coloured'; I really should have heeded the reviews I had read beforehand !
Happily, this more recent 55th Anniversary 'Restored' Blu-ray release is what should have been on offer those few years ago - the picture is massively improved in colour and (most significantly) sharpness AND brightness PLUS we get some additional extras and a UV copy (unfortunately of the original 1991 restoration, NOT this 2015 version). For those with the audio capability, the English DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack is now 7.1, instead of 'just' 5.1....
I got it in the Amazon '2 for £10' offer, late Jan 2016 - the apparent popularity of this release has made the latest offer for it appear in the worse-value '3 for £20' offer....
The film is well explained on the Amazon synopsis, EXCEPT there's no mention of the fact that initially (about the first week apparently !) the film was directed by Anthony Mann - but he was summarily sacked by Kirk Douglas, the film's 'star' and ultimate producer (since he owned the production company).....
So, Stanley Kubrick was then employed and I think many might not realise this is a film of his, as it's quite different from the other classics he went on to produce...Read more ›
Well, again perhaps like many, I was a little disappointed with the release as it was certainly cleaned-up, but a little dark and occasionally weirdly-'coloured'; I really should have heeded the reviews I had read beforehand !
Happily, this more recent 55th Anniversary 'Restored' Blu-ray release is what should have been on offer those few years ago - the picture is massively improved in colour and (most significantly) sharpness AND brightness PLUS we get some additional extras and a UV copy (unfortunately of the original 1991 restoration, NOT this 2015 version). For those with the audio capability, the English DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack is now 7.1, instead of 'just' 5.1....
I got it in the Amazon '2 for £10' offer, late Jan 2016 - the apparent popularity of this release has made the latest offer for it appear in the worse-value '3 for £20' offer....
The film is well explained on the Amazon synopsis, EXCEPT there's no mention of the fact that initially (about the first week apparently !) the film was directed by Anthony Mann - but he was summarily sacked by Kirk Douglas, the film's 'star' and ultimate producer (since he owned the production company).....
So, Stanley Kubrick was then employed and I think many might not realise this is a film of his, as it's quite different from the other classics he went on to produce...Read more ›
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