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| Title Statement | Spartacus [DVD] / [Universal Pictures ; presented by] Bryna Productions, Inc. ; screenplay, Dalton Trumbo ; produced by Edward Lewis ; directed by Stanley Kubrick. |
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| Additional Contributors | Trumbo, Dalton,1905-1976 |
| Lewis, Edward | |
| Kubrick, Stanley | |
| Douglas, Kirk,1916- | |
| Olivier, Laurence,1907-1989 | |
| Simmons, Jean,1929- | |
| Laughton, Charles,1899-1962 | |
| Ustinov, Peter | |
| Gavin, John | |
| Curtis, Tony,1925- | |
| Fast, Howard,1914-2003 | |
| Publication | Universal City, CA: Universal Studios Home Video, [1998] |
| Extent of Item | 1 videodisc (196 min.) |
| ISBN | 0783226039 : 9780783226033 |
| Other Number | (OCoLC)38912854 |
| General Notes | Originally released as a motion picture in 1960. Based on the novel by Howard Fast. Contains an additional 5 min. of footage cut from the original. Special features: Production notes; cast and filmmakers; theatrical trailers. |
| Production Credits | Director of photography, Russell Metty; editor, Robert Lawrence; music, Alex North; restored by Robert A. Harris and James C. Katz. |
| Performance Credits | Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons, Charles Laughton, Peter Ustinov, John Gavin, Tony Curtis. |
| Audience & Ratings | Rated PG-13. |
| Languages | In English with optional sountrack in French; optional subtitles in Spanish; closed-captioned in English for the hearing impaired. |
| System Details | DVD, widescreen (2.21:1) presentation; Dolby 5.1 surround, Dolby surround. |
| Awards | Academy Awards: Best supporting actor (Ustinov) and 3 other awards. |
| Summary | Spartacus is the bold gladiator slave who leads a massive slave revolt against Imperial Rome in this epic true account of man's eternal struggle for freedom. |
| Subjects & Genres | |
| By Topic | Revolutionaries--Drama--Rome |
| Gladiators--Drama--Rome | |
| Roma--Teatro--Historia | |
| By Name | Spartacus,d. 71 B.C |
| By Location | Rome--Drama--History--Servile Wars, 135-71 B.C |
| By Genre | Feature films |
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| Historical films | |
| Video recordings for the hearing impaired | |
| Biographical--Feature | |
| Historical--Feature | |
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