Spartacus
1960, NR, 184 min. Directed by Stanley Kubrick. Starring Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons, Tony Curtis, Charles Laughton, Peter Ustinov, John Gavin, Nina Foch, Herbert Lom, John Ireland, Woody Strode.
REVIEWED By Marjorie Baumgarten, Wed., Aug. 30, 2000
Kubrick’s gladiator film is the pinnacle of sword-and-sandal epics, and who isn’t a sucker for stories about rebellious slaves? This is the kind of movie the Paramount’s screen was made for.
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Marjorie Baumgarten, April 5, 2013
Marjorie Baumgarten, Aug. 2, 2000
Marjorie Baumgarten, Aug. 2, 2000
Spartacus, Stanley Kubrick, Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons, Tony Curtis, Charles Laughton, Peter Ustinov, John Gavin, Nina Foch, Herbert Lom, John Ireland, Woody Strode