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Costume Epics - Spartacus (2 Disc Criterion DVD)

Spartacus (2 Disc Criterion DVD)

Spartacus (Kirk Douglas) is a rebellious slave purchased by Lentulus Batiatus (Peter Ustinov), owner of a school for gladiators. For the entertainment of corrupt Roman senator Marcus Licinius Crassus (Laurence Olivier), Batiatus' 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 Antoninus (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 Olivier 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. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

SPECIAL FEATURES:
• 16x9 transfer of the 1991 fully restored Super Technirama version
• Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround soundtrack
• Audio commentary by producer-actor Kirk Douglas, actor Peter Ustinov, novelist Howard Fast, producer Edward Lewis, restoration expert Robert A. Harris, and designer Saul Bass
• Screenwriter Dalton Trumbo's scene-by-scene analysis
• Additional Alex North score compositions
• English subtitles
• Restoration demonstration
• Rare deleted scenes
• Vintage newsreel footage
• 1960 promotional interviews with Jean Simmons and Peter Ustinov; 1992 video interview with Peter Ustinov
• Behind-the-scenes "Gladiatorial School" footage
• 1960 documentary "The Hollywood Ten" plus archival documents about the blacklist
• Original storyboards by Saul Bass
• Hundreds of production stills, lobby cards, posters, print ads, and a comic book
• Sketches by director Stanley Kubrick
• Original theatrical trailer

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ProductID	CRRN1568DVD
Number of Discs	2.00 Disc(s)
Format	DVD
REGION CODE	1
Studio	CRITERION
Release Date	4/24/2001
Actors	Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons, Tony Curtis
Director	Stanley Kubrick
Video	Enchanced Widescreen Letterbox for 16x9 TV
Audio	5 full-range channels. Includes 3 for the front speakers, 2 surround channels for rear speakers, & 1 low-frequency effects (LFE) channel to carry deep bass effects
Language	English
Availability	in stock
Price:	$37.33

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