(1988)
Produced and released in 1960 by Universal, budget of $12 million, gross of $30 million, Super Technirama 70 color horizontal 35mm negative, 2.20:1 screen ratio, mono sound, 184 mins., Laserdisc of restored film released 1991, DVD released 1998.
Production:
Kubrick's film
Kirk Douglas as Spartacus
Directed by Stanley Kubrick
Screenplay by Dalton Trumbo, from the novel by Howard Fast
Produced by Kirk Douglas
Original Music by Alex North
Cinematography by Russell Metty
Film Editing by Robert Lawrence
Sound editing by Joe Lapis, Ronald Pierce
Production Design by Alexander Golitzen
Art Direction by Eric Orbom
Set Decoration by Russell A. Gausman, Julia Heron
Costume Design by Bill Thomas, Valles, William Ware Theiss
Technical advisor Vittorio Nino Novarese
Cast:
Kirk Douglas as Spartacus
Laurence Olivier as Marcus Licinius Crassus
Jean Simmons as Varinia
Charles Laughton as Sempronius Gracchus
Peter Ustinov as Lentulus Batiatus
John Gavin as Julius Caesar
Nina Foch as Helena Glabrus
John Ireland as Crixus
Herbert Lom as Tigranes Levantus, Pirate Envoy
John Dall as Marcus Publius Glabrus, Commander of Massacred Cohorts
Charles McGraw as Marcellus, Batiatus' Chief Trainer
