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Financial analysis of Spartacus (1960) including budget, domestic and international box office gross, DVD and Blu-ray sales reports, total earnings and profitability.
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Spartacus was a bigger project by far, with a budget of $12 million (equivalent to about $125 million in 2023) [41] and a cast of 10,500, a daunting project for such a young director. Paths of Glory, his previous film, had only been budgeted at $935,000.
Apr 21, 1991 · The year was 1960 and Time magazine was among the many to publicly gulp at the cost of Stanley Kubrick’s gladiator epic, “Spartacus.”. Its price tag of $12 million made it not only the most...
- Roger Cormier
- YUL BRYNNER TRIED TO MAKE HIS OWN SPARTACUS MOVIE FIRST. A Spartacus film starring Brynner and Anthony Quinn was on the slate for United Artists, with the titles Spartacus and The Gladiators already trademarked.
- HOWARD FAST WAS THE FIRST ONE TO TRY WRITING THE SCRIPT. Universal gave Douglas four weeks to come up with a script if he wanted their backing. Unfortunately, Douglas considered Fast's attempt at adapting his own book to be a "disaster."
- STANLEY KUBRICK WAS NOT THE FIRST DIRECTOR. David Lean (1957's The Bridge on the River Kwai) turned down an offer to direct, and Laurence Olivier was asked but declined because he thought both acting and directing would be too much.
- JEAN SIMMONS WAS NOT THE ORIGINAL VARINIA. Douglas wanted actress Jeanne Moreau (1959's Les Liaisons dangereuses) for the part, but she didn't want to leave her boyfriend in France.
Spartacus: Directed by Stanley Kubrick, Anthony Mann. With Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons, Charles Laughton. The slave Spartacus survives brutal training as a gladiator and leads a violent revolt against the decadent Roman Republic, as the ambitious Crassus seeks to gain power by crushing the uprising.
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- Adventure, Biography, Drama
- Stanley Kubrick, Anthony Mann
- 1960-11-17
The slave Spartacus survives brutal training as a gladiator and leads a violent revolt against the decadent Roman Republic, as the ambitious Crassus seeks to gain power by crushing the uprising.
Aug 31, 2023 · Introduction. Many regard Spartacus (1960) as one of the finest “sword and sandal” epics produced by Hollywood. Unlike many similarly themed films made during the 1950s and 1960s, it possesses a nuanced story, engaging characters, and sophisticated dialogue to accompany its epic action sequences.
