What is Spartacus (movie)?
'''''Spartacus''''' is a 1960 [[United States|American]] [[epic movie|epic]] historical drama [[movie]] directed by [[Stanley Kubrick]] and based on the novel of the same name by [[Howard Fast]]. The life story of the historical figure [[Spartacus]] and the events of the [[Third Servile War]] were adapted by [[Dalton Trumbo]] as a [[screenplay]]. The movie stars [[Kirk Douglas]] as rebellious slave Spartacus and [[Laurence Olivier]] as his foe, the Roman general and politician Marcus Licinius Crassus. Co-starring are [[Peter Ustinov]] (who won an [[Academy Award]] for Best Supporting Actor for his role as slave trader Lentulus Batiatus), [[John Gavin]] (as [[Julius Caesar]]), [[Jean Simmons]], [[Charles Laughton]], [[John Ireland]], [[Herbert Lom]], [[Woody Strode]], [[Tony Curtis]], [[John Dall]] and [[Charles McGraw]]. The movie won four Oscars in all. The titles were designed by [[Saul Bass]]. [[Anthony Mann]], the film's original director, was replaced by Douglas with Kubrick after the first week of shooting. == Other websites == *{{imdb title|0054331}} [[Category:1960 drama movies]] [[Category:Academy Award winning movies]] [[Category:American drama movies]] [[Category:American epic movies]] [[Category:Golden Globe Award winning movies]] [[Category:1960s historical movies]] [[Category:Movies set in Italy]] [[Category:Movies set in Ancient Rome]] [[Category:Movies set in the 1st century BC]] [[Category:Movies directed by Stanley Kubrick]] [[Category:Movies about slavery]] [[Category:Movies about rebellions]] [[Category:Movies based on books]] [[Category:English-language movies]] [[Category:Universal Pictures movies]] [[Category:1960 LGBT movies]] [[Category:American LGBT movies]] [[Category:Movies featuring a Best Supporting Actor Academy Award-winning performance]] {{movie-stub}}