Spartacus
by Stanley Kubrick, Anthony Mann
List Price:
Our Price: $13.99
You Save: $5.99 (30%)
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Buy Used: from $7.85 (click here)
Category: DVD
See more DVD releases
Buy this DVD movie at online store in your country
Canada
Canada
DVD Cover Information
Actor: Charles Laughton, Jean Simmons, Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Peter UstinovDirector: Anthony Mann, Stanley Kubrick
DVD: 2 Layers, Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; Spanish (Subtitled)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: Letterbox, 2.20:1
Running Time: 196 minutes
DVD Release Date: 1998-03-31
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Universal Studios
Movie Reviews of Spartacus
Movie Review: SPARTACUS
Summary: 4 Stars
A GREAT EPIC FILM. I WAS DISAPOINTED THAT IT DID NOT INCLUDE ANY OF THE EXTRAS THAT OFTEN GO WITH DVDS TODAY. NO COMINTARY TRACK, NO FEATURETTES, NO DOCUMENTARY WITH INTERVIEWS. BUT MOETLY, IT COUILD HAVE BENIFITED FROM A HISTORY DOCUMENTARY.
Summary of Spartacus
Stanley Kubrick was only 31 years old when Kirk Douglas (star of Kubrick's classic Paths of Glory) recruited the young director to pilot this epic saga, in which the rebellious slave Spartacus (played by Douglas) leads a freedom revolt against the decadent Roman Empire. Kubrick would later disown the film because it was not a personal project--he was merely a director-for-hire--but Spartacus remains one of the best of Hollywood's grand historical epics. With an intelligent screenplay by then-blacklisted writer Dalton Trumbo (from a novel by Howard Fast), its message of moral integrity and courageous conviction is still quite powerful, and the all-star cast (including Charles Laughton in full toga) is full of entertaining surprises. Fully restored in 1991 to include scenes deleted from the original 1960 release, the full-length Spartacus is a grand-scale cinematic marvel, offering some of the most awesome battles ever filmed and a central performance by Douglas that's as sensitively emotional as it is intensely heroic. Jean Simmons plays the slave woman who becomes Spartacus's wife, and Peter Ustinov steals the show with his frequently hilarious, Oscar-winning performance as a slave trader who shamelessly curries favor with his Roman superiors. The restored version also includes a formerly deleted bathhouse scene in which Laurence Olivier plays a bisexual Roman senator (with restored dialogue dubbed by Anthony Hopkins) who gets hot and bothered over a slave servant played by Tony Curtis. These and other restored scenes expand the film to just over three hours in length. Despite some forgivable lulls, this is a rousing and substantial drama that grabs and holds your attention. Breaking tradition with sophisticated themes and a downbeat (yet eminently noble) conclusion, Spartacus is a thinking person's epic, rising above mere spectacle with a story as impressive as its widescreen action and Oscar-winning sets. --Jeff ShannonAction & Adventure DVD Video
DVD Video
- Action & Adventure
- African American Cinema
- Animation
- Anime & Manga
- Art House & International
- Classics
- Comedy
- Cult Movies
- Documentary
- Drama
- Educational
- Fitness & Yoga
- Gay & Lesbian
- Horror
- Kids & Family
- Military & War
- Music Video & Concerts
- Musicals & Performing Arts
- Mystery & Suspense
- Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Special Interests
- Sports
- Television
- Westerns
Movies most talked about in War Movies Part 1 - Pre Modern Age
The Man Who Would Be KingWarner Brothers; Release date: 1997-11-19; DVD
Best price: $13.90
Price in other shops:
Shaka Zulu - The Complete 10 Part Television EpicRelease date: 2002-10-29; DVD
Best price: $39.86
Price in other shops:
Zulu DawnRelease date: 2005-09-27; DVD
Best price: $8.77
Price in other shops:
ZuluTWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT; Release date: 2003-05-20; DVD
Best price: $4.95
Price in other shops:
WATERLOO - by Sergei Bondarchuk (Import)Published: 2007; DVD
Best price: $19.99
Price in other shops:
The Warlords (First Print Edition) DVDPublished: 2008; DVD
Best price: $12.59
Troy (Two-Disc Widescreen Edition)Warner Brothers; Release date: 2005-01-04; DVD
Best price: $2.49
Price in other shops:
Tristan and Isolde (Widescreen Edition)Release date: 2006-04-25; DVD
Best price: $5.00
Price in other shops:
TitusTWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT; Release date: 2006-04-18; DVD
Best price: $6.99
Price in other shops:
SpartacusRelease date: 1998-03-31; DVD
Best price: $10.93
Price in other shops:
Similar DVD Movies
The Dirty DozenRelease date: 2005-05-03; DVD
Best price: $6.82
Price in other shops:
![Casablanca [HD DVD] Image](/images/Casablanca-HD-DVD-B000I0RR7Q-X.jpg)
Casablanca [HD DVD]Warner Brothers; Release date: 2006-11-14; DVD
Best price: $19.95
Price in other shops:
CleopatraTWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT; Release date: 2006-02-07; DVD
Best price: $8.98
Price in other shops:
![Monty Python's The Meaning of Life [HD DVD] Image](/images/Monty-Python-The-Meaning-of-Life-HD-DVD-B000OHZL2G-X.jpg)
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life [HD DVD]UNIVERSAL STUDIOS HOME ENTERTAIN.; Release date: 2007-06-12; DVD
Best price: $5.54
Price in other shops:
WaterworldRelease date: 1997-12-10; DVD
Best price: $7.99
Price in other shops:
The Mummy (Widescreen Collector's Edition)Release date: 1999-09-28; DVD
Best price: $9.26
Price in other shops:
DuneRelease date: 1998-03-31; DVD
Best price: $6.98
Price in other shops:
![Casino [HD DVD] Image](/images/Casino-HD-DVD-B000JJSJR8-X.jpg)
Casino [HD DVD]Universal; Release date: 2006-12-19; DVD
Best price: $8.54
Price in other shops:
The Deer HunterRelease date: 1998-03-31; DVD
Best price: $7.21
Price in other shops:
Ben-HurHESTON/HAWKINS/BOYD/HARAREET/G; Release date: 2004-06-01; DVD
Best price: $8.74
Price in other shops: